I'm not much of a “romantic lunch” writer, but I'll do the best I can.

CHAPTER TWO: Silvermoon

I stared down at the piece of paper given to me by one of the royal guards. The king of Equestria was in town and he wished to speak to me.

You're gonna have to hurry when this “meeting” is over. Remember, you've got your date with Silvermoon after.

It's NOT a date! It's just a friendly get together.

Whatever Romeo,

I sighed and put on my dress suit and flew to the throne room. Inside I saw one of the biggest alicorn's I had ever seen. Dark blue like Luna, but with firey eyes like Celestia's cutie mark. A golden mane swirled around him, incasing the rest of his body in the force. Unable to see what the rest of him looked like, he had a large broad face. I bowed before the king.

“Rise.” The king said. His low voice boomed and echoed around the halls of the castle. I stood up.

“You have truly defeated what me and my family could not, a force that has held his grasp over Equestria for far too long. You defeated him, for good. I am at the least impressed. I cannot express my undying gratitude for your deeds to this world. For that, all of Equestria thanks you. Do not take this honor for granite, as I am aware your troubled past has haunted you. But no longer will it come to extreme measures as these.”

I still stood, The king said he was very happy that I had defeated Lace Danneggiato, yet the only thing moving was his mouth.

“Gifts cannot express the deed you have blessed upon us, I am serious when I say, Thank you Dorchester for saving our world.” The king stopped talking, silence filled the room.

Hey, say something!

“I... uh... thank you for that speech your highness, it truly means a lot.” As I said that, a small smile form on the kings face as he nodded approvingly.

“I wasn't really aware of how nervous I would be... ha ha...” I laughed quietly, shuffling my hooves in front of me. I looked back up at the king as he stood on the throne.

“I can understand that you are in a rush to meet with somepony. I will not keep her waiting.” The kings horn began to glow and I was gone in less then half a second. When I appeared, I was right in front of Silvermoon, she was just arriving at The Castle of Canterlot. It was a massive resturant, and ponies gawked at me. I felt like Harry freaking Potter, yet not hated by some blond haired show off who's last name makes me think of a mouthy six year old. I held the door open for Silver Moon with my wing, she blushed and smiled as I let her in. When we entered, I had put on a nervous smile as ponies all around looked at me. I heard whispers, some of them I caught.

“Is that...?”

“It is!”

“Who's that mare?”

“It's Dorchester! The vanquisher of Lace Danneggiato!”

A waiter came by and bowed to me, I nodded at him.

“Look, I just want a regular day okay?” I asked with a smile.

“Of course.” The waiter pony said. He brought us to a large table and levitated us some menu's.

“So... how're you doing?” I asked, glancing from my menu to Silvermoon.

“I'm doing pretty well.”

“That's good.” I said, smiling at her. She looked at me and smiled, I guess she was just as nervous as I was.

“How are you doing?” Silver Moon asked.

“I'm fine, thanks for asking.” I responded. The waiter came over, I nearly choked when I saw it was Lance.

“Hey Dorchester! Didn't know you were coming here! Hiya Silvermoon!”

“Hey Lance.” Silvermoon said with a smile.

“So, what can I get you two today?” Lance said, flipping his notebook ready to take our order.

“I'll just have the standard hay salad sandwich.” I said, I nodded over to Silvermoon who ordered the same.

“What can I get you two to drink?” Lance asked, jotting down our orders.

I put my hoof out to Silvermoon to let her go first.

“Just some water.” Silvermoon said.

“And for you?” Lance said, looking in my direction.

“Same here.” I responded.

“Okay, the meals on me.” Lance said.

“That's awesome!” Silvermoon squeed.

Holy shit...

Wow... didn't know it could get any cuter then Fluttershy's, guess like she's got some competition.

Lance left the table and brought our food back in minutes, as much as I wanted to gobble down the entire thing, I wasn't going to act like a slob.

“Like it?” I asked Silvermoon when I had gulped the rest of my food.

“It was awesome! I really like hanging out with you Dorchester, we should get together... some time soon...” Silvermoon's shy side began to creep back in and she turned away a little when she realized her face had turned red. I put my hoof around her back.

“Don't worry about it, I like hanging out with you to. Same time tomorrow? I'll pay.” I said.

“Oh... okay. Sounds good.” Silvermoon said smiling, she put her hooves around me in a hug. I hugged her back. I took her home on my back, I was a bit larger then her, so it wasn't too hard. I dropped her down by her house.

“You live alone?” I asked, looking to see a smaller house at the edge of the Ever Free Forest and Canterlot.

“Yeah, it gets boring around here sometimes, but I enjoy the peace and quiet.”

Silvermoon pushed the door open and took one last glance at me. I winked and she waved her hoof back at me, she closed the door behind her, I took off and fired a massive blast of fireworks out into the air with my magic.

“Same time tomorrow!” I said to myself as I flew to my house. Next Chapter: Bonding Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 44 Minutes