My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Matchmaker

Chapter 14

“wow. Zilver really said that?” Ash asked. The humans gathered at Orion’s engine room when they learned of what had transpired hours earlier to the guys.

“yep. The Scumbag said that he was gonna have nothing to do with Applejack or their foal.” Aura angrily said.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

“yeah, but Spike and Rarity have a big problem.” Ash said. “thanks to Sweetie Belle and her love for Spike, there’s a chance that their relationship is over and done with before it began. And he had such a good plan to win her love.”

“well, you haven’t keep keeping an eye on Shadow.” Satoshi said. “he’s in love with Dash but since she’s going out with Soarin’, he’s keeping his feelings bottled up. Eventually, they’re gonna explode out.”

“well, Twi and Halo are reaching a breaking point. Literally. I think if they don’t talk soon, they won’t have a chance to reconcile this.” Req muttered.

“well, me, Bahamut, and Sora can safely say we don’t have to worry about this.” Jax said as she leaned back.

“aren’t you guys lucky?” the rest sarcastically replied.

“but seriously, we need to do something for them.’ Sora said. “If not, this could cause a lot of damage to them.”

“especially Starlight.” Req added. “If a expectant mother gets under a lot of pressure, it can have very bad consequences on the baby. I‘m glad Jess was strong willed when she was pregnant.”

The gang looked at each other and nodded. “well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… Requiem, time to unleash the romance monger.”

Requiem disappeared for a moment and reappeared dressed as Cupid. “I’m ready to go to work.” she jokingly said. A arrow tipped with the heart symbol fell out of the plastic bow she held. Everyone gagged at the outfit and instantaneously came up with the same reaction:

“Lose the outfit!”

Twilight & Halo:
Into the Everfree

Twilight hummed with her eyes closed, taking a much needed bubble bath.

“oh, mama. I needed this.” she contently sighed, getting comfortable. “I can just feel the stress washing away.” she grabbed a rubber ducky and squeezed it, making it squeak. “if Starlight was here already, she’d be laughing at you.” she squeaked it again. She chuckled and rubbed her pregnant belly. “can’t wait for you to come, Star. Just 9 months till we meet.”

The sound of door hinges squeaking from downstairs caught her attention. The door closed and she heard footsteps. She sighed as she said, “Must be Requiem or Spike. They are the only one’s who walk in without knocking.” she should really teach those two to knock. “I’m up here!” she called downstairs.

The sounds of footsteps approached the bathroom. Twilight tossed the ducky away, hoping they wouldn’t see it.

The footsteps stopped outside. “huh?” the sound of doors opening came, making Twilight roll her eyes. “Guess ‘up here’ was a little vague.” she droned to herself.

Eventually, the footsteps reached the door to the bathroom. Twi saw a shadow move towards it from the other side. The door suddenly opened, making Twi shrieked when she saw who it was. “Halo!”

“Twilight!” he exclaimed. He quickly shut the door.

“What were you doing!?”

“you told me to come up!” Halo retorted.

“You could’ve knocked first!”

“How was I supposed to know you were taking a bath?”

“Still, Knock First!”

“Okay, okay, okay.”

Twilight gave a groaning sigh. “what you come by for, Halo? You need to look at the maps AGAIN? I told you time and time again that there are no maps to the Everfree Forest in there.”

“It’s not about that. Requiem told me to meet her here.”

“Req?” now Twi was curious. “What did she want?”

“I don’t know. She just told me to meet her here.”

“huh.” Twi pulled the plug on her bath and let the water drain. “Meet me downstairs. I gotta dry off first.”

“okay.” Halo took a few steps before stopping. “you know, you look cute wet.” Halo walked off, unaware that Twi was blushing at his comment.

Halo waited down below, tapping his foot and reading a book. Twilight came down with a tower wrapped around her hair and another around her body. “where’s Req?”

“Don’t know.”

The main door opened wide and Req strode on in. “good. You’re both here.”

“what’s going on, Req?” Twi asked.

Requiem walked over and slammed something onto the table. “boom. One map to the Everfree Forest, ready, willing, and able.”

Halo took the map and looked it over, feeling a little disappoint. “o-oh.” Twi heard the disappointment in his voice but Req didn‘t. “where’d you get this?”

