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// Obsticals 
// Story: Road to love 
// by Mes Amis 
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Meanwhile back at Reda's:

Reda was outside of his home sitting down at his porch, enjoying the beautiful morning sky. He relaxed at every single minute of it. Reda was now back to his happy and yet peaceful self ever since he and Dante had that conversation at the party. He glanced over to his guitar which was sitting beside him the whole time since he sat to his porch. 

Reda grabbed his guitar and tuned it. After he stopped tuning it, he began to strum his guitar to one of his songs that he wrote himself. Playing songs on his guitar always got his mind off things when it comes to all the troubles he has and anger that he can’t control. 

Even though Dante told him that he already loves Fluttershy, it still didn’t stop Reda from loving her. He never stopped thinking about her since the day he fell in love with her. To get that off his mind, he levitated a notebook and pen got to work on his song that he was willing to write in a long time about his childhood crush. 

With every single word he wrote on that notebook, he began to smile at whatever words that involved his love and emotions for Fluttershy. He couldn’t stop scribbling on that notebook; it felt as that he was almost finished with the song. All he needed was the rhythm from his guitar, and might as well be done with the song. 

Reda once again grabbed his guitar and tried to come up with the rhythm since he was almost done with lyrics. After a few minutes, Reda decided to put down his guitar and come up with it later when he soon realized he didn’t have enough time to write the song and have enough time to hang out with Dante after he recovered from his depression. 

As he got off his porch, a newspaper came flying out of nowhere then hit him in the forehead and landed somewhere in the bushes. There was enough force to knock Reda down for a little while. Reda then got back up rubbing his forehead and looked annoyed for the newspaper that hit him. The newspaper hit him fast enough for him to not know who threw it at him and get away with it. 

“Ow….who ever threw that has really bad aim to aim it at the house and hit me instead." Reda groaned as he try to recovered from the hit. 

Reda found the newspaper and levitated to right by his side. He unfolded the without even looking what was on the front page. 

“Oh look another newspaper from Gabby Gums whoever he or she is; I wonder if there is are going to be some interesting news of ones in lifetime." He sarcastically said to himself. 

Reda levitated the newspaper in front of him and got to reading. 

“Let’s see what it is this time.” He groaned that the fact the news from around town is just dull. He began to read it so he can see of how bad this is really going suck. 

“ 'Local Mare Enchants Music Idol!'. Huh so Gabby Gum finally got some news for us.” Reda said out loud sarcastically. ”Wait…” 

After a few seconds, he quickly levitated the newspaper in front of him and began to ready it correctly. 

“ 'Local Mare Enchants Music Idol!'. Frontpony Dante from 'Armed To The Soul' has fallen head over hooves for Ponyville's own... FLUTTERSHY!?!” Reda yelled at that last sentence. Reda couldn’t find any words to react to this but all he can think is. 

“WHAT THE…” Reda yelled and immediately closed his mouth as he saw a mother and her filly walking past Reda’s house. 

Reda immediately dashed out of his home and teleported into Ponyville.
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Reda teleported in the middle of town and quickly made his way to Fluttershy’s cottage. Sweat began to drip from his forehead and was wearing a scared look on his face. 

Reda kept running past ponies and bumping into them. Each time he bumps into them, he apologizes every time he does that. 

“Pardon me, sorry." He bumped into the first pony.

“Watch it you!" The pony threatened at him as Reda pasted by him. 

“Excuse me."

“What is wrong with you?” A mint colored pony said in an angry tone.

Reda was almost at Fluttershy’s Cottage when he noticed Twilight’s tree house which meant he was almost there. Reda kept running until a he saw a small purple dragon holding a stack of books with him, Reda became very worried that it will stop him from going to his destination. 

Spike walked out of the tree house with a stack of books he was holding. He was whistling a tune as he was unaware of his surroundings. Spike then noticed a grey unicorn going top speed and it was coming right at him. He began to tried to get out of the way, but couldn’t due to the weight of the stack of books he was holding, it was hopeless and for Reda too. He then began to panic. 


Reda on the other hand didn’t stop running, as he got closer to Spike. He immediately sprung up over Spike’s stack of books and tapped the first stack of the books with his right back leg and causing the books to collapse on Spike. 

Reda chuckled as he didn’t believe he never jumped over that high and that he didn’t get stopped. 

Spike let out a groan after Reda leaped over his stack of book and dash past him.
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Reda finally made it to his destination. He was at the front of Fluttershy’s cottage and finally stopped running then stopped to catch his breath after all that running all over town. 

Reda made his way to the front of the cottage where he noticed Big Mac fixing up the door. 

“Hey, Mac watcha doin’?” Reda greeted.

“Jus' fixin‘ this door back up." Big Mac replied not looking at Reda.

“And this happened why?” Reda looked at Big Mac suspiciously. 

“Ah don’ wanna talk ‘bout it." Big Mac replied a little uneasily. 

Reda then got out a key which was under Fluttershy’s doormat. 

“You do realize there was a key the entire time." Reda stated when he levitated the key in front of Big Mac. 

After Big Mac heard and saw the key, he facehoofed for his mistake of breaking the door down while Reda chuckled at his mistake. 

“Later Mac, it was nice talking with you." Reda said as he made his way inside Fluttershy’s cottage where the door used to be at. 

"Eeyup." 

Reda made his way inside went upstairs and ended up I front of Fluttershy's door.

“Hope I’m not too late” He said to himself sadly as he slowly turned the door knob.
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Dante and Fluttershy were still at her room, they were still holding each other close and their snouts touching each other. Fluttershy forehooves wrapped around Dante’s neck and Dante’s forehooves wrapped around Fluttershy’s hip. 

“So Dante, where are you taking me?" Fluttershy said slyly. 

“You’ll see.” Dante let out a small chuckled and kissed her cheek. 

Dante closed his eyes and leaned in to kiss her once more, Flutershy did the same as Dante did until they both heard a door knob turning causing them both to immediately separate from each other.

As Reda came inside her room, Fluttershy began to blush a deep red color. As for Dante, he seemed a little bit annoyed from the interruption and suspicious why Reda came in. 

“Reda, what are you doing here?” Dante asked.

Reda didn’t say a word due to running all the way from his home to Fluttershy’s place. As Reda caught his breath, he tried to answer Dante’s question. "Have…you….guys….read any Gabby Gums lately?" He said exausted trying to catch his breath. 

“You mean this?” Fluttershy showed the newspaper to Reda.

“Yeah…Wait how’d you know about it?”

“Don’t worry, Dante told me everything about it."

“What happened to you?” Dante notice the sweat coming down from his forehead and the exhaustion. 

“Ran all over town and made it here."

“Couldn’t you just teleported here?” Dante stated.

Reda facehoofed as he realized his mastake. "Magic school wasn’t easy for me okay!" Reda said in an angry tone. 

After Reda and Dante stopped talking to each other, Reda said his farewells to Dante and Fluttershy with that he left Fluttershy’s cottage and teleported back home, leaving Dante and Fluttershy both alone in the room. With that it became a moment of silenced. 

“So where were we?” Dante was first one to speak. 

After Dante said that, Fluttershy wrapped her forehooves around Dante’s neck and leaned in. As for Dante, he didn’t fight it. When Fluttershy leaned in to kiss him, Big Mac came bursting to the door causing her to back away from Dante right before Big Mac saw her and Informing Fluttershy that he already fixed the door. Dante on the other hand threw his hooves in the air and let out a single sentence. 

“OH COME ON!!