{Betty}
After my birthday party, since it was still Nightmare Night, Dae and I decided to go check out the rest of the celebration. Before we went to check out any of the booths at the celebration, Dae pulled me off to the side.
"What?" I said.
"There's something else I want to give you other than that kiss." Dae reached into his pants pocket and brought out a small black box. He opened it and I gasped when I saw it. It was a simple plain gold band. He glanced up at me and smiled, "I know what you're thinking Betty, and no this isn't a marriage proposal. I don't think it's time for that yet as we've only been together for a couple of months now. But this ring holds a promise. It's a promise that I will always love you... Even if we break up, I will still always love you."
My heart melted when Dae said that and I felt my cheeks go red. "Yes Dae, I accept your promise and I will return that promise to you."
Dae slipped the ring on my finger. We both didn't notice Mystic standing behind Dae until she said something. "Aww! That's so cute! A promise ring, I bet you never thought that would happen, Betty, huh? Especially with what happened with Marble. By the way, I haven't seen him around lately. I wonder if he left town ever since you beat him in a race?"
"No, I didn't leave town," I heard Marble growl, "I just transferred to another school like Headmare Starlight Glimmer suggested my parents do for me."
I turned around and laughed when I saw the costume that Marble was wearing. Marble was dressed like a goth kid and had a suit jacket on. It looked similar to Dae's, but since Marble's a pony, he was only wearing the jacket and nothing else. When Mystic saw what Marble was wearing, she laughed even harder than I did.
"I would say, do you like what you see," said Marble, "but since you've accepted a promise ring from him," he pointed a hoof at Dae, "I guess I have no chance at you now."
Dae snorted. "First of all, my name is Dae. Second, I don't think getting someone to notice you, by calling them names and picking on them daily is a good idea on how to sweep someone off their feet."
Marble scoffed and stuck his nose up in the air. "Hmph! I knew that! So how did you win her over?"
"Well, he would kiss me every time he saw me," I said while smiling, "then he showed me that he cared about me."
"Hey, you stole my idea!" When I turned around and saw Silver standing there dressed in the same outfit that Marble was dressed in, I rolled my eyes.
"Okay, this is ridiculous!" Mystic said before lowering her head and facehoofing with her right forehoof. "That's not the best way to win Betty over either! You’re dressing like her boyfriend! Honestly, you two get over it and move on already!"
When Silver saw the promise ring on my finger, he snarled at Dae, "Hey, you stole my girlfriend!"
"Excuse me?" I snapped. "I was never your girlfriend, to begin with!"
I was about ready to put Silver in a chokehold and squeeze his neck just like I did with Marble when Dae stopped me from doing so by yanking on my tail.
"That's my stupid tail you know!" I growled.
"Yeah, I know," said Dae, "these guys aren't worth your time. So, let's get out of here."
I gave a resigned sigh and agreed, "Fine by me!"
Without another word, Dae and I left to go check out the rest of the celebration.
* * *
When we arrived back at the cottage, Discord was there to greet us. He saw us and smiled his snaggle-toothed grin before snapping his claw and out of thin air came a banner that said 'Congratulations Dae and Betty' on it. He floated towards us in the living room, "Well now, it seems you two are getting serious and you've only been together for a couple of months!" He said with a twinkle in his eye. "But the law does say you can be married at the age of twenty or older."
I choked on that statement. "This is just a promise ring Discord."
"It's not time for a marriage proposal yet," Dae added. "We both agreed to that."
Discord nodded. "I understand!” He points down with his lion paw while grinning mischievously, “You know, I did the same thing with Fluttershy."
"Yup," said Fluttershy, confirming it from the right of Discord in the room, "I still have both rings! The wedding ring and the promise ring are in their boxes in my room in a safe. It's because I don't want them to get damaged."
I frowned as this perplexed me. "You didn't give Fluttershy an engagement ring Discord?"
He throws his talon and paw in the air to his sides, "Well, I did give her one, because the promise ring becomes your engagement once there is a marriage proposal in play."
Fluttershy groaned when she heard that.
I spoke while leaning my head slightly to the left. "What?"
"Speaking of marriage proposals..." Fluttershy replied as she pointed a hoof at the kitchen table.
I did a facepalm and cringed when I saw the stack of letters that I knew came from Princess Twilight. I know what they were because engagement rings were stapled to each of the envelopes.
I removed my hand from my face and narrowed my mouth as I asked Fluttershy, "How many are there in that stack?"
