As Fiery walked through the halls once more, he used his magic to keep the dagger he had received from his mother afloat in front of him as he walked. As he put the dagger away in Luna’s room, he looked to the bed to see that at some point that she had gotten up. He went to the door of the room and opened it to talk to one of the guards posted outside about her whereabouts. “Where’s Luna?” He asked casually.

As much as he wanted to do otherwise for Fiery addressing the Night Princess in such a manner, the guard replied in a civil and dignified manner to Fiery. “Princess Luna is currently in the throne room with her sister, Princess Celestia, about a certain subject that has come up.”

“Oh, I see… And she’ll be back when?” Fiery asked with a smile.

“That cannot be determined Mr. Embers.” The other guard replied.

“Alright then….” Fiery nodded goodbye to the guards and then closed the door with his magic as he continued to go back to the bed and think of other things he could do when he saw his grandfather’s guitar laying up against the wall. ‘Huh, wonder when that came by… wait, did I even take it home? Oh well, whatever.’

Fiery walked over to the guitar and picked it up with his magic, then sat down on the bed and put the strap of the guitar around himself. He began to play normally like any other time, and could feel the magic flowing through him as he focused on playing some Jimi Hendrix. While he played the song ‘Izabella’, and when he got to the solo, he stopped playing without stopping the magic. ‘I wonder…’ He put the guitar up to his face, and tried to pluck the strings with his teeth, only to have the magic stop working completely. It was then that four ponies had opened the door to see him like a complete idiot, guitar in face.

Octavia, Vinyl, Frostbite, and Twilight, all standing in the doorway, the mares completely confused, while Frostbite fell to the floor laughing as he saw his friend. “What are you doing Fifi?” Vinyl asked in a confused tone.

“’T-Tavi!” Fiery yelled out in shock. “T-This is u-uh, um-“ He wasn’t able to come up with an excuse fast enough, so he quickly decided to try to throw the guitar off and act as though nothing had happened, accidently strangling himself with the strap when he tried to throw it behind. As he rubbed his throat, he weakly smiled at the mares and Frostbite and spoke. “S-So, ‘Tavi, Vinyl! When did you guys come by?”

“We just came here about ten minutes ago by chariot.” Octavia answered. “But more importantly, what were you doing?”

“Whatever do you mean ‘Tavi?” Fiery responded with a fake smile.

“You know, throwing the guitar behind you won’t change the fact that we saw you like that a moment ago Fiery.” Twilight answered him.

Finally, after calming himself down enough, Frostbite had gotten up from the floor while wiping the tear from his eye and spoke. “Oh man, that was great, hehe… Just what were you trying to do Jojo? Be like Jimi Hendrix?”

“Who?” Twilight asked.

“Nopony you need to know.” Fiery quickly answered her.

Twilight hadn’t appreciated the answer as she sneered at Fiery, but calmed down as Frostbite put his hoof on her shoulder and whispered into her ear. “Don’t worry, I’ll tell you about it later.”

Twilight smiled at Frostbite and nodded. “Thanks Frostbite.”

Frostbite nodded and smiled as he looked back at Fiery. “So Jojo, what were you trying to do?”

“… Trying to be like Jimi Hendrix…” Frostbite couldn’t help himself as he burst into laughter once again at his friend, causing Fiery to roll his eyes. “Oh sure, laugh it up jackass.”

“S-S-Sorry man, b-but! Ahahaha! Really?! Ahahaha!”

“I’m sorry, but I’m still confused. What’s so funny?” Octavia asked the two stallions.

As Frostbite continued to laugh on the floor, Fiery rolled his eyes and sighed once more as he answered. “Don’t worry about it ‘Tavi, you’re not missing out on much. All you need to know is that I did something stupid thinking I could copy somepony else, but even with magic, I couldn’t do the same as him.”

“Alright then…”

“Anyways guys, what are you all doing here? I thought you went back home ‘Tavi?” Fiery asked the group, and got an immediate answer from Octavia.

