*Ronin POV*
I walked into my now fully blackened house that seemed to grow more spikes out of it daily to find Pinkie and Chrysalis sitting at a table in the kitchen. They turned to me at the same time and speed and Pinkie smiled, though for some reason she was glittering like a diamond.
"Heya, Ronin! Chrysi and I wanna talk to you!" She says cheerfully, pointing to a chair sitting across from the two. Chrysalis huffed slightly as I passed her and sat down. I looked to Pinkie.
"When did you get back? And why do you look like Rarity bejeweled your body" I asked her as she beamed, her body glistening off the light of the lamp above us.
"Chrysalis teleported me back to help handle the newest drones she made." She jumped onto the table to show me her whole body. "And I started shining after we saved the crystal empire from a big bad meanie named Sombra who wanted to rule the kingdom again, but Twilight was all like 'We can't let that happen!' so we went to a library to search for clues to-" She gets cut off as Chrysalis seals her mouth shut and magically places her back on the seat she was sitting in.
"Pinkie..." Chrysalis groaned. "We talked about this. We need to stay on. the topic we said we would discuss with Ronin. Ok?" She released Pinkie from her seal.
"Oki doki lokie!" She said cheerfully before turning to me with a angry face. "Ronin, your a big meanie pants!"
I leaned back, suprised by the u-turn in her mood. "What?"
Chrysalis narrowed her eyes at me. "Earlier today, I had a mare come by asking if this was where Ronin lived. When I asked her of her name, imagine my suprise when I realize its the nurse from the hospital that took care of you." She says as I wince, realizing where this is going.
Chrysalis snorts at my reaction. "And that is only the beginning. Turns out you had promised her a lunch date the next day, only to completely forget about it and leave her in the dust." I face-palm as Pinkie gasps.
"For shame!!!" She exclaims, doing a faint that would put Rarity to shame. "How could you forget to do such a thing! You went back on your word, and that's sooooo mean!" She called out from the floor.
I groaned. "If you happened to forget, I was quite busy trying to kill both a mega spider AND the same man that killed most of your kind in the first place!" I stated, pointing a finger at Chrysalis, who smirked.
"Perhaps so, which is why we aren't too mad. Instead, I came up with a brilliant new plan. Pinkie, inform our mate of the plan." She says as Pinkie leans in really close to my face.
"It's easy, Ronin. All you have to do is take her on a dinner date that I promised her would be great!" Her smile went a bit too wide as she continued. "Because I never break a promise." She slowly leaned back to her spot, saying 'never' really slowly. I turned to a smiling Chrysalis, who looked like she had more to say.
"Futhermore, since you think it's fun to go gallavanting off and fight mad sorcerers without backup, Pinkie Pie and I feel the need to punish your stupidity." Her grin began to widen as she talked. "After the first date, you must take Pinkie and I out on two seperate dates and ENSURE we have a great time, and until you do so you shall be at our beck and call." She finished as Pinkie pointed a hoof at me.
"Yeah! no more going and getting hurt anymore!" She said as I rolled my eyes, but smiled all the same.
"Well, I can tell why Pinkie is so adamant about this, but why are you so set on me doing this date?" I asked Chrysalis, who looked away from my sight, though I saw the recollection of sorrow on her face.
"It is simply my payment to her for healing you back when that roof fell on you." She said, refusing to look me in the eye.
Huh. Chrysi being nice to someone. Guess Pinkie has been a good influence on her.
"So, when's the dinner date with Redheart?" I asked them. The looked to each other and smiled at me as Chrysalis passed me a couple of gold bits. (who knows where she got them from.)
"Oh, it's happening now." Chrysalis said as the doorbell ringed. My eyes widened in shock as I realised I had nothing to wear.
Pinkie leaned in next to me. "Just shapeshift your exosuit to make a normal suit, silly." She whispered as I slapped my forehead. Doi!
After the green flames died around my body, leaving a pretty nice silver tux with a blue tie, I pocketed the gold bits and went and open the door...
...to be met with a veeeery well dressed Nurse Redheart smiling shyly at me. Her pink hair, normally in a bun, was curled around her neck. She wore a blue dress that had hugged her bodies curves perfectly. She had what looked like a matching blue hair pin in the top of her hair that had, lo and behold, a image of her cutie mark on it.
As my mind slowly began to register what the heck was going on, I got jabbed in the back by one of the girls. I cleared my throat in an attempt to gather my own thoughts, all the while startling her out of her own trance.
"Wow...I'm at a loss for words." I barely managed to say, which caused a slight giggle from her.
"I can't be that fetching, since we both know how much it takes to keep you quiet." We both laugh at that as she looks me over, a slightly hungry look in her eye. "You don't clean up so bad yourself."
I closed the door and we began looking for places to eat at.
