I woke up the next morning and looked at the box with the ring in it, it got me feeling a little nervous about proposing to Rarity, but living with regret of what could've been is not my style one bit. I looked on out the window to see a market sale going on around the town.

"There was a trade fair at Rainbow Falls yesterday, now we have a market day here today? The events in this world just keep on coming." I said to myself.

I got out of bed and got myself cleaned and dressed, I took my pocketwatch and the engagement ring box and placed them in my pockets, I was going to need both of them for today. After a long breakfast, I left my home and walked to the market to see the ponies already there.

"Hear ye, hear ye! The Ponyville Foal and Filly Fair is almost ready to begin!" Pinkie announced as she trotted in excitement.

"Morning Pinkie." I called.

"Oh morning Bond, are you super duper excited to be proposing to Rarity?!"

"I am, but I'm also a little nervous."

"Awww, have a cookie. It's on the house."

She handed out a cookie tied to a balloon which was typical of her and she trotted away.

I saw Rarity coming out of her boutique with Twilight on Spike's back, I hid myself away between two market stands so they couldn't see me.

"Just because the attendees are young, doesn't mean they don't deserve my very best creative work. Why, this puppet theatre is going to be the talk of the Foal and Filly " Rarity said as she moved out a designed golden puppet stand.

"How could it not be?" Twilight asked, "You're the one making it."

"Oh! But I couldn't have done it without the help of one of my dearest and most supportive friends, especially Spikey here who is still one of my favourite dragons."

"Your favourite dragon? Aw, gee..." Spike blushed.

"The hours have been long, the work taxing beyond compare, but it will all be worth it when we hear those three little words!"

I saw them go up to a pig-shaped stallion with two puppets held by his magic and they presented the puppet stand.

"This is awful!" he criticized bluntly.

I gasped...nopony offends Rarity's work and gets away with it.

"Awful?!" Rarity gasped.

"How could it be awful?" Twilight asked.

"And completely unusable." he replied as he looked at the bottom of the stand to see the wheels that weren't on the ground, "Hmm...Ugh! It doesn't travel!" he then poked his head through the stage which was a little small for him "Oh, there's no room for my puppets! It appears I won't have a travelling puppet theatre to use after all."

He then walked off in disgust as his two puppets glared at Rarity, I could see she was very upset by his negative criticism.

"I don't know what that guy was talking about. This thing is perfect!" Spike assured.

But it didn't work, Rarity galloped off in tears and to her boutique home, leaving them both unsure what to do.

I sighed as I walked out from between the stalls and approached them.

"I hate to say it, but I saw all of it...as much as there were a couple of problems highlighted, it does not excuse him from slandering my marefriend's work!" I said with slight anger, "How could a pony like him have no heart?"

"Oh Bond, I guess it's the way some ponies handle entertainment business." Twilight replied.

"And I thought the day was going to be perfect for me."

"Don't worry, you'll get your chance to propose to Rarity when everything is in place...all of us mares are working as quietly as we can."

"In the meantime, I'll go and check on Rarity." Spike added, "But I'll remember to do my part of the engagement plans, you have my word."

"Thanks Spike...I wanna go in and comfort her, but it would spoil the plan, but I know she'll listen to you."

Spike then got off Twilight and walked over to the boutique before Twilight hugged me.

"You just focus on making yourself scarce until we're ready. Be calm, brave and caring all the while." she advised.

"I will...thank you...see you and the rest later."

Twilight walked to the boutique as I walked around the rest of the market...I saw Applejack building an arrow sign by her apple stall.

"Howdy sugarcube, are yer feelin' fine?" she asked.

"A little nervous, but happy to do be doing this." I replied.

"Don't you fret on little bit, ah'm doing my part of the plan by building this 'ere arrow sign so Rarity will know where to go to find you."

"Great idea, I love it...thanks, Applejack."

I carried onwards and I looked up at the clouds that were being rounded up. I saw Rainbow Dash fly down beside me.