“I did go back home, but I came back this morning to bring a few things.” Octavia told Fiery as she pointed to the saddlebag on her back.

“Oh, well thanks ‘Tavi, but you really didn’t need to-“

“What, don’t want us hanging around here Fifi?” Vinyl asked with a smile.

“What? Of course that’s not the reason Vinyl!” Fiery defended himself. “I’m just confused as to why you’re here, that’s all…! But actually, now that you girls are here, there’s a few things I need to talk to you two about…”

“We know Fiery.” Octavia answered Fiery with a smile.

“You do?”

“Of course we do!” Vinyl answered this time. “Did you honestly think we were in the dark about everything?”

“What? Of course not Vinyl! But… Look, ‘Tavi? Do you mind if I speak to you in private?”

Twilight and Vinyl got the hint that Fiery had dropped and both nodded. Twilight picked Frostbite up with her magic and began to leave the room, closing the door behind her after making sure both Frostbite and Vinyl were out. “So what’s this all about Fiery?” Octavia asked.

Fiery sighed and spoke in a calm voice to her. “’Tavi… Can you come lay next to me?” Fiery asked her as he lifted the guitar off the bed and placed against the wall again as well as the bag that was on Octavia’s back before laying down on his back.

Octavia rolled her eyes and sighed. “Fiery, we really-“

“I promise I won’t do anything ‘Tavi, I just… I just want you to lay next to me for right now.”

Octavia rolled her eyes and sighed once more before nodding. “Fine…” She got up on the bed and crawled up next to Fiery, then cuddled next to him, wrapping her arm around his chest. “So what’s this all about?” She asked him as she got as close as possible.

“’Tavi… How much do you and Vinyl know? In fact, what are you two doing here?”

“What? Is there something wrong with us being here?”

“What? No! Of course not! I was just surprised to see you back so soon, that’s all….”

“Well, if you really must know, all we know is that you’re marrying Princess Luna because of political reasons, or so your mom told us.”

“I see… You seem to be taking it well.”

“… So are you.” Octavia commented as she tried to snug closer to Fiery. “We also came back because I asked Princess Celestia if it was alright to stay here until the wedding, getting to know the kids better and such.”

“I see… ‘Tavi?”

“Hmm?”

“What… What would you do if I couldn’t go back home? If I couldn’t take care of the kids with you and Vinyl?”

Octavia sighed and stayed silent for a few seconds before answering him. “If you really must know Fiery, I… I guess we would have to sell the house or something. There’s no way we would be able to afford to keep living there with the kids in there, even with Princess Celestia’s help.”

“And what about the other girls? Do you think they would be furious? Do they even know?”

Octavia shook her head in Fiery’s side. “No, they don’t know anything yet, but to answer you, yes, I think they would be furious if you suddenly left all of them.”

“I see…. Hey ‘Tavi?”

“Hmm?”

“How would you like if you and the others lived here? In the castle?”

Octavia raised her head and looked at Fiery in the eyes. “What are you talking about Fiery?”

“I talked to my mom and Celestia earlier. They said that because I would be considered human, I would still be allowed to keep the harem. There’s also the thing which my mom told me where royalty are allowed to have concubines.”

“So you want me, Vinyl, and the others to be your concubines, meanwhile, you would be married to Princess Luna…. Is that what I’m hearing?”

Fiery nodded his head. “’Tavi, I love you, I really do! Believe me when I say I’m trying whatever I can to keep us together. I-“ But as Fiery was speaking, the two suddenly heard the door slam, then hoofsteps quickly running away from the door. “What the…? Shit, no, please don’t let it-“

“Fiery?”

Fiery quickly leapt off the bed and rushed over to the door, leaving Octavia completely confused, but spoke again before he left the room. “Look, just think about it ‘Tavi. I really do love you and- Fuck! Just, just think about it, okay?”