"Well, there's more than seven. I don't know what else I can do to help you with this," answered Fluttershy shaking her head, "I've tried reasoning with her along with Celestia and she just will not get it through her head that you don't want to marry her!” Fluttershy sighs, “And I have a feeling once she finds out you accepted a promise ring from Dae, she'll just step up her efforts on proposing."
I groaned. Then I grit my teeth. "Great, wonderful, just perfect!"
"You know something," said Dae, "I can help you with disposing of those marriage proposals."
"How?" I responded. "Because to tell the truth, I'm running out of ideas on what to do with them."
"I have a furnace in the King's chambers back at Hell. I can take those and chuck them in there. I can also do that for the rest of them from now on." Dae suggested.
I widened my eyes and nodded my head. "Works for me!"
Discord and Fluttershy obviously found this funny, because they couldn't stop laughing at it.
"Don't worry Betty," laughed Fluttershy, "I won't tell her a thing about how you're going to get rid of the marriage proposals. Instead of worrying about them for the rest of the night, I think you should probably just spend some time with Dae now!"
Dae then reached over and kissed me.
Fluttershy smiled at this before glancing at the draconequus on her left. "Let's leave these two lovebirds alone, Discord."
"Sure," Discord said.
Fluttershy laughed as she turned around to leave. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do!"
Discord chuckled. "And that applies to everything! You're a preadult now Betty, I don't think you need someone to supervise you."
After that Discord and Fluttershy left.
* * *
Once we were alone, Dae turned to me and smiled. "You know they're right Betty. Since it's still your birthday, I have something else in mind that we could do to keep the celebration going."
I blinked. "Huh?"
Dae snorted. "Are you serious Betty? You don't know how to pick up on a hint do you?"
"Ah..." Before I could say anything else, Dae snapped his fingers and we were instantly teleported to my bedroom.
Dae leaned over and started to kiss my neck. I thought about saying something but at the moment, my mind went blank. I wound up on the bed under the covers naked with Dae holding me tightly in his arms. I felt his naked body close to mine and I wasn't sure of what was going to happen next. I groaned when I felt different sensations going on with me.
"I know you're a virgin and figured now would be a good time to take that from you," Dae whispered into my ear.
I knew once Dae said that I knew exactly what was thinking. I guess Dae figured the perfect way to end my birthday and Nightmare Night was to have sex with me. I didn't bother to stop him because it just seemed right by that point...
* * *
The next morning when I woke up, I noticed that I was still naked in my bed. I also felt Dae’s arms around me and at the moment, I didn't want to move. Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
I groaned and thought, I don't feel like moving right now. Maybe if I ignore who's there, he'll go away.
That's the funny thing about tracking abilities for Death Walkers, a Death Walker can use them at will, once they get used to them.
I used my tracking abilities to see Norman knocking at the door. Dae chuckled. "The door's open, you can come in!"
"Seriously?" I growled.
Norman opened the door and when he saw Dae holding me he snickered. "So, that's what the noises were, last night! So uh, how was he, Betty?"
I felt heat coming from my face as I hid underneath the covers. Dae found this funny because he couldn't stop laughing. "It was her first time too!"
"I'm not saying a word, nope, no comment!"
Norman laughed. "Okay yeah, I'll leave you two alone, and Betty?"
"I'm afraid to say this, but what?"
He gave a mischievous smile and teased. "Did mom ever give you the talk?"
"Once again, no comment!"
Norman continued his teasing. "I take it that's a no? No worries! I’m sure Fluttershy can do that for you!"
"I think it's a little too late for that!" I snapped.
"Okay, okay, I'm out of here," Norman walked out of the room dying laughing.
Once the door closed, I looked at Dae. "Seriously? What is wrong with you?"
Dae responded playfully, "Nothing's wrong, I couldn't help myself! I just thought it would be a good idea to claim bragging rights for taking your virginity."
I rolled my eyes. "Haha, very funny Dae."
Dae gave a flirting smile. "Hmm, wanna do it again?"
I nodded. "Sure!"
When we started to make love again, I didn't want it to end.
* * *
{Dae}
The next day after I got back to the Castle in Hell, I sat in my office trying to take care of the paperwork. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. "Come in!" I bellowed.
Parada entered the room and she bowed to me. I motioned with my right hand for her to stand up so she could look at me.
She smirked. "So, did you give Betty that promise ring you got for her?"
I grinned and nodded. "Yes, I did and she accepted it, and then I gave her something else."
Parada snorted and lifted her right eyebrow. "Birthday sex?"
I smiled and nodded. "You guessed it!"
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a messenger came bursting into the office. I knew this messenger was from the Icebreakers because of his uniform. If the Icebreakers sent a messenger for them, then it needed to be