(Castle of Friendship, Ponyville, Dark Obsidian`s POV)

Waking up to another grim day in Ponyville, where instead I should have been in my personal room in the Crystal Empire. But I had no other choice but to take up this naive princess Twilight`s offer to let me stay in her castle until I can get to Canterlot, but it still beats sleeping out in the cold, I’ve already have when I was a colt and I hate to have that same feeling again.

Stretching my legs, I got in the bathroom to do some of my personal hygiene and freshening up, even evil must look presentable like my Father always does before torture. Stepping out into the hallway, I became enchanted by an aroma that was good and actually gave me a genuine smile that I would feel comfortably.

“Whoever is cooking, must really know their stuff.” I said to myself as I followed the scent to it’s source.

After a few minutes, I was in the kitchen to see a small purple baby dragon in a white apron having a little trouble with the large stack of pancakes wobbling to the verge of collapse. For the sake of breakfast I helped him out and used my original magic with a gray aura like my eye color and levitated the pancakes onto the table.

“Hey, Thanks uhh... “ The dragon paused as he looked at me. “Who are you?”

“Dark Obsidian, your new castle guest if you will until I can get to Canterlot.” I replied as I then asked. “May I ask who are you and what you’re suppose to be?”

“My name is Spike, Twilight`s number 1 assistant and I’m a dragon.” He replied with so much pride, but I had never seen a real dragon before. They used to reside in the Crystal Mountains but left one day, even though it was a long time ago it was really cool to see an actual dragon.

“But thanks for your help by the way.” He said before grabbing a bowl full of gems and crystals. I felt enchanted by the sights of crystals since my father taught me a permanent spell that allows you to strengthen your teeth to prevent cracks or chipping of the teeth. Just then Twilight appears into the kitchen.

“Good morning Obsidian, glad you met Spike.” She smiled as I tried to hide my frustration on this whole friendship nonsense and levitated some good looking crystals over to my plate of pancakes where I put them in the center of the pancake and rolled it up to make a delicious crunchy breakfast.

Twilight and Spike were surprised at this as I continued munching on my delicious breakfast and finished with a satisfied swallow before they asked.

“How did you, why did you?” They stuttered in unison with awe stricken faces. I had to think of a cover up story to be sure my real identity was hidden, but I can’t say I was around during my Father's rule, when it came to me.

“I was born in Crystal Empire and due to being born in a poor family, I was forced to eat crystals as a meal and I later learned a spell that allows teeth to be strong enough to break up crystals as easily as food.” I explained a little bitterly and took another delectable bite out of my crystal pancake.

“And here I thought I loved gems so much.” Spike said to himself, I didn’t mind the comment but continued. A little while later, Breakfast concluded with me having a satisfied appetite and two ponies still surprised at my diet.

“OK, well this was quite interesting, but I’m going to Sweet Apple Acres to see Big Mac to watch the Super Hoof ball Cup Finals.” He grabbed one of those soda hats with straws and a large foam finger pointing out #1 and continued as he began to leave the castle. “I’ll see you guys later.”

After Spike left, I wanted some time to myself to plan my next move to revenge and spoke. “Yeah, I’m gonna go as well to clear my thoughts and plan my stay in Canterlot, I’ll be back in a few hours.”

“Oh sure, I’ll be able to catch up on some new magic I’ve been looking at and maybe some time you’d like to study some.” Twilight said with a smile and as much as the smile made me cringe, I did want to learn some new magic other than just levitation or expose my knowledge of dark magic.

“Sure, I might be up for it.” I said with fake gratitude as she beamed once more.

“Great! I guess I’ll see you when you get back.” Twilight said once more and trotted off to her study as I left the castle with an annoyed growl and took a few more crystals as a snack since I will not know how long I may be gone for.

After 10 minutes of wandering around Ponyville, I was deep in thought on my plot for revenge, to get closer to the naive princess and her invitation to study with her was probably my best chance at getting closer to Celestia and Luna. I smiled menacingly at the thought and how I will defeat them in combat and avenge my father and reclaim the Crystal throne as I’ll throw Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor in the dungeons.

Suddenly, I was ripped out of my thoughts as I felt myself being sent to the ground on my back. I groaned in pain for not expecting this as I opened my eyes to see a pale mare with a red mane and tail with a pink streak, Olive colored eyes, and a rose for a cutie mark. She rubbed her head and gasped at the sight of me and apologized quickly as she tried to get off me.

“Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry sir, I didn’t see you. I was in such a rush, I did not see where I was going. Are you alright?” She looked worryingly at me as I got back up. I had no emotion because I felt something just by looking at her. She continued to panic as all her flowers were scattered around.

“Oh no, by the time I clean this up, I’ll be late for work and delay the special order due this morning.” She began to scurry for her flowers as the inside of my mind shut out all my negative thoughts and I activated my magic to round up all the flowers and make a bouquet.

She smiled at this as a somewhat smiled back. “For you, Miss…?” I did not get her name, but gave her the bouquet anyway.

“Roseluck, and thank you…?” She then had trouble with my name since we only collided with one another. “Obsidian, Dark Obsidian.” I replied.

“Well thank you anyway and see you later.” And Rose ran off to wherever she was heading as I collected my scattered crystals.Then my negative thoughts came back and as all the crystals were picked up, I headed back towards Twilight`s Castle.

Back in my room, I began to think and get angry with myself. “What is wrong with me? How could I fall to such sap like her? Other than the fact that she is only a plain, regular, beautiful, I mean... “ I growled with hatred and I could feel my dark magic emerging and the purple mist began seeping out the corners of my eyes that haven’t turned green yet.

I began to calm down a bit, reminding myself that I’m here for one and one reason only and that is to destroy Princesses Celestia and Luna by getting close to Twilight and never fall in love with commoners.

After the remnants of my dark magic faded, I then decided to read some spellbooks with Twilight to take my mind off the events that have occurred. Reading has been something I like to do in case I did not have any training during my time in the Crystal Empire and I would always find something interesting and read for hours on end.

(Roseluck`s POV)

I was extremely anxious this morning because my shipment of roses were due any minute now, and I had to get back to my flower shop before opening time at 9:00 this morning. I was sweating like crazy hoping that my roses were okay, if not I was going to have a lot of problems!

“Please be okay, please be okay!” I said in a frantic tone. I looked and saw my shipment safe and sound, no petals were missing, there were no thorns, and there were all the right shades of red, pink, and white. “Oh thank Celestia, everything’s fine.” I said as I paid for my roses, but then I made the mistake of looking at the clock, it read 8:30. “Oh no! I have leave now or, I’ll be late for work!” I shouted as I took my bouquet of roses and ran out the door of the Ponyville Post Office.

I ran and ran for about ten minutes, I was so distracted by trying to get to work, I didn’t see a handsome looking stallion in my way, instead of announcing my presence to him, I simply ran right into him. I was panicking even more when I found myself lying on top of him. “Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry sir, I didn’t see you. I was in such a rush, I did not see where I was going. Are you alright?” I said as I got off of him and looked at the mess of flowers scattered around us.

“Oh no, by the time I clean this up, I’ll be late for work and delay the special order due this morning.” I said as I franticly tried to gather my flowers, but then I noticed that he was using his magic to gather the rest of them for me. “For you, Miss…?” he said in a deep voice. At that very moment I almost forgot to say my own name. “Roseluck, and thank you…?” I said as I inquired about his name.

“Obsidian, Dark Obsidian.” he replied. I really wanted to thank him properly, but I really had to get to work. “Well thank you anyway and see you later.” I said as I continued to run to work before I had to open up shop.

Back at my shop that I owned with my two sister Lily and Daisy work was pretty much hectic as always, but when I took my break, I started to ponder my feelings about that stallion I ran into in the market earlier this morning, I felt bad for not properly thanking him for his help, but I started to get this warm feeling in my heart and face. “Is this love?” I said to myself, but unfortunately for me, my sister Daisy overheard me, cue embarrassment central.

“Oh look at you Rosie, you’re about as red as one of your roses, and did I hear the l-word come out of your mouth?” she said in a slightly teasing tone. “Come on Rosie, what’s his name? Is he handsome and cute like Applejack’s brother Big Mac?” She asked with a smile.

“Leave me alone Daisy, my relationships are my business not yours!” I said clearly embarrassed by my second elder sister. “I’ll never hear the end of it because of you and Lily.” I whined. After work was done, dinner was eaten, and I went to bed, still thinking about him.

Author's Notes:

Hello ponies and bronies ,Obsidian here hope you enjoyed the chapter and I'm impressed to bring it in early and thanks to my wonderful editor Randablitz for doing so. In any case yes, I added romance for a reason and I honestly like romance but not the Twilight vampire kind, I mean the one that makes you actually feel like love can do anything.

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