Another day had come for young Danny and he was about to have quite the little adventure this day, for it was the day his mother had promised to bring him to the park once again, and he would even get to see his friend Hershey Sprinkle. The boy had even went to bed a bit earlier so he could awake bright and early for the occasion, it had become obvious to Luna that Rainbow Dash's lesson in loyalty had really done the trick.

Danny was now already out of bed and trying to get his clothes on as fast as he could while trying to make for the door, but he only managed to fall to the ground on his side while trying to get his pants on. He was barely able to get them on as he slip them on before turning to his shirt that was now hanging off his left arm, war was now on as he struggled to quickly get his shirt on, in his haste to get it on, he didn't realize that he had put the shirt on backwards.

With that issue sort of handled, he walked over and quickly threw on his socks and shoes before finally being ready for the day, he began making for the door while scratching for the front of his neck not noticing that the tag for the shirt was in the front instead of the back. It was then that Danny made it to the door and opened it only to be surprised by none other than his cousin Blue Blood, who had yet to do a little maintenance on himself, for his mane seemed a bit messy and was wearing his white robe.

"Uh... Good morning Danny, you'll forgive me, but I was trying to sleep in, but aunt Luna insisted that I come to check on you while she's taking care of a few things,” Blue Blood said before noticing Danny was giggling at him.

"You look great... This fine morning don't you Blue Blood?” Danny joked as he messed with Blue Blood's mane.

"Oh don't even start; I'm over do for a grooming and a shower, what's your excuse? You're the one wearing a garment on backwards,” Blue Blood pointed out as Danny finally noticed that his shirt was on backwards.

"Huh... So that's why the tag was in the front, well I was just getting ready for my trip to the park, I'm going to the park to see my friend Hershey Sprinkle,” Danny defended while secretly putting his shirt on correctly.

"Oh...? I did not know you had a filly for a first friend, please hop on my back and give me the gossip on her,” Blue Blood said with interest as he knelt down and offered Danny a ride.

Danny gladly took the offer and stepped up before climbing onto Blue Blood's back, he made sure he was neatly fastened onto Blue Blood before giving the stallion the stallion that he can go. With a small nod from the boy, Blue Blood stood up and began taking Danny down the hall way on his back. Danny sat back a bit and enjoyed the ride a little bit, they took a moment to enjoy the new day as sun light fell through the windows and warmed both of them up before finally Blue blood turned back hoping to talk about this new friend of Danny's.

"So please Danny, give me the gossip on this Hershey Sprinkle, when did you meet her? How old is she? Does she seem interesting to you?” Blue Blood questioned while they made their way to another hall way.

"Well... She's very nice, but she looks a bit sad at times, she's very pretty though..."Danny complimented while Blue Blood chuckled at Danny's comment.

"So... Do you like her or something? You must if you notice how she looks,” Blue Blood teased while they were making off into another hall way just in time for Danny to freak out on the stallion.

"What...?! No...! That's gross! Why would you even joke about that, I mean she's nice and everything, and she's my first real friend I made, but I don't like her like that...!"Danny exclaimed while Blue Blood just snickered at him.

"Sure... Just friends... I understand perfectly lover boy,” Blue Blood teased even more while Danny stood on his back.

"Shut up...! It's not like that!” Danny yelled while not noticing his cheeks getting red.

"Easy now Danny... I was only having fun, you're probably too young for that sort of thing any way,” Blue Blood said as they finally came around the corner, and the bathroom came into view. “OH thank aunt Celestia! I need a shower, and a makeover...!"

With that, Blue Blood shot down the hall way with Danny holding onto the stallion for dear life, as Blue Blood was going for the shower, he then quickly grind to a stop in front of the door and quickly knelt down to let Danny get off his shoulders. Danny quickly slid down the stallions back just in time for Blue Blood to enter the bathroom and almost close the door, but not before giving Danny final words.

"I'm certain Aunt Luna is in her bedroom getting ready for your little trip, you can go there a while, trust me... You don't want to know what I need to do in here,” Blue Blood warned as he noticed a mare servant coming down the hall. “You there...! Servant! Fetch the royal stylist; I need a serous make over!"

Danny just giggled as he watched the servant get frantic and instantly run off just as Blue Blood shut the door to get his privacy, Danny took a moment to calm down from Blue Blood being paranoid about his looks before looking out a window and saw the sun light only getting brighter. He let out a sigh for the new day and began casually walking down the hall way quietly; he made his way down the hall way and felt wave after wave of sun light beat down on him from the windows.