“Okay…”

“Thanks babe-“ Fiery replied as he quickly opened the door and spoke to the guard outside. “Which way did she go?” The guard responded by pointing in a direction going down the hallway, and Fiery nodded. “Alright thanks. Luna!” Fiery called out as he began to rush off in the hallway, chasing Princess Luna.
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After going through many hallways, twists, and turns, Fiery had finally caught up with Princess Luna when he saw her sitting on a balcony, staring out into the vast scenery that was Equestria. “Luna, look, I-“

“Do you really want to marry me Fiery? Or do you wish to marry one of the other girls instead? Possibly that Octavia girl?”

“Didn’t we already go through this?” Fiery asked, which caused Luna to finally turn around to him, tears streaming from her eyes, before she finally wiped them away with her hoof.

“Yes, we did Fiery, but it seems that each time I believe you, you seem to do something that makes me question if you really do love me or not.”

“Of course I love you Luna!” Fiery answered her as he stepped towards her. “But I can’t possibly just say no to any of you!”

“That’s because you only care about the sex.” Luna snapped at him, but still tried to maintain her cool.

Fiery sighed and rolled his eyes. “Alright, yes, the sex is nice, but that isn’t all to you girls.” He told her as he finally got up next to her. “Luna, you girls have changed me for the better, and I mean it!”

“I don’t believe that for a minute Fiery.”

“But it’s true! Look, back when I was human, my entire life was crap-“ He started to explain as he sat down on the cold palace balcony floor. “Stephen left my mom when I was only four, my aunt didn’t take care about me at all, the teachers in my school seemed to have some sort of vendetta against me which to this day still confuses the hell out of me. I mean, what did I ever do to them? I was always faithful in trying to do my homework and crap because my mom made to do it, but they still hated my guts!”

“Is it possible you only misinterpreted them trying to help you as hating you?”

“Help me? They didn’t once try to help me! The only times they came over was to help me was when I was partnered up with some kid in the class for a project, that’s it! I had to do everything else on my own…! Look, let’s forget about the teachers, okay? What I’m trying to get at is that when I went to college with Patrick, I thought I was finally free from all that bullshit, but instead other bullshit replaced it. Sure, it didn’t help that my girlfriend back in high school seemed to have cheated on me with about every other guy in school, but in all honesty I don’t care about that anymore! Again, when I went to college, that woman cheating on me, and the fact that Stephen left mom haunted me. I wasn’t able to get serious about any relationships anymore, I would constantly goof off with my work since my mom wasn’t able to look over my shoulder anymore…. Listen, ever since I’ve come here and regained my memories, I’ve changed for the better, and I owe it all to you girls…”

During Fiery’s speech, Luna had also decided to sit down on the floor as she listened to him, and when he was finished, spoke in her usual calm voice. “Fiery… I know you went through some bad times with your human life, but… how do you think I feel? Ever since I’ve gotten my memories back, ever since I’ve had the free time to do so, I’ve been thinking about you and the times we spent together, and yet…”

“You feel cheated on?” Fiery asked, and Luna nodded, causing Fiery to sigh. “Luna… I… Again, didn’t we already go through this?”

Luna rolled her eyes and huffed in frustration. “Fiery…”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, it’s just… you know what I’m going to say and how I feel and such, so I really don’t understand why we’re having the same conversation again. You say you feel like you’re all alone, I say that I love you but I also love the other girls, you say you only want me to love you, I say I can’t do that, you give up and say you’ll have to get used to sharing then, and then we make up like that, so-“

“So you have me figured out, do you?” Luna asked angrily, her powers beginning to show as darkness began to form around her.

“W-Wait a minute Luna, I-I just mean that-“

“Just mean what?”

“I-I-I, um… I love you?” He told her with a fake smile on, causing to anger her more.

“Fiery…” Luna’s anger was beginning to rise.

“Alright, alright! I’m sorry Luna! What do you want me to do?” Fiery asked her, which seemed to calm her down.