“Zecora. The Zebra the both of you have been neglecting to go see for a map. She’s lived their long enough to make one.”

“right.” Halo looked at the map again. “guess the secrets of the Everfree will be revealed soon.”

Twi looked at Halo. “{(why is he disappointed? He wanted this since he came? There’s something he’s not telling me. And I plan on finding out.)}”

The next day, at sunrise, Halo looked his supplies over, getting ready for the trip into the Everfree Forest. “food… check. Climbing gear… check. Map…” Halo glanced over to the map and angrily sighed. He used his magic to grab it and pull it over. He slammed it into his saddle-bags. “…check.”

“Something wrong?” Twilight asked. Halo glanced to his left and spotted Twi and Req coming downstairs.

“It’s nothing.” he replied in the same tone he always had. He slung the saddle-bags on. Doing so, he noticed that Twilight also had a saddle-bag and Req, a knapsack. “Where are you two going?”

Twi chuckled. “with you, silly.”

“What!?” Halo exclaimed in surprise.

“You heard her.” Requiem said. “you’re going into uncharted territory. We’re not gonna let you go alone.”

“I can handle myself. I’m not exactly a novice in magic. Plus, Twilight is pregnant.”

“only 2 months, and during my magic fast, I only used magic 3 times. I have some built up magic leftovers to use. And I am SO not going to be cooped up in Ponyville until Starlight arrives.”

Halo isn’t so sure. “Twi…”

“we’ll be fine. Besides, I’m curious as to what we’ll find in the forest.”

“You and me both.” Requiem said. “now let’s get going.”

“yeah.” Requiem walked past Halo and to the door. Halo groaned as he face-hoofed. Twilight giggled at Halo as Requiem opened the door.

“CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS EXPLORERS!!!”

That sudden yell sent the 3 jumping. Standing in the doorway was Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, Pipsqueak, Featherweight, and Dinky.

“What the!? What are you guys doing here?” Req asked, still a bit scared stiff. Halo feinted a heart attack, hitting his head against the table as he went down, knocking him out. Twi ran to his side.

“We’re joining you guys.” Dinky said.

“What? No. no no no. we’re going into the Everfree Forest, that’s a dangerous place.”

“we’ve all been there before at one time or another.” Applebloom said.

“plus, we’re bored. Everyone’s got something going on, whereas we have squat. Besides, we might find our Cutie Marks.” Sweetie Belle said.

“Squat? I thought you were pining for Spike.” Twi said, waving a fan in Halo’s face.

Sweetie cringed. “yeah… I’ll let him explain it to you.” she shook her head, getting Spike out of her system.

“besides, we’re pretty tough ourselves. We’ve been in more accidents then Derpy and Rainbow Dash combined and came out with nothing less then scratches.” Scootaloo said.

“you 3, maybe. But what about these other 3?”

“oh, right. Meet Feather Weight, Dinky, and Pipsqueak. The new members of the Cutie Mark Crusaders.”

“problem.” Req said. “Pip here is pint sized, Dinky, as Jax told me, is a bit of a fraidy-cat, and Feather Weight…” Req leaned to the side and looked at his mark. “He already has a Cutie Mark.”

“4 Syllables: Ex-Per-Ie-Nce.” Feather said.

“I may look frail…” Pipsqueak boxed with thin air. He gave a uppercut that sent him spinning a bit. Dinky lightly touched his head, stopping him. “…but I’m as tough as the Moon.”

“and I’m pretty good with my magic.” Dinky said. Her horn glowed. The magic glowed around Requiem’s Shoelaces. Req looked down to see the laces of both shoes tie together.

“wow. We’ll be safe if we get attacked by killer shoes.” Req sarcastically said.

The CMC looked to each other and smirked. “Into the Everfree!” they proudly exclaimed. They ran off to the forest.

“Wait!” Req yelled. “We didn’t say yes.” she tried to talk a step forward but remembered that Dinky tied her laces together. So, she resorted to hopping. “we don’t even known how you found out about this.”

Halo groaned as he stirred awake. “what happened?” he groggingly asked.

“we have some company joining us…” Twi droned.

“♪tell everypony we’re on our way, and we’re loving every step we take…”

The foals sang as they bounced and hopped though the Everfree Forest. Req, Twi, and Halo, on the other hand, were taking their time.