The day was warm and welcoming, but he still got just a little more joy out of the night, with its soothing cool air it made him calm and full of hope, the moon's light itself was like a night light that kept any monsters or harmful things away. He smiled as he then noticed two royal guards passing by him and waved to them only to receive a wave back from the guards before turning off into another hall way.

His mind felt at peace, he had a good night's sleep and everything, everything felt clear to him now, and that's when he even began thinking about Hershey Sprinkle, he let out a sigh as he remember what Blue Blood teased him about and shook his head in response. All he said was that Hershey was pretty, there was nothing wrong with calling a friend pretty, and besides, she looked like she needed a friend, she was a mystery to him yet, and he wanted to know many things about her. Perhaps that was it; perhaps Blue Blood meant all that because it had something to do with him being interested in the mystery of his friend.

He finally managed to shake off the confusion as he finally came to a room that was all too familiar to him, the very room where he was first brought when he left his old world for good, princess Luna's bedroom. He let out another sigh as he was about to knock on the door, but he didn't need to as a voice sounded off from behind the door.

"It's alright Danny, you can come in son!” Came the calls of his mom Luna.

Danny then let out a chuckle and held onto a smile as he slowly opened the door and made his way inside, he closed the door behind him and looked toward the room to see his mother just finishing getting herself ready for their little trip. It was then that Luna saw him at the door and turned towards him before making her way to him while smiling.

"Good morning Danny, I see you're up awfully early, couldn't wait for our trip to the park could you?” Luna asked before hugging the child and kissing his forehead.

"Yes mom, I also wanted to see you lowering the moon, it was very nice tonight,” Danny said while Luna just giggled at his compliment.

"Thank you sweet heart, that just made my day, now then, let us take our leave and get to the park so you can see your friend, and we'll even get some breakfast somewhere while we're out,” Luna explained as they parted from the hug to see Danny nodding his head.

Luna then knelt down so Danny could get up on her back, he immediately hopped up and quickly crawled onto her back before standing back up and starting to walk out of the room. She magically opened the door to her room and made her way out, she then closed the door behind her while Danny was getting nice and cozy on her back, and that's when she noticed that Danny had appeared to feel a bit more heavy.

"Danny...? Have you gained weight? You feel a bit heavier than before,” Luna said as she shifted a bit to get comfy as well.

"I don't know, do you really think I've put on weight?” Danny asked back as they made their way down a hall way.

"It sure feels that way, but I suppose it's better than how you were before, I remember when I first brought you here, you were light and very under nourished, you were all skin and bones,” Luna said while Danny just chuckled nervously at her.

"Yeah, I just hope I don't get fat, I want to be able to get around more often, I feel like I need something fun to do when you can't be around,” Danny said honestly feeling a bit bored with what he now does around the place.

"Well then... I will just have to put something together now won't I, but for now, we will have to wait, Shining Armor is going to be returning this afternoon, and he's bringing some pony with him for you to meet,” Luna said as she found a balcony to use just as Danny was now interested in this new information.

"Really? Who is it mom?” Danny asked.

"It's Shining Armor's wife, and your new cousin, her name is princess Cadence, she is the princess of love and a very beloved member of the family, she's also the sweetest princess I've ever known, she's going to just love you,” Luna said as they made it out to the balcony.

"You really think so...?"Danny asked out of curiosity.

"I know so, now hold on tight, because here we go...!"Luna said with excitement as she looked out toward the sky and sprouted her wings.

They watched the new day as the sun raised high in the sky as Luna tensed her body up while Danny quickly held on tight, it was then that with a running start, Luna quickly jumped off the balcony and dived for the sky before flapping her wings. It was then that she began to ascend and fly up towards the sky safely while Danny just looked on as he felt the familiar cool breeze of the sky blowing through his black hair.

Luna looked back to Danny as their flight became nice and smooth instantly and saw that Danny was smiling and appeared to be enjoying himself, his smile made her feel nice and warm inside as she began circling around the castle. They looked around together until they saw the nice bright and shining city of Canter lot before them, the city looked as marvelous and beautiful as always to the princess, and even Danny had to admit that the city did look nice, it was hard for him to believe that princess Twilight herself use to live here as a humble unicorn student.

It was then that Danny needed to hold on again as Luna began to make their descent into the city, he felt the air of the sky rise again and blow through his locks as Luna swooped down and began to travel through the city itself. He watched as many different homes went by, large buildings passed by in the blink of an eye for him, he laid down for a moment and felt his mother's warm midnight blue fur on his head, he felt like he could go back to sleep right there, but the issue was that he was not tired.