“What do I-“

“Yes, what do you want me to do? What will I have to do in order for you to be happy?” Fiery asked again with a determined face.

“Fiery… I… I don’t know.”

“Perhaps I can make a suggestion.” A new voice came from behind Fiery. The two looked behind Fiery to see Octavia standing there.

“’Tavi!”

“What do you mean Ms. Pie?” Luna asked bitterly, not entirely happy that Octavia had shown up.

Octavia walked up in front of Luna and bowed. “Princess Luna-“ She began. “I’m terribly sorry for the trouble I have been causing you.”

“’Tavi…”

“It seems I have been keeping the stallion you love all to myself, and so, because I wish for you to avoid such arguments in the future-“

“Were you listening in on us?” Luna asked Octavia, clearly upset but tried her best to hide it.

“Yes, I was Princess Luna, and again, forgive me for doing so, as I initially had no intention to intrude on such a personal matter.”

Luna sighed and answered her. “Fine, I’ll forgive you… but what were getting on at?”

Octavia finally lifted her head to face Luna face to face. “Your highness, because of my selfish actions, I have been causing you much harm, which is why, I wish you to have Fiery to yourself until the wedding is over.”

“And what gives you the permission to tell me what to do?” Luna asked as she narrowed her eyebrows and pointed her hoof at herself.

“Because your highness, I love him just as much as you do.” Octavia answered with a smile.

Fiery began to panic, unsure of what Luna was going to do, so he decided to step in-between the two and try to stop it. “Alright you two, b-break it up, break-“ But he was interrupted as he began to hear laughter from Luna. “L-Luna?”

After she had finally calmed down enough to answer, Luna smiled at the two ponies and answered Fiery. “It seems you have some bravery in you Ms. Pie, it takes much courage to stand up against the Princess of the Night.”

Octavia nodded and smiled back. “I’m sorry for doing such things your highness, but you must understand that I truly do love Fiery, but just because you two are getting married, I don’t think I would be able to suddenly stop loving him, nor do I think the other girls would be able to either.”

“Yes, I suppose you and the others wouldn’t be able to stop loving him, even if I did take him away by force…. Very well then Ms. Pie, I shall accept your terms, but don’t think that after the wedding, you’ll be on equal footing as me for his love.”

“Of course Princess Luna, I wouldn’t have it any other way.” With that, Octavia walked away, leaving the two alone as she walked back to Twilight’s room where the others were, but not before giving Fiery a kiss on the cheek.

“… What just happened?” Fiery asked in a confused manner, in which Luna replied with some giggling.

“It seems your friend Ms. Pie has allowed me to have you all to myself for the next five months.” Luna answered as she wrapped her hoof around Fiery’s neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek opposite of Octavia’s kiss.

“I see…” ‘Well then… I’m glad that everything was solved alright… Thank you ‘Tavi.’

“You’ll have to thank her the next time you see her, but for now, you’re all mine.” Luna told Fiery as she still clung around his neck.

“So… What should we do?”

“Hmm?”

“Well, it’s about noon, and we have the rest of the day ahead of us…”

Luna let go of Fiery and began to tap her chin in thought. “Maybe we can go out on a date?”

“Is that allowed? I mean, last night when I tried to leave…”

“Oh, I’m sure it’ll be fine Fiery.” Luna assured him.

“Alright then, I guess a date it is then. But first, don’t you think we should get some guards to come with us? I mean, it wouldn’t be good if we got in trouble…”

Luna sighed. “I suppose you’re right… Alright, I’ll go summon a few of my guards and I’ll be right back. Can you go to the southern exit and wait for me?”

Fiery nodded his head and smiled. “Sure, I’ll do that.” ‘Perhaps then I can convince her to let ‘Tavi and the others-‘

“No.” Luna sternly replied to Fiery, reading his mind.

“You didn’t even let me finish my thought!”