"So, what do you think?" Dash asked, pointing to the clouds she brought together.

"Looks really impressive so far, it's part of a message I'm guessing?"

"Yeah, pretty awesome eh? I better get back up there and finish it off."

She flew back up straight away whilst I walked towards the end of the market area to find Fluttershy with a few birds that were standing in a line, I had a feeling this was another part of the plan.

"Now remember my pretties, learn to harmonise effectively." she said to them before noticing me, "Oh hello Bond, I'm happy to be doing my best for your wedding proposal plan."

"Glad to hear it, are your birds performing an ensemble as Rarity calls it?"

"Oh yes, they're just rehearsing until we're all ready for the moment." she then put a hoof on my shoulder, "Rarity is one of my dearest friends, I know that you'll take great care of her when you have a wedding someday."

"I will do anything and everything to make sure she's happy and loved with me."

"Good luck later."

Fluttershy then hugged me before I decided to leave the market and go back to my home for lunchtime.

After I had my lunch, I heard a knock on the door and I had to open it.

"Hey there Bond." Spike said, "All our parts of the plan are finished, you can go and get Rarity, when you're ready."

"Cool." I replied, "Oh by the way. I don't know if we went through about where the proposal was going to take place."

"Oh we managed to discuss that after you left. It's going to take place on the hill overlooking the whole town."

"Great choice." I then sighed and checked my pockets for my ring box which was still there. "Okay, here goes nothing. I'm going now."

"Okay, I'll let the others know you're ready to begin...good luck dude."

"Thanks."

We did a bro-hoof/claw and he went off to where he needed to go as I walked out of my home to find the market stalls around the boutique gone which surprised me slightly, but I didn't care. I knocked on Rarity's door and it opened.

"Oh afternoon darling, I've missed you today." Rarity said as she hugged me.

"Hi Rarity, mind if you come for a walk with me?" I asked, "There's something I want to show you and I hope you love it."

"After what I've had earlier today, anything to be with you, dear."

She closed the door behind her and we held hooves and began walking through the town and there, it all began. We walked along the pathway until we came across a path of gems, we followed it and then we came to a shape of a heart made out of gems.

"Darling, this is beautiful." she said.

"We're only just beginning." I replied.

Secondly, we past a sign with an arrow pointing to the sky, we looked up to see a message made of light clouds being grouped together which real: 'You are the love of my life and the one I'll always love.'

Rarity gasped softly as we walked onwards out of the town and through the park fields.

"So tell me, what happened earlier?" I asked.

"I designed a puppet stand for a travelling puppeteer, but he found it all wrong and left in disgust." she replied sadly.

"Well who cares I say? He's not worth the time. I on the other hand am along with your bestest friends."

"Thank you dear..."

We then saw Fluttershy with a composer stick in her mouth as she waved it with her head and the birds on a tree branch sang.

We then finally made it to the hill where there was a small pile of hearts, in pink and red among other kinds of confetti. When we were standing at the top among the confetti pile. I saw a small note that said 'Read me, Bond' and I saw a small zebra-shaped hoof-stamp on the bottom right corner...thank you, Zecora, I thought.

I then began reading the note as I held my hooves with Rarity, I could see that she was beginning to tear up in happiness.

"I hope you had fun, with our walk today. When I'm with you, I never dream of being far away." I began reading, "You're beautiful, generous and without a doubt, you're clever. I hope you know that I and always will love you forever."

During my reading, the other mares began to show up along with Spike.

"You make me laugh and deep down inside. I am definitely sure that I want you by my side."

I then got down on one knee on my back-leg and pulled out the ring box.

"I could never imagine not having you in life...so will you do me the honour of being my wife?"

I then put down the note and opened up the box to reveal the ring, Rarity began crying in happiness and so did the other mares.

"YES!" Rarity shouted, "I LOVE YOU, DARLING!"

I gasped in relief as the mares and Spike all applauded, I placed the engagement ring on her horn and we began kissing passionately, standing on our backlegs and holding each other for several minutes, we didn't wanna let go.

