Ten days have passed since Void’s date with Vinyl and Celestia finding out about Luna and Nova's relationship, time has been passing by rather calmly for the latter two, as Princess Celestia ultimately accepted her sister and Nova being an item. Or at least decided to not make any hostile moves towards them for the time being.

For Void however these last ten days weren’t easy or calm, he couldn’t figure out what he felt for the white mare, was it real or was it just a delusion created by the atmosphere and alcohol? He didn’t even know which answer does he desire to be true.

Dashing Star and Adamant Sky on the other hoof were doing better and better with each day, the latter one’s face soon healed from the beating he received while his relationship—

“We are not in a relationship!”

What? Hey don’t interrupt the narration Adamant, wait how did you even get here in the first place? Oh whatever get him out of here.

Like I was saying, his face healed from the beating he received while his not-really-a-relationship blossomed, he met with his not-really-a-marefriend more and more often for reasons other than those purely physical. Dashing, who was slowly, and I mean very, very slowly accepting Adamant’s and Twinkle’s relation— I mean not-relationship, could finally once again focus on getting some practice before this years Equestria National Race.

And so, days have passed separately for four friends, but soon they would once again rejoice together over few mugs of cold beer. Meeting after quite some time in their favorite place, the “Prancing Pony” tavern.

Supernova, as usual was the last one to arrive, he pulled the old wooden doors which opened with audible creaking, he walked inside and closed his eyes from the sudden burst of light, while they were adjusting Nova’s nostrils were filled with many different smells mixed with each other, he knew every single one of them.

Old wood under his hooves, smell of beer and slightly burned apples from the kitchen, a weak smell of coffee, and even unpleasant smell of few other customers, he remembered all of them.

After a while he hesitantly opened his eyes and quickly spotted his friends, sitting in the corner waiting for him. Two of them with a big smile plastered to their muzzles, while Void was sitting there with his usual grin.

“Hey, look who finally showed up!” Adamant shouted once he spotted him, Suprnova smirked and quickly walked over to their table.

“Sorry for being late, did you get me my—“

“One Equestrian Pilsner for our future Prince, coming right up.” Adamant said before Nova could finish, he accepted the liquor with a small blush on his muzzle.

“You don’t have to call me Prince you know,” he took a sip out of his mug, with a small shiver that went through his vine once the ice cold liquid filled his throat he added “his majesty is fine too.”

“Sure.” Sky said and drank his own drink, he licked his lips and grinned. “The day you become our Prince is the day I will start a coup d'etat.”

“Hey I would make a great ruler.”

“Yeah right, perhaps if you were an Alicorn Princess.” Sky said and snorted. “Oh my goodness I just imagined you with horn and tiara, welcoming some important guests standing near Princess Celestia wearing a fabulous pink dress,”—he laughed few more times—“you sure would make a great Princess.”

Both Dashing Star and Sky cachinnated and even Void couldn’t help stop himself from giving away few quiet chuckles, Supernova glowered at his friends and took a sip of his beer.

“Oh god, well we had our laugh but here’s the real deal, did you”—Sky looked around for a sec, and lowered his voice—“plow the royal plot?”

Nova scratched his head in confusion. “Well not really, you know I’m not a gardener.”

At that moment if one would listen carefully he could hear three consecutive sounds of hoofpalms, coming from the table in the corner.

“W-What?” Nova asked.

“Maybe I’ll ask more directly, did you help the moon go to bed early?” Sky asked.

“What in the bloody hell are you talking about?”

“Oh my goodness, did you and our Princess performed a rule thirty-four maneuver?”

Supernova still stared at him in utter confusion, this time joined by his other two friends.

“Sky?” Dashing Star butted in, “In all honesty I didn’t get that one either.”

“Screw it, did you and Luna had sex already?”

Nova heard his friend question, but it took him few good seconds to actually comprehend what he meant, suddenly his cheeks changed color to crimson. “Well I uhh…”

“You uhh, what?” Sky asked.

Supernova closed his eyes and took a big deep breath in order to regain composure ‘Buck it’ He thought and grinned.

“We did actually, ever since the night we were busted by Princess Celestia.” He said with pride.

“Woo-hoo, that’s my bro.” Sky turned towards Void and added quietly, “You owe me twenty bits.”

“Hey, enough about me.” Nova said, “How are you and Twinkle doing Sky? I didn’t see her for quite a long time, then suddenly I heard that you two are an item, what’s that all about?”

“Okay first off, we are not an item, we are simply in a open kind of relationship to which terms both of us agreed, Dashing accepts it—“

“I don’t but there’s isn’t much I can do.” Star said.

“Isn’t there something in this whole bro code about having sex with your friends sister?” Nova asked.

“I already executed that.” Dashing said.

“So like I was saying,” Sky continued. “we are both happy as it is, thank you very much.” He said and turned his attention towards Void. “I am curious though, how did your date go?”

Void’s small grin disappeared in a blink of an eye as everyone’s attention got turned towards him, he calmly took a sip of his drink and sighed. “It was fine.”

“Fine?” Sky asked with cocked eyebrow. “Fine?!” He slightly raised his voice and lifted himself on the table using his front legs. “You went out on a date with one of hottest mares out there and all you have to say is ‘Fine’?”—Sky leaned a bit closer towards Void who kept his face completely emotionless—“That’s not how it works sir, you here are going to tell us a story, and stories have beginning, middle and the end, stories where two ponies meet each other and become a lovey-dovey couple by the end of the day?” Sky forced few chuckles. “I don’t buy that kind of stories.”