“I know, but for today I just want you to focus on me.” She said sternly, then began to look at Fiery with saddened eyes. “Is that really too much to ask Fiery?”

“No, I suppose it’s not.” Fiery huffed, then smiled at Luna once more. “Alright, you’re right, you deserve to have me all to yourself today.”

Luna immediately brightened up. “I’m glad you see it my way.” And then she began to walk away as she went to her half of the castle to summon some of her own guards to escort the two outside.

Before leaving himself, Fiery looked back out to the city from the balcony and smiled, when he heard a voice from behind. “Well, I’m certainly glad everything seems to have gone well.”

Fiery turned around while still smiling and saw that Celestia was standing there, smiling back. “Yeah, I suppose I am too.”

“Well you certainly don’t sound like you’re glad.”

Fiery chuckled a bit before answering Celestia. “Just because I don’t sound like it doesn’t mean it’s not true.”

Celestia rolled her eyes. “Yes, I suppose that could be true…. By the way…”

“Hmm?”

“I saw you earlier carrying around a dagger of some sort, which I could have sworn I’ve seen somewhere before… anyways, I was just wondering, what were you doing with it Fiery?”

“Oh, so you saw that, huh? Well, to tell you the truth it’s actually my father’s.” Fiery answered as he looked away back at the city.

“I didn’t know Stephen-“

“It isn’t Stephen’s.” Fiery cut her off.

Celestia raised her hoof up to her chest and her face became saddened. “Oh, I, um, I see…. S-So did Starry tell you then?” Fiery nodded at Celestia’s question as he continued to look out to the city. “Well then?”

“It isn’t my place to tell you.” Fiery responded, knowing the question she wanted to ask as he turned back at Celestia and smiled. “But enough of that, I need to get going before Luna gets upset at me.”

“Oh, yes, I suppose I should let you go… but Fiery?”

“Hmm?”

“I actually came here to tell you that… please take care of my sister.”

Fiery looked back to Celestia from the hallway and smiled. “Of course, I wouldn’t dream of ever treating her badly.”

Celestia smiled and nodded. “Thank you Fiery. Now hurry up, otherwise Luna might beat you to the exit.” Fiery nodded and began to walk away finally, before Celestia sighed and looked towards the city as Fiery had done, wondering what the future was to going to be like for everypony around him.
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Fiery was in luck as he was able to beat Luna to the southern exit of the palace before her arrival. Panting hard from the running he had done, he looked up as he heard multiple hoofsteps coming towards him, and saw that Luna was approaching with some of her guards. As she got closer, Fiery smiled brightly for her and bowed. “Ready?” He asked as he got back up.

“I suppose I am.” Luna replied as she too smiled at Fiery.

“Alright then…. Uh…”

“You have no idea where you want to take me, do you?” Luna asked in a disappointed tone.

“No, that’s not it! I just uh… um…”

Luna rolled her eyes and huffed as one of the guards began to snicker at Fiery’s misfortune. “Fiery… Why don’t we just go and walk around or something? Until we find something we could enjoy together?”

“O-Okay, sure, I suppose that’ll be good…. I’m sorry Luna, I had-“

Fiery was cut off though as Luna raised her hoof to silence him and smiled. “It’s alright Fiery, just… let’s just try making this date special, okay?”

Fiery smiled back and nodded. “Sure, sounds good.” With that, the two walked outside and began their date together.
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As Octavia finally reached the bedroom that Princess Celestia had given her and Vinyl for their visit, Vinyl was on the bed, her glasses off, reading the latest music magazine that had been delivered to their room at her request. Octavia smiled and addressed Vinyl as she closed the door and walked over to the bed. “Hey Vinyl.”

Vinyl looked up from her magazine and grinned. “Hey ‘Tavi. What did Fifi want? Ooh! Wait! Let me guess… um, ooh! He wanted to do it with you, didn’t he?”

Octavia rolled her eyes and shook her head. “No, he didn’t Vinyl.”