“We couldn’t talk them out of this?” Halo asked.

“they were persistent.” Requiem said, working on un-tying her shoes. “but Feather Weight might be a good addition. He does have a camera, after all. Be able to take pictures of what we find.”

Halo was going to say something but didn’t when he ran into a tree. He quickly pushed off and shook his head. “That hurt.” he shook his head again. “so…” he called out to the kids. “when were you all in the Everfree Forest before?”

“well, me, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo came in here one time to search for one of Fluttershy’s chicken’s. wound up running across a Cockatrice.”

“I remember that.” Twilight shivered. “being turned to stone was… a unique experience.”

“a Cockatrice? Meh. So, what about the rest of you?”

“First time.” they all said.

Halo’s eyes half-closed. “oh, lucky me. How’d I get some experts?”

“Halo.”

“Sorry. So, what about you, Twi? You ever been in the Everfree Forest before?”

“multiple times. To find the Elements of Harmony, save Fluttershy from a Hydra, meet with Zecora. Things of that nature.” Halo’s mouth dropped from that little explanation. “and I think Derpy has some experience. She did get lost in here when she was a kid.”

“WOW. Suddenly, I’m jealous. Hehe. What about you, Req?”

“First time, actually. But, with all the monsters in here, it’d be nice to have some extra muscle.” Req tapped her sword. Both Halo and Twi looked.

“Hopefully you won’t have to use that.” Twi said.

The group eventually came to a raging river. Twilight recognized it as the same river where she and her friends met with that sea serpent Rarity gave her tail to.

Pipsqueak dropped a stick into the rapids. Almost immediately, it got washed away. “now how do we cross? We can’t fly.”

“and I can’t carry you all across…” Requiem said. Sweetie Belle got bored and walked down the river, following it. “…All at once or 1 at a time, I’d still get tired. And if I get tired crossing this…”

“We end up as Eel bait.” Twist gulped.

“can’t you just freeze it?” Applebloom asked.

“Same problem. It could break from the rapids before we’d get halfway.”

“and we can’t teleport across, on account of Starlight…” Twi muttered. “Where’s that serpent when we need him?”

“Hey guys. Look at this!” Sweetie Belle called out from down the river. The group converged on her location.

“What is it?” Halo asked.

“Someone was here recently.” she said. She pointed down at the remains of a campfire.

“A camp?” Twi said in surprise. “Who would camp near a raging river?”

“must not have been raging then.” Req said.

Halo grabbed a piece of burnt kindling. It turned to ash in his hooves. “this was recent. 5 months, at least.”

“long before we came. Was it Zecora?”

“why would she need a campfire? She has her own hut.” Feather Weight said.

“it wasn’t her…” Halo pointed down to the ground, at a clearly visible clawed footprint. “unless she has claws.” Dinky shook in fear. Halo took notice of this. “It’s okay, Dinky. Whatever was here is long gone by now.”

“I sure hope so.” a scared Dinky shivered. “I’m not a big fan of dragons. Spike and Bahamut, I can deal with, but others…”

“Sounds a lot like Fluttershy.” Req and Twi sighed.

The group walked up the river, hoping to find a bridge. Before doing so, they did go down-river, only to find a waterfall 150 feet away.

“you know, you never did say what we’re doing here.” Applebloom said. “are we searching for ? Lost ruins? A forgotten civilization?”

“no. we’re here to figure out how the Everfree Forest does what it does; have the sun and moon rise on their own, things grow by themselves, animals take care of themselves. Things of that nature.”

Requiem is curious about that but about the opposite. She’s curious as to why Equestria, the country, was ‘cut off’ of the world. By that, she means why Celestia and Luna raise the heavenly bodies, why Ponies take care of the animals and plants, why they change the seasons. That’s been bugging her since day 1 and, until she leaves, she’s gonna try to figure out that mystery.

Pipsqueak jumped up onto a rock and looked off in the distance. “hey look. There’s something over there.” he pointed off to the distance. Everyone looked in the same direction. Far off, rising out of the woods, was a tower. Not really a tower, more like a beacon.

“That’s as good a place to start.” Halo said.