As we walked, I turned to her. "Red, I'm sorry I forgot about our lunch date-" I began, but she waved me off.
"Its ok, Ronin. I've heard about the craziness you've been up to since leaving that day. I'm suprised you haven't needed another stay at the hospital." She laughed as I subconsicously felt my chest, which still hurt a bit if I stretched a bit too much.
I stopped and knelt down in front of her, getting eye level to her. I sighed. "No, it's not alright. I may not be the best guy out there. but when I say I'll do things, I tend to do them. You deserve that much at least." She smiled sweetly at me as I noticed a fancy looking restaurant behind her.
"What about there?" I said, pointing to the place." She turned the restaurant and frowned.
"The dainty hoof? But that only the rich can afford that place and AH!" She yelped out as I started walking towards the restaurant. "What are you doing?" She hissed slightly. I looked to her and winked.
"Watch this." I said as she face-hoofed. We walked into the restaurant, where I was blown away by the level of fancy they had. Like seriously, there was chandeliers everywhere, snobby ponies sitting at tables in ridiculous outfits, and there was this VIP section where there was one table with a luminescent rainbow over it with small water geysers surrounding it.
"Whoa..." I said as a unicorn walked up to us.
"Excuse me Sir, but this place is for the dignified nobleclass only, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to...." I shut him up by pulling out a gold bit and waving it in his face while pointing to VIP table.
"First off, I'm a paying customer. Second off, I'm courting a QUEEN, so that alone sets me up here." I pointed to Redheart, who was currently shaking her head with a smile at my antics. "And this lovely mare is my number two, so get us those seats." I said as he nodded, his eyes wide as he motioned for a earth pony waitress to come over.
"These two are royal guests, so make sure they are satisfied or your fired!" He growled at her as she nodded and led us to our seats.
Once we sat down, the pony smiled at us. "Welcome to the dainty hoof, I am Silver Plate and I'll be your waitress for today. What would like to start off with?"
Redheart asnwered first. "I'll have champagne please." She said. The waitress turned to me.
"Pinot Noir, please." I said as she nodded, writing down our drinks and leaving us. Redheart and I made eye contact for a second before we started giggling.
"That was amazing! You had those stuck up ponies wrapped around your finger!" She said as I covered my mouth to keep from laughing to hard.
"I know! Did you see that unicorn at the front." I made a serious face. "I'm going to have to ask you to lea- OH, LOOK MONEY!!." This caused more laughing from us. Thankfully, the geysers were loud enough to muffle it so we didn't get in trouble.
Redheart sighed happily, looking around the room. "All my life, I never thought I would step in here. I figured this stuff was only for the priviliged in life."
I smiled and grabbed her hoof. "Well, as far as I know, your pretty great without all this frou-frou mess corrupting you." I said as Silver Plate returned with the drinks.
"Thank you." I said, releasing Redhearts hoof as the waitress passed me mine. Redheart grabbed hers (no clue how they do that with hooves) and placed it near her.
"What would you two like for today?" She asked as we both looked at the menu.
There was a LOT of hay based options here, but I soon glanced upon one that catched my fancy.
No. Stinking. Way.
My eyes went wide as I pointed to a miracle on the menu.
"Can I get the Rib-eye steak please, medium well?" I said as Silver plates eyes widened.
"Your ordering off the griffon section?" She asked me as I sighed.
"I don't care if its the timberwolf section, you have it, right?" I said, getting a tad peeved.
"O-Of course. My apologies." She quickly said before turning to Redheart, who hadn't even batted an eye at my order choice. "And what about you, ma'am?"
She smiled and winked at me. "The same as my date please, well done if you please." She said, causing both Silver Plate and myself to look at her with shock.
After Silver Plate left to give the back of the house the shock of a lifetime, I looked to the nurse and raised an eyebrow.
"So, are you gonna explain the whole meat thing?" I said as Redheart giggled.
"Well, let me start at the beginning. My mother was an unicorn pony, but my father was a griffon." She said as I nodded. "Most of the time, this creates hybrids, but I was a rare case. The only thing I got was these." She pulls her mouth back and shows me that she has pointed teeth on every front tooth. "So, my teeth are remarkably similar to yours. Just one or two molars more equine."
I whistled in suprise. This mare was a nurse, hot, and ordered a well done rib-eye? Damn, I hit the jackpot for an all-American mare.
"Well, that's absolutely awesome. Where do your parents live?" I asked her, though her face fell. Realizing my mistake, I quickly went to recover. "Crap, I'm sorry if I struck a nerve."
She waved me off. "It's alright. My parents live in griffonia, but due to griffonias economy getting weaker by the day and the current king only caring for war, my mom and dad have been stuck there." She said as I leaned in and grabbed a hoof, squeezing it lightly.
"That's terrible, Red. If I could help in any way, I would." I said as she smiled at me, her beautifully blue eyes shining in the light of the restaurant. I found myself slowly leaning in as she leaned as well.