Finally he could see the opening he was waiting for as a bright flash of sun light gleamed in his face, and he knew what that meant, they had come to their destination, they have arrived at the Canterlot Park. They emerged from the line of city buildings and found themselves flying in a circle right above the park, the place look just as beautiful as ever to young Danny, with its bright green grass, it's colorful blooming flowers and the crystal clear pond made Danny happy and completely excited and he was dying to get on the ground and explore, and that's when he saw her.

It was then that as the two were making their way down to the ground, Danny could see none other than his little friend Hershey sprinkle sitting by the pond and throwing bread in the pond to feed the fish. With her blue mane and tail and her clean brown coat, she made Danny blush furiously, and Luna could see it for herself and chuckled at Danny as they finally touched down right behind her and stood only ten feet from the filly. Danny slowly slid his way off Luna's back and stood there nervously while Luna chuckled at the boy.

"She's very cute Danny... Are you sure she's just your friend...?"Luna asked in a whisper as Danny quickly turned to her with a shocked look full of blush.

"Of course we're just friends’ mom...! It's not like that...! Please...just stop with all this filly friend stuff...!"Danny whispered back fiercely while hoping not to catch any attention.

"Calm down Danny... It's nothing to be embarrassed about, here..."Luna said as she noticed a bundle of flowers and picked a blue one just for Danny.” Give this to her, girls love presents, especially flowers like these ones."

"*Sigh*... Okay mom... Thank you,” Danny said as he took the blue flower and hid it behind his back. “Are you sure about this mom...?"

"I'm sure son... Just trust me on this..."Luna whispered before noticing a stand selling waffles with syrup."Ah...! Now that was convenient, how about I get all three of us some waffles to eat, does that sound nice?"

"Yeah, that would be great mom...!"Danny said as he then held the flower to his chest nervously.

"Alright then, I'll leave you two alone to get reacquainted just don't be nervous and it will all be just fine..."Luna said as she then walked off leaving Danny to meet with his friend.

As Luna walked off to go get some breakfast from the stand, Danny was now standing only ten feet from his friend, his legs threatened to tremble, he felt himself getting more nervous as he looked down at the flower he now held against his chest. Finally after a deep sigh he started to make his way over to Hershey, she did not seem to notice or even hear him as she threw another piece of bread into the water and watched a fish devour it, the suspense was now killing Danny as he approached her.

Danny gulped as he stood directly behind her, and yet she still didn't hear him, he watched as he blue mane blew in the breeze, he looked down to the flower and quickly scrounged up a little courage before finally getting her attention while hiding the flower behind him.

"Um... Hershey...?"Danny said as the filly turned around and looked at him with her cute blue eyes. “I came to see you Hershey, how are you doing?"

"I'm fine... It's nice to see you again Danny, it's been a while..."Hershey said as she gave him a small and nervous smile. “So... Do you want sit down with me and feed the fish?"

"I... Sure Hershey...! That sounds fun,” Danny said as he gladly walked over and sat down next to Hershey.

He then watched as Hershey picked a piece of bread off and threw it to the fish, he then watched as the fish ate the food gradually without a second thought, finally he looked to the flower and felt his hand tremble a bit as he tried to find the bravery he needed to give her the gift.

"Hey uh... Hershey...?"Danny said as she turned back to him.

"Yes Danny..."Hershey replied with interest.

"I... Got you this flower here,” Danny said as he finally revealed the flower and showed it to Hershey. “My mom said that it would be a nice gift to give you, and... I wanted to give you something..."

"Oh Danny...! It's beautiful, thank you,” Hershey said as she took up the flower and sniffed it."That's the sweetest thing any pony has ever done for me, your mom must be a really smart mare."

"Yeah... You have no idea..."Danny said with a nervous chuckle while looking at the pond.

He then turned to look at Hershey Sprinkle again only to freeze as Hershey leaned in and once again gave him a small kiss on the cheek before laying her head down on his lap while holding the flower close to her heart, Danny on the other hoof just blushed furiously at the gesture. While his brain processed this as gross, he felt his heart telling him that this was nice.

"You know... You're the first nice pony I've ever met, even if you're actually not a pony..."Hershey said in a solemn tone as Danny looked down on her with a raised eye brow.

"Really...?"Danny questioned.

"Yeah... Thank you for being here with me..."Hershey said as they both looked back at the pond knowing this was going to be a long day at the park, and Danny believed in his heart that he would like nothing better.

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