“Really? Well then, I’m out of ideas.” After Octavia got onto the bed, she got up next to Vinyl and hugged her. “’Tavi?”

“You wanted to ask what he wanted right? Well, this is what he wanted.”

“… He wanted you to hug him?”

“Sort of, there were other things he wanted to talk about it, but I’ll tell you later…. Anyways, what are you reading?” Octavia asked as she got off Vinyl and looked at the magazine in Vinyl’s hoofs.

“Oh, this? It’s just the latest music magazine, that’s all.”

“Is it now?” Octavia looked the magazine over, then laid on her stomach, her head by Vinyl’s back hooves as she looked at the cover of the magazine. “Fiery?”

Vinyl nodded. “Apparently that concert in Manehatten got him some real good publicity. I was just reading the article a critic who attended the concert put it in here, said it was the best show he’s seen in a really long time.”

Octavia got back on her back as she lied next to Vinyl properly once again. “Vinyl, as happy as that makes me, just because one critic says he was good-“

“But he isn’t.” Vinyl interrupted. “I’ve been reading this magazine for the past hour, all this entire issue can talk about is the new mysterious stallion who popped out of nowhere and can perform music with his magic that no other pony can do or has even heard before.”

Octavia rolled her eyes once more. “Well of course they haven’t heard it before, he’s from Earth after all.”

“Not originally he isn’t.” Vinyl responded with a grin.

“You know what I mean.” Octavia said after she rolled her eyes a third time.

“I know, just like messing with you ‘Tavi.”

“So I’ve known for the longest time now…. Anyways, as much as I like that he’s getting all this attention and such, I’m worried.”

Vinyl put the magazine down and looked at Octavia with worried eyes. “What do you mean?”

“Well, it’s just…. He’s from Earth, right?”

“Sort of, yeah….”

“Well, they must have the same sort of laws that we have here, right? Like stealing and such?”

“I suppose…. Your point being?”

“Well, think about it Vinyl. With this marriage, Earth and Terra will open up to one another, and even though Princess Celestia wants to keep the immigration to a minimum for right now, that still doesn’t mean that there’s the possibility of the humans who own the music-“

“Are going to find out and want the money that Fiery is making, because he’s played nothing but music that was created on Earth, is that what you’re saying?” Vinyl finished for Octavia, and Octavia nodded. Vinyl sighed and responded. “Well, I guess the best thing we can do is hope Princess Celestia does something to stop it from happening, right? Either that or Fifi needs to make some sort of arrangements to meet with the humans who he wants to copy.” Vinyl said as she went back to the magazine, licking her hoof and turning the next page.

Octavia looked at Vinyl and a giant grin grew on her face. “Vinyl! That’s genius!”

“Huh?” Vinyl responded as she looked at her friend with a quizzical look. “What’s genius?”

“What you just said of course!”

“That we should hope that Princess Cele-“

“No, not that! I’m talking about him meeting the humans!”

“Oooooh…. Is that really such a good idea?”

Now Octavia was the one with the quizzical look. “What do you mean? You were the one who came up with it!”

“I know, it’s just that, what would happen if the humans refuse?”

“What do you mean?”

Vinyl sighed, closed the magazine, placed it beside her, then turned and looked at Octavia, giving her full attention. “Look, what I’m saying is that, what would happen if the humans are too greedy? What if they wouldn’t be able to come to an agreement?”

Again, Octavia rolled her eyes. “Oh Vinyl, I’m sure that they would be able to come up with some sort of agreement.”

“Really?” Vinyl asked as she cocked her eyebrow. “Because from what I’ve seen from the movies on Fifi’s computer thingy, humans don’t seem to know self-control.”

“Those are movies though Vinyl, I’m sure humans are able to control themselves just fine. I mean, take Fiery as an example.”

“Exactly, take him as an example. Whenever one of us wants to have sex, he never says no, even when he’s been doing it for a week non-stop.”