“ah, young Ponies. What are you doing this deep in the Everfree?” a familiar rhyming voice said.

They all turned around and noticed a familiar Zebra standing behind them. “Zecora.” Req, Twi, and the original CMC said.

“What are you doing here?” Req asked.

“when you came and took my map with ease, I thought I should come and lend my expertise.”

“oh. Well, lucky us.” Twilight chuckled. “never thought of bringing in a expert.” Req and Halo groaned as Req face-palmed.

“and you’re lucky that I arrived. The Timbers are on the rise.”

“Timbers?” Pipsqueak asked.

“She must mean Timberwolves.” Applebloom said. “Granny Smith encountered those when she was Applejack’s age. Nearly killed her too. She said that they are deadly alone, and a force to be reckoned with in a pack.”

“great. I always wanted danger on this trip.” Twi said sarcastically.

“but we should be save till nightfall. Granny said they’re nocturnal.”

Everyone looked up to the sky. Thankfully, it was midday.

“I think we’re good.” everyone said.

Zecora walked on ahead, taking the map out of Req’s hands. She just shrugged and followed her. Everyone followed afterwards.

A bush shook violently. Requiem looked back. The bush stopped shaking. She continued to watch it for a moment, making sure that what she saw was probably her imagination. “hmm…” she walked off after the group. A pair of eyes illuminated out of the bush, followed by a guttural growl.

After searching for a couple of hours, they found a bridge for them to cross to the other side. They crossed it and headed towards the tower they saw from the distance. When they got close to it, what they saw shocked and astonished them.

“Holy.” everyone, even Zecora, exclaimed.

The tower was smack-dab in the center of a palace in the center of a massive city.

“this was in the Everfree Forest all this time!?!” Twilight exclaimed.

“it looks like it.” Halo laughed.

The group walked down to the town and headed for the palace.

“This is amazing.” Dinky laughed. “this was hidden all this time?”

“The Everfree houses many mysteries.” Zecora said.

“I’ll say.” Dinky laughed as she ran on ahead to a house. “Who old do you think these are?”

Halo walked over to the same house and peered in. inside, they both saw… nothing. “Thousands of years old, at least. Everfree Forest didn’t get it’s name until 2000 years ago, when Discord made his appearance.”

“wow.”

Req rolled her eyes. “if you two history buffs are done, we should go and check out the big palace there in the center there.”

Halo and Dinky looked back and chucked. “all right.” they both whined.

The doors to the palace doors pushed forward a bit when something hit it. They budged forward again, and again. And again.

“all right, that’s it.” Req said. The sounds of a chainsaw came from the other side.

The entryway blasted open, the doors sending flying into the walls. Twi’s horn glowed as Req stood there with a chainsaw, amazed that Twi blasted the double-decker doors down.

“What? I had built-up magic.” Twilight walked in.

“no argument here.” everyone said.

Scootaloo yawned. The group had found a hall filled with tapestries so, naturally, Halo wanted to investigate. “I’m bored.” the flash of a camera caught her attention. Feather Weight, at Halo’s command, was taking pictures of the tapestries.

“These are remarkable.” Halo gasped as he looked at them. “to have survive 2 Millennia in the middle of probably the most inhospitable environments in the world.”

“wonder what stories’ they have.” Dinky said.

“Who knows? They might even say how the Everfree Forest got this way. It couldn’t have just been Discord.”

Twilight looked over at Halo and smiled. “he’s so good with kids. He‘d be a good father for Starlight.”

Req groaned. “you’re not…”

“I am. He knows I love him but he keeps using in-experience in the dating game as a very bad excuse, but I‘m still gonna tell him. That‘s why I came in the first place.”

Req, being the love lover that she is, saw this as a PRETTY good opportunity to get this two together. She was just putting this ‘don’t do it’ façade for show. “Then I’m not going to stop you.”

“Thanks.” Twi took a deep breath and smoothed out her hair. “how do I look?” Req didn’t have time to respond as Twilight instantly turned around the moment she asked and walked over to Halo. “H-Halo.”

Halo, who was busy looking at the tapestries, looked over to her. “what is it, Twilight?”

“I-I want to talk with you. In private.”

“Private?” Twi nodded. Halo was confused but accepted anyway. “okay. There‘s probably a room down the hall somewhere.”