“So what exactly do you expect me to say?!” Void raised his voice losing a bit of his previous calm composure. “We went on a date, we got drunk as hell and then we said goodbye, beginning, middle the end.” He said and downed his beer to the bottom of the mug. “I’ll have one more please.” He shouted to the closest waitress.

“Oh you won’t get away that easily.”

“I’ll have two more please!” Void shouted again.

“Sky, give it a break.” Nova said.

“Guhh, fine.” Sky mumbled out.

“I must say,”—Void said and took a sip of his new beer—“I wasn’t expecting a need for a whole story of my date from you, I was rather expecting something like, ‘So ya banged her or not?’ kind of thing.” He said making both Nova and Star laugh few times.

“It’s true I am that kind of guy, but you”—Sky pointed at Void with one hoof and slammed his other hoof on the table—“you are not me, so I was curious whether my friend finally found some mare to make him happy or not.”

A silence took over the table as nopony was expecting Sky to reply this way, Void scratched his head and looked away from his friend. “Sorry.” He added.

“Don’t worry, I can’t be offended that easily, you should’ve heard what Dashing called me first few days after me and Twinkle became a cou… a friends with benefits.” He chuckled.

“You what now?” Supernova asked now embarrassed Star.

“Well I can’t deny that I tend to get a bit angry when it comes to my little sister.”

“A little?” Sky asked. “He once said that my birth certificate is an apology from a condom factory.”

Supernova and Void both burst out in laughter while Star leaned back in his seat trying to hide his embarrassment.

“I-I didn’t know this one.” Supernova tried to speak through his laughter. “I didn’t k-know you have it in ya, Dashing, oh my goodness, but how, I imagine he didn't simply walk up to you and said that in your face completely out of the blue?”

“Hey maybe lets leave—“

“We were on a patrol in the garden together,” Sky cut Dashing off midsentence, “and we started talking about Twinkle, and from there he started throwing some minor insults at me, but I just laughed them off, then he told me that I better be careful not to expand my family, and then I said we are using condoms, you know the rest.”

“Oh my goodness.” Nova added.

“Well, I uhh, it just popped into my brain at the moment you know.” Star said.

“Hey! That’s right!” Sky turned towards his friend. “What about you?”

“W-What about me?”

“Oh stop pretending, I can see the way you’re looking at that maid.” He said with a wink.

“What maid, oh you mean Moonlily, I—“

“There, I knew it!” Sky said triumphantly.

“No, we are only fr—“

“Tell me, did ya bang her or not?”

Void almost spit out his beer. “Seriously? He gets the easy question?”

“Hush Void, I’m trying to get some information here.” He turned his attention back to Star. “So how is it?”

“No!” He almost shouted. “We are just friends, really.”

“And you feel nothing towards her?” Nova asked, becoming a bit curious himself.

“No I, well she is pretty, she’s got nice figure, and those eyes that make the sky pale in comparison and—“

“Oh boy, he’s doomed.” Sky commented.

“No I what, what just happened?” Star asked confused.

“What happened my friend? Dopamine, a lot of dopamine, that’s what happened.” Sky answered.

Star wanted to say something in his defense but words never left his throat, instead he sighed in defeat and nodded.

“I knew it!” Sky once again shouted triumphantly.

“But I don’t have time to be in a relationship right now, Equestria National Race is coming and I won’t lose to her this time.” Star said with determination burning in his eyes.

“Her? Oh you mean that rainbow-maned mare? What was she called? Rainbow Crash? Rainbow Bash? Well something like that.” Nova commented.

“Rainbow Da—“

“Don’t mind her name.” Star tried to correct his friend but to no avail as he got cut off by Sky again. “She won’t be competing this year anyways.”

“What?!” Star shouted at the top of his lungs startling not only his friends but also other customers. “What do you mean she won’t be competing this year?!”

“Hey chill out dude, I’m surprised you didn’t know that, everypony even slightly interested in this race knows that last year second place won’t be coming back this year.” Sky said nonchalantly.

“But, but why?”

“Cause she’s expecting.”

Star stared at him in utter confusion. “Expecting what?”

“Oh my goodness what is wrong with you guys tonight?”

“Hey I got it this time.” Nova butted in.

“What?” Star asked.

“She’s eating for two now.”

Star shook his head “No clue.”

“Oh buck it, she’s pregnant.”

Just like Nova before Star needed few seconds to fully comprehend what his friend just said. “What?! But whom, how I mean—“

“I have no idea who, I heard she’s with that one guy from Wonderbolts, Soarin I think, and about how, you are a big boy you should know where babies come from.”

“That’s not what I meant!” He shouted at his friend.

“Dude why are you so mad about this?” Nova asked.

“Because, I was training myself to death in free time since last year just to beat her, and now she’s not coming?!” Star took few deep breaths and massaged his temples.

“Here buddy,”—Sky pushed Stars beer towards him—“take a sip.”

“Thanks.” Dashing did as Sky said. “Well that was unexpected, what’s next Princess Celestia pregnant with Discord?”

“Yeah right, what kind of child would that combination bring?” Sky commented and they all shared few more laughs accompanied by another round of beer, night went on for our friends as they once again reunited in a place where it all began, big old tavern “The Prancing Pony.”