Octavia was the one to sigh this time. “Okay, first off, it wasn’t ‘non-stop’. He had taken plenty of breaks in-between. And second, he… um….”

“See? You can’t refute that at all! Admit it ‘Tavi, meeting with the humans would be a bad idea.”

Octavia sighed one last time. “Fine…. I guess I’ll go talk to Princess Celestia to see if there’s anything she could do….”

Vinyl sighed and spoke. “Sorry ‘Tavi, I know you want to help Fiery in all ways possible, but sometimes even when you think something is a good idea, it can actually turn out to be a bad one…”

“I know Vinyl….”

“… Anyways… What did you and Fiery talk about?”
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Luna was looking up at the sky, a bright smile on her face as she waited patiently for Fiery to return. She was sitting on the cool green grass in a park not far from the palace, underneath a large oak tree. Just then, she heard Fiery call out for her.

“Luna!” Fiery called out as he walked towards her, two cones of ice cream hovering in front of him. As he approached her, he lifted one of the cones in front of Luna, having her grab it with her magic. “Chocolate, right?”

Luna nodded. “I’m glad you remember such a thing.”

Fiery sat down next to her and smiled. “Yeah, well, ice cream might have been different back then, but I’ll never forget you loving how you could combine chocolate with it.” He then began to lick his own ice cream before speaking again. “I suppose I’m glad that the guards were willing to back off some.” He said as he noticed the guards not too far away from them, still within their vision.

Luna took a break from her own ice cream to reply. “Yes, well, despite them wanting to do their best protecting me, they must also respect my personal space, is that not correct?” Just then, Luna was surprised at a sudden sensation on her nose as Fiery lightly tapped it with his vanilla ice cream. “F-Fiery!”

Fiery chuckled a bit at the sight and apologized. “Sorry Luna, just wanted to mess around with you some. Here, let me get a napkin.” He used his magic to lift a napkin he had conveniently placed in his pocket out and began to rub Luna’s snout.

“I’d appreciate it if you warned me about such things.”

“Oh come on Luna, if I did that, then where would the fun be in goofing around?”

Luna rolled her eyes as she continued to lick her ice cream, but then smiled at Fiery’s silliness. “Yes, I suppose it wouldn’t be so fun if I knew it was coming… which is why-“ Luna then caught Fiery off guard as she did the exact same thing to him, lightly tapping her own ice cream on his nose, smearing the chocolate on the tip. “I get payback.” She finished as she went back to licking.

Fiery chuckled a bit as he got the same napkin out and rubbed his own nose. “I suppose I deserved that….” Fiery then looked up at the sky and smiled as he continued eating his ice cream. “It really is a beautiful day, huh?”

Luna nodded in agreement. “It really is… but did we really need to spoil our appetites with ice cream?”

Fiery rolled his eyes and smirked. “Oh come on Luna, you know you enjoy this. What’s so bad about sitting outside, underneath a large oak tree with your loved one, eating ice cream together?”

Luna smiled and leaned on Fiery, resting her head on his shoulder, before answering. “There isn’t a single thing wrong about that.”
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For the rest of the day, Luna and Fiery had continued to walk through the city, simply talking to one another as they roamed the streets, admiring the scenery of the city. “You know, I never really got the chance to walk through the city like this, and just admire its beauty.” Fiery said out loud.

Luna nodded in agreement. “Yes, I suppose I would have to say the same. Sister never really let me leave the palace, being concerned and all.”

Fiery smirked a bit. “Well of course she’s going to do something like that, I mean, you are her little sister after all, so isn’t it logical that she would want to look out for you?”

Luna rolled her eyes. “There’s a fine line between being concerned and being overprotective.”

Fiery chuckled a bit to himself. “Yeah, I suppose you’re right….” It was then that the sun was beginning to set, as they had been walking through the city the entire day, or sitting in the park. “Perhaps we should get back to the palace, before it gets too dark.”