The two walked down the hallway. Req watched as they walked on. “Sure hope this isn’t the hormones talking.” she said to herself.

Halo and Twilight walked into a observation dome, giving themselves the privacy she wanted. “what is it, Twi?”

Twi got nervous. “n-never mind. Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.”

“Twi…” Halo insisted.

“All right!” Twi took another deep breath. “I love you, Halo.”

“oh, no. here we go again. I told you, I’m nervous about being in a relationship because of my in-experience.”

“and I believe that that is just a load on nonsense. If anything, it’s the worst excuse I ever heard. Halo, I know you love me but you’re too nervous to say or do anything.” Halo looked away from her. “Halo… just throw that fear to the wind. Be spontaneous for once in your life.”

Halo sighed as he pondered what she said. As much as he hates to admit it, she has a point. He was using in-experience as a horrible excuse. Hell, Zilver could think of a better one. “Maybe… it was time he did some spontaneous. “Twi… I…” he looked behind her and saw something that made his mouth drop.

Twilight looked the same way and nearly jumped in fear. “What in the world?”

“Feather Weight.” Halo called out. “Better get in here with that camera!”

The sound of running steps approached them but they didn’t take their eyes off the thing they were looking at. When the group entered, they gasped at what they saw.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejGpR-u8vzk

Night of the Dark Dream - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep OST

Standing before them was a stone mural as tall as the dome, covered in ancient writing and symbols, but the biggest feature is the picture in the center, a picture as big as the tablet, a picture of a apposing dragon.

“Whoa!” Scootaloo and Applebloom gasped.

“What in the world is this?” Dinky gasped. Zecora squinted her eyes to try and get a clearer picture. Something about the dragon felt… familiar.

“Whatever it is. It’s big.” Halo gasped. “OH. Feather Weight. Pictures, please?”

Feather looked up at the imposing tablet and it’s picture. “I don’t think I can fly that high.”

“I gotcha kid.” Req said. She summoned up her wings, grabbed Feather Weight, and flew up to the top. Once he started taking pictures, she made her way to another area, where he took another picture.

“This is… this is incredible. I doubt even Daring Do herself found something like this.” Halo chortled. “this is just amazing.”

“but what’s it mean? that’s the bigger picture.” Twi muttered. “I mean, we found tapestries in the hallways but they were made out of cloth. This… this is made out of stone. But… why would they dedicate it to a dragon?”

“Maybe this has something to do with this.” Dinky said, pointing to a section at ground level. Halo and Twi walked over. She was pointing at ancient pony writing.

“I can’t make heads or tails of this.” Twi said as she scratched her head.

Halo reached into his saddlebag and pulled out a piece of paper. He used his magic to grab a piece of charcoal. “I can. I got a translation guide back in Ponyville.” he placed the paper over the writing and pushed the charcoal against the paper. He rubbed it against the paper. He moved it back a moment to see that a portion of the words transferred onto it. “times like this make me wish I memorized the thing.”

SNAP!!!

The sound of snapping twigs never caught the eyes of the ponies or Requiem, but it did get Zecora’s. she walked back to the hallway to see shadows at play. There was something moving outside, she was sure of it.

“this city, and all it’s secrets, could be the biggest thing in pony history. No no. in world history. It could answer so many questions, like why the ancient advanced civilization disappeared or why…”

Requiem touched down on the ground. Feather Weight had already photographed what he could. “wait wait wait. Ancient Advanced Civilization?”

“well, it’s just myth’s and rumors really, but they say that the Civilization of yore was more advanced then what we have now. They may have even had flying carriages that operated without stallions pulling them.”

“so did my world, till Catalyst came along and trashed the place.”

“hmm… maybe the ancients were destroyed by something or someone powerful, like that Catalyst fella you mention, Requiem.” Sweetie Belle said. “Discord, maybe?”

“Probably, but Discord doesn’t destroy. He distorts and tries to make things ‘fun.’ fun for him, I might add.” Twi said.

“so… if it wasn’t Discord… then who?”

Growling and yipping came from outside but nobody but Zecora heard it. She started to get antsy.

Dinky looked up at the mural. Something about that dragon scared her but also felt familiar, like she knows him. Which is impossible since she only knows Bahamut and Spike and they look nothing like ugly up there.