"Congratulations, you both!" Pinkie exclaimed, "BEST PROPOSAL EVER!!!"

"Oh Rarity, I'm so pleased for you!" Fluttershy said to her happily.

"Bond, you were pretty smooth...and dare I say awesome!" Dash complimented.

"Thanks all, but I couldn't have done it without any of you." I replied.

"Oh it was a real pleasure to us." Spike said, "Even though it was tempting to eat the gems I laid on the pathway."

"And as for that poem." Twilight added, "I asked Zecora for a favor and she happily accepted."

"Well tell her I said thanks because I'm not good at rhyming," I replied.

"Mind if we see the ring, sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

"Yes of course, girls." Rarity replied as she placed the ring on her hoof as I placed my left foreleg around her.

"Wow, that's a gorgeous ring, looks quite expensive." Twilight commented.

"Sure does look a mighty expensive ring." Applejack added. "How you were able to afford it?"

"That's for me and soon Rarity to know and you lot to guess." I smirked.

"Yeah, whatever, buster!" Dash remarked playfully.

"So, what's happenin' next?" Applejack asked.

"ENGAGEMENT PARTY!" Pinkie shouted as she jumped in the air.

"That sounds nice." Fluttershy replied.

"Well, let's get going dears." Rarity said.

So we left the hill and walked back to Ponyville, over to Sugarcube Corner where Pinkie had the whole place set up for a party already. It was indeed an eventful party, especially when Soarin, Big Mac and my cousin Vinyl turned up.

"Yo Bond, congratulations dude!" Soarin said "You are one awesome Prince."

"Eeyup." Big Mac replied.

"Thanks guys, I am just over the moon that it all went smoothly."

During the dancing, we listened to a lot of uptempo songs played by Vinyl, but when a ballad came on, Rarity and I couldn't resist dancing together and sharing our love.

When the party was over, Big Mac and Soarin had to leave, Spike was down for the count so Twilight lifted him up and carried him on her back until Spike woke up and felt something coming...he burped out a letter which woke him up instantly.

"It's a letter from Princess Cadence." Twilight said as she opened it, "Just to remind you that the Equestria Games is in two days, I hope to see you and all your friends by then."

"Well at least we've got more than a day to get ready." Applejack said.

"Then maybe we should have a quiet day tomorrow and pack whatever we need for the following day." Fluttershy suggested.

"That's good thinking, Fluttershy." Rarity agreed, "We'll see you all tomorrow. I have a night and a whole day to spend with my fiancé."

"Ooooh, have fun." Pinkie said as we left the store.

The others agreed to clean up the shop whilst Rarity and I held hooves as we walked to her boutique. We got inside and we trotted straight upstairs to her bedroom. She got dressed in her suggestive nightwear, but keeping her engagement ring on her horn.

"Bond darling." she said.

"Yes my love?" I asked cool and calmly.

She walked over, placed her hooves around me and kissed me.

"I wanna thank you for cheering me right up, dear. You, willing to be my husband was what I needed today."

"You're welcome, Rarity. But I wanna thank you as well for willing to be my wife."

"When you reckon we'll have at our wedding?"

"I'm not sure, there's a lot that's going on around us, so I think we're going to have wait for a while." I paused as we walked over to the bed and I laid on first before Rarity got on top and looked at me in the eyes. "But when the day where we have our wedding arrives, it will all be worth it in the end."

Rarity shed a tear as we gazed into each others eyes, this was a moment of a lifetime for her and me, there was nowhere else I'd rather be than with Rarity and just as before, we wanted to be among the passions of love. We got underneath the covers and engaged in fiery passionate kisses.

Tonight...was a wonderful blessing for me, Rarity may had that hiccup with the puppeteer earlier, but I knew that what I had to do would help her forget about it. With my engagement plan a success and finished, it's time for me to get my head game on as we all prepare for the long awaited Equestria Games! Next Chapter: Equestria Games Estimated time remaining: 7 Hours, 19 Minutes