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// Chapter 3 
// Story: Love Tastes Like Candy 
// by CorruptedBrony 
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When I woke up I looked to my right to see Red sleeping soundly next to me. 'Oh God. I hope I didn't do something I'm going to regret.' I thought. 'You didn't do anything wrong, my son. She's still your wife.' God said through my head. I agreed and got up to start the day.

Okay... First, I have to visit everypony and race Rainbow Dash. There's always in adventure in that. When I finished my mental agenda, I got up and kissed my wife on the lips. 'Maybe I could surprise her with a breakfast in bed.' I thought. 'Mmmm that sounds good, babe.' My wife thought. I completely forgot that my wife and I completely shared our thoughts here. 'Well it's not a surprise anymore.' I thought as I smiled and walked to the kitchen.

When I got there, I looked for something good that we both can eat, but all I found were sweets, bread, and hay. 'Well, we are ponies, so his will do...' I thought, as I grabbed the ingredients. 'Okay... I'll make... This... Hope this is okay.' I thought as I put together a hay and crème sandwich.

When I finished the sandwich, I walked upstairs with a tray and gave Red the sandwich. I was nervous because I didn't know if it was good to eat or not. But I still felt confident and brought it to her. At first, she hesitated. She didn't want to eat it, but she trusted me as much as she trusted Pinkie. So she took a bite. At first, I thought she was disappointed, but I thought twice, because she hopped up and gave me a tight hug. "OH MY GOSH! THIS TASTES SO AWESOME THANKS... LIGHTNING..." She said teasingly. "Yeah. Remember, we're supposed to stay in character." She said, happily. I smiled and returned the hug.

"Hey, I gotta go. I'm going to visit the others and race Rainbow. Want to come?" I asked innocently. "Sure, but not right now. I'm going to be busy." Pinkie said. "But I'll be there later, okay?" "Okay." I said.

When I left, I thought I should warm up. I did some stretches and stretched my wings. 'Okay... Now I just have to get used to these...' I thought as I began to flap them. Then almost immediately, I was being lifted up into the air. At first, I was scared, but got used to it. Then I became more and more confident and began to fly around faster and faster. Eventually, I was going as fast as the leader of the Wonderbolts. But I was stopped by none other than Rainbow Dash, who had a smirk on her face. "Okay. Since you accepted my challenge, let's race. From here to Cloudsdale." She said. "Okay. Well let's do this." I said getting ready to go.

When we were signaled to go, I took my time with flying, at first, while Rainbow was way ahead of me. 'She just doesn't get it yet.' I thought as I watched her become exhausted and almost hit a building. I knew that slow and steady wins the race and this is a perfect example. As I flew past Rainbow, I could tell that was exhausted from going too fast all at once, so I stopped to help her. "Hey, are you okay? It's just a game. Don't over-exert yourself." I said in a caring tone. "Okay. Sorry. I guess I got a little cocky. So I take it that you won since I stopped, huh?" She said, a little disappointed of herself. "Well... I won the race, but you still deserve the title. You did do your best in this race, so I gotta give you that." "Thanks." Rainbow said as she got up with a little bit of my help.

"So how do you know all of this? I never heard of that saying 'Slow and steady wins the race.' Sorry to sound cocky, but I always win when I got fast." She said as we flew side-by-side. "Well, I felt like going slow since I knew that there were too many buildings around for me to go fast. I didn't want to get hurt. So you know." I said in an explanatory voice. "So where are you going anyway?" I asked curious of where we've been heading for the last few minutes. "Well, it's a secret." She said while blushing. 'Yeah... This isn't going to end well...' I thought as I grew uncomfortable with Rainbow's response.