“Done!” Halo exclaimed. He held up the paper with the words. “just need to translate this then we’ll know what’s what.” he turned to Feather Weight. “Take a picture, just in case.” Feather nodded and walked on over. “just need a safe place to put this till we get back.”

“I got it.” Req said. She grabbed the paper, folded it up, and stuck it between her boobs. Twi raised a eyebrow in surprise. “what? On Earth, these are harder to get into then safes.”

Halo looked at the mural in suspicion. “what is it, Halo?” Twi asked.

“that Mural. It’s not the same age as the rest of the relics in this town.”

“what do you mean?”

“I think it’s older then this city.”

Zecora ran into the room. “We got trouble out in the gallows!”

End Song.

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_1WvZKGRtU

Unforgettable - Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep OST

Large bodies crashed though the windows and surrounded them all. The fillies screamed and cowered behind Req, Halo, Twi, and Zecora.

“Timberwolves!” all the ponies exclaimed.

Twi looked outside. The sun was still out but it was at sundown. “but it’s still light out. You said they were nocturnal.” she said to Applebloom.

“I said Granny Smith said they were nocturnal. She’s so old, she doesn’t even remember how old she is.”

“Great. We’re going to become wolf chow.” Requiem drew her sword. “I’m gonna distract them. When I do, you all make for the bridge. I’ll meet you there. Got it?”

They weren’t going to argue with a Goddess. They all nodded in unison.

One of the Timberwolves, clearly the leader as he is the biggest and has a scar over his left eye, approached them and roared. It brandished it’s claws and charged at Req.

She swung her sword and stopped his claws. “Go!” she yelled. Power surged out of her, sending the leaded back a bit. With her wings now out, Req took to the air and flew out. The leader ran after her, the rest of the pack following him. The ponies ran as fast as they could towards the exit.

Requiem flew up to the top of the dome and landed. Her wings dissipated back into her body. The Timberwolves climbed up after her, intent on making her dinner. She spun her sword around and took her battle pose. “All right. Who’s first?”

The ponies ran out of the palace and headed for the bridge. Applebloom looked back to see lightning strike the top of the dome, creating a explosion. “well, Req certainly has them distracted.” she said.

“but it’s so abnormal.” Halo said. “Timberwolves barely venture out in the day. And they don’t operate in this big a pack.” he looked back to the battle going on up on the roof. “I think someone’s controlling them.”

Req back flipped onto a Timberwolf. She blasted down at it with a fireball, putting it out of commission. She jumped off it and up into the air. She pulled a few mid-air cartwheels before falling to the ground. She landed and spotted that the ponies reached the bridge and are now crossing it.

She looked at the Timberwolves. They had her surrounded, showing their teeth. “adios.” she snickered, giving a two-finger salute. She jumped off and landed on the ground below. The Timberwolves began climbing down as Req made her way to the bridge.

Zecora was the last one across, rejoining her tired friends. Feather Weight looked up and spotted Req. “Here she comes.” he said.

Req ran as fast as she could but the Timberwolves were faster. One jumped towards her and was about to get her. too. Req turned around and slashed at it. She spun around, her sword glowing. “Abotsu!” she yelled out, sending out a sword beam. The beam just bounced off but it did slow them down. “Damn. Better tell Amaterasu that that doesn’t work on creatures made out of wood.”

Req reached the bridge and ran across as fast as she could. On the other side, Halo and Zecora was cutting the ropes with sharp rocks but it was taking forever. “Come on. Hurry up!” Sweetie Belle whined.

“We’re hurrying, we’re hurrying.” Halo exclaimed.

Zecora’s rope cut, making the bridge list to the left. Req jumped up and landed on Halo’s rope before it hit. The Timberwolves weren’t so lucky. It caught them off guard, sending some into the raging river.

Req jumped up and landed on the other side as Halo cut his. The bridge fell and the Timberwolves on it fell into the river.

End Song.

Req panted heavily as she put her sword into it’s scabbard. She and the others looked back across the river at the remaining Timberwolves. The leader looked at her, baring it’s teeth. Requiem angrily looked back at it, eyebrows as low as she could make them.