Luna nodded. “I suppose you’re right about that… alright, let’s get going.” But as they began to walk away, Luna suddenly stopped in her tracks and looked south.

Fiery was curious as to what she was doing. “Luna?” He asked. “You alright?”

Luna hesitated for a few moments before answering. “Y-Yeah, I’m alright, just thought I sensed something amiss, but it was nothing.”

“Alright… should we go back to the palace? Or-“

Luna shook her head. “No, it’s fine, really Fiery. Let’s just get going already.” She answered as she began to walk in front of Fiery, who was still standing still, confused. ‘It must have been my imagination. There’s no way he would come back, I made sure of it…! Didn’t I?’
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Meanwhile, in a secret base somewhere in New Mexico, United States of America, a certain General is on the floor where the portal was once located, overseeing the destruction of the laboratory. “What happened?” He asked the closest scientist near him, calmly as possible.

“We have no idea General. One minute, everything is working fine, the next, poof!”

“… What about the tapes around the time the portal blew up? Did you check them yet?”

The scientist nodded his head. “We’re currently checking them as we speak.”

The General nodded. “Alright then, come tell me-“

“General!” One of the scientists called out from the observation deck, getting the General’s attention. “We think we found what went through!”

“Good! I’ll be right up there.” The General responded, then turned to the scientist next to him. “I want a detailed report of anything that’s missing or anyone who got hurt in the explosion asap, understand?”

The scientist nodded. “Yes General Thornton, right away.” He answered, then began scurrying along, checking up on the other scientists and the few soldiers who were in the blast radius.

‘Just what the hell happened here?’ General Thornton thought to himself as he began climbing the stairs up to the observation deck. Once he got inside the room where multiple monitors used to monitor the portal were set up, he addressed the scientist who had called him. “What do you have doctor?”

“General, we have something we think you should take a look at.” The scientist responded as he pointed his finger at the monitor. As the General watched the screen, from up to the point where the portal exploded, he hadn’t seen anything extraordinary.

“What exactly am I looking at? All I see is minutes of regular work, then the portal exploding.”

“Here, let me adjust a few more things.” The scientist replied as he started to tamper with the machine, so instead of the regular camera settings, it was now in heat-sensor mode. The scientist then rewound the tape and began to play it again, and this time the General understood what the scientist wanted him to see.

“What the….”

“Yes sir, we believe it’s a… pony.”

“How did-“

“We have no idea sir. Some sort of invisibility spell of some sort? From the data we’ve been collecting by their government, they seem to mostly function on magic, and so the idea of invisibility-“

“Wouldn’t be so farfetched, fine, but what I want to know is how it got here in the first place? Why is it going in the portal rather than coming out? And more importantly, did it take anything?”

“We’re unsure about those answers at the moment sir, but I assure you, you’ll have them as soon as possible.”

General Thornton nodded his head at the scientist. “Good. I’ll go back to my office and report to the President about this incident, as I’m sure he’ll be interested in hearing about it. Until then, search through the entire database and find if anything is missing, as well as check all the tapes throughout the facility.”

“Understood sir.” The scientist responded, and immediately went to work.

“Good, now if you’ll excuse me.” The General saluted the scientists in the room and began to walk back to his office. ‘Just what is going on?’
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Somewhere deep in the Everfree Forest, a cloaked figure was looking towards Canterlot, with a furious face on. “I will have my revenge-“ The figure said in a soft but angered tone. “I will get you yet brat….”
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Chapter 34, yay! Alright, nothing much to say, other than read the Author’s Update while it’s still up. If it’s not after you’re done reading this, then never mind, you’re not missing out on much.

In a study published in the Annual Report for Smithsonian Institution in 1953, scientists found that 98 percent of our atoms are replaced each year. Every day, our bodies take in new atoms from the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the liquids we drink. These atoms are incorporated into our cells and fuel the chemical processes that keep us alive. Atoms make up molecules, which make up cells, which make up tissues, which make up organs. - CrADHD