"Excuse me."
I inwardly cursed and pulled away from Redheary to face the pony who had interrupted us. He was a brown pony with a black mane.
"My name is Filthy Rich, and I was notified of a royal presence here at one of my establishments, but I do not recall you being a prince." He stared at Redheart. "Nor do I remember this nurse being a noblepony."
Ok, I hate this guy.
I stood up and breathed deep, my whole body flexing as I leaned over the now slightly cowering Filthy Rich. "Listen here, Filthy. My name is Ronin Alexander Blazeheart." His eyes widened at the last name for some reason, maybe he met Raiden? "I am courting a Queen Chrysalis and am currently on a dinner date with this angel of a mare to make up for a grevious error on my part. Now, if my Queen finds out that you ruined tonight for us..." I leaned in really close.
"...you'll never see the light of day again." I growled, my voice sounding VERY deep and gravelly. I leaned bacl to my standing position and smiled. "So, no problems, right?"
For a second, I thought heard a loud "AHH!" but since no one else seemed to hear it, I shrugged it off and turned back to Filthy.
Honestly, I have never seen anything agree with me so fast. "My apologies, your majesty." He turned to the staff who had watched the affair. "Next time somepony says their royalty, try and believe them next time. We could've lost our perfect record to something like this." The staff scurried off as our steaks came out. I smiled and tipped my glass to Redheart as I sat down. Redheart, who was smiling from ear to ear from the display earlier.
"To an amazing night?" I asked, hoping I didn't ruin this night somehow. She suddenly frowned.
"No." she simply stated as I froze.
Crap, I done screwed up. Now she's going to not want to talk to me, and the girls will be pissed and-
She clinked my glass with hers. "To a perfect night." She said with a slight blush as we sipped our drinks and began to enjoy our food.
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Chrysalis POV
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That Idiot! Trying to make a scene with the owner od the restaurant?! Does he want us to kill him when this date is done?
Pinkie gasped, looking through the right binoculer eye as I looked through the left. For a fancy restaurant, they had a huge open area where onlookers could see what they couldn't afford to have.
Selfish, boasting simpletons. Of course, I'd do the same thing, but that's not the point!
"Phew! that was close!" Pinkie said as Ronin sat down and offered a toast to the nurse. Pinkie, on the other hoof, could barely keep still. "Ronin almost got them kicked out!"
"I could see that, you pink buffoon. Now quiet!" I hissed as Pinkie stuck her tongue out at me.
"Psssh, your no fun!" She said before she got quiet for a bit. For most ponies, that's a miracle. For Pinkie, that means she's planning something.
"Pinkie!" I whispered. "What are you-AHHH!" I yelled out as Pinkie slapped my flank with a paddle.
"I told you earlier, silly. If your mean without good reason, you get a paddle to your flank." She said, giggling as I grabbed the paddle with my magic and glared at her.
"My turn." I stated, as Pinkies eyes went wide.
"Uh-Oh."
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Ronin POV
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"Oh man, that was soooo good!" I stated as we walked out the dainty hoof. The meal had been amazing! For a bunch of ponies, they knew how to cook a couple of steaks!
Redheart sighed and leaned her head against me as we walked the road. "Absolutely! Although, my father can still kick their flanks at cooking."
I laughed heartily. "Home cooking is the best, my brother is an expert at that." I said as Redheart pulled me down a walkway to a small house that seemed...alone compared to the rest of the houses on this road.
"This is where you live?" I asked her as she sighed a bit.
"It was my moms house. She preferred to stay away from other ponies, claimed they didn't understand her." She said as she turned to me and smiled warmly. "Ronin, this night has been absolutely wonderful. I can't remember the last time I had somepony that did something like this with me."
I smiled and shrugged. "It was no problem, Red. You were amazing company, and an even better date." I said, finding myself suprisingly shy for once.
Deciding to go for broke, I took a deep breath. "RedheartIhadablastandwouldloveitifyoujoinedtheherd!" I spat out as I face-palmed. Real smooth, Idiot.
Redheart giggled as she walked up to me, standing on her back hooves to wrap her legs around my neck. "Ronin, I thought you'd never ask." She leaned in and whispered in my ear. "Besides, your other two herdmates just gave the green light." She said as I turned my head and saw Chrysalis and Pinkie waving to us, the latter had a broken paddle on her neck.
"What the..." I said as Redheart pulled my head back to her and kissed me. And when I say kiss, I mean with tongue. As we broke apart, she smiled hungrily at me.
"Forget those two for tonight. Allow this nurse to treat you to an overnight stay at your private hospital room." She cooed as she turned around, her tail wrapping around the inside of my legs as she walked inside, swaying her hips like a pendelum clock.
Hehehe, this patient is checking in!