The leader snarled back to it’s pack. They retreated back into the city. The leader lingered for a moment before following them.

“That… was too much excitement for my taste.” Scootaloo panted. “and I like excitement.”

“We’re not out of trouble yet.” Twi said, looking up at the sky. The sun had just about set, casting it’s twilight glow.

“I’m not a fan of walking though the Forest at night.” Pipsqueak said.

“neither of us is, Pip.” Halo said.

“Let’s go to the campsite we passed on the way.” Req suggested. “We can stop there for the night.”

Halo looked to Twi. They both shrugged. “better then sleeping in the cold.” they both said.

Night fell before they made it back to the campsite, forcing them to be on guard. Thankfully, no monsters jumped out to turn them into dinner. Once there, Req used a little magic to start a fire from the kindling remains that were still there.

Halo had fallen asleep as soon as they got there but Twi was feeling antsy for some reason. “I’m gonna go for a walk.” she said before going off.

“Be careful.” Req said. As soon as she was gone, Requiem looked back at the pictures Feather Weight took of the Mural.

“What’s wrong, Req?” Scootaloo asked as she sat down beside her.

“nothing but… there’s something about this Dragon that feels familiar.”

“You two?” Zecora and Dinky asked.

“you guys felt it as well?”

“Yes indeed.” Zecora nodded. “I felt something when seeing the painting. But confound my memory. It’s not what it used to be.”

“hmm…” Req looked at the picture for a few before glancing to Dinky. “and you, Dinks?”

“well, I’m not sure why. It’s just… it felt like i knew him. Which is odd cause the only dragons I met are Spike and Bahamut.”

“And none of them look like Sabado De-Ugly here.”

Applebloom yawned. All this speculation was getting them nowhere. She turned her head to go to sleep when she noticed someone has gone missing. “Hey, where’s Halo?”

Req looked up and saw that Halo was gone. “where’d he…?” at that point, she knew where he disappeared to.

Twi sat on top of a hill, looking at the moon. She heard bushes move behind her. She readied her magic only to see it proved fruitless as Halo walked out.

“Halo? What are you doing here?”

“Listen, Twi. I’ve been thinking.”

“Thinking? About what?”

“what you said to me back at the palace, before we found that mural. About me being inept at getting a girlfriend.”

“I didn’t say that. I just said that you were using in-experience as a horrible excuse.”

“Right. I just… well, I heard that having your heart-broken isn’t exactly the best experience and… and I’m not good with pain. I didn’t want to suffer though that.”

“nobody does. But everyone experiences it at one point.”

“…yeah. But, since that talk, I’ve been thinking.” Halo walked over and sat down beside her. “and… I keep trying to put it into words but…”

Begin Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UthRgOWPdAE

I See The Light - Tangled Soundtrack

Twilight put a hoof over his mouth, shutting him up.

Twilight :
♪All those days watching from the windows
All those years outside looking in
All that time never even knowing
Just how blind I've been
Now I'm here, blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here, suddenly I see
Standing here, it's all so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be
And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you♪

“Twilight…”

“I’m not going to force you, Halo. You do what you want with your life. Just know that I’ll still love you.”

Halo chuckled. “That’s what I came to talk about.” Twi’s head nocked to the side in curiosity. Halo took her hooves, making her blush.

“H-Halo?”

“I may have never been in a relationship before, but I’m willing to try. For you. I love you, Twilight.”

Twilight blushed even redder and started crying tears of joy with a smile on her face.

Halo:
♪All those days chasing down a daydream
All those years living in a blur
All that time never truly seeing
Things, the way they were
Now she's here shining in the starlight
Now she's here, suddenly I know
If she's here it's crystal clear
I'm where I'm meant to go♪

Twilight and Halo:
♪And at last I see the light♪

Halo:
♪And it's like the fog is lifted♪

Twilight and Halo:
♪And at last I see the light♪

Twilight:
♪And it's like the sky is new♪

Twilight and Halo:
♪And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once, everything is different
Now that I see you.♪

The two leaned forward and touched their foreheads together. They looked into each others eyes and smiled.

Twilight and Halo:
♪Now that I see you.♪

For the first time in the 4 months they knew each other, after 4 months of pining for each other but not doing anything, Halo and Twilight shared their first real kiss.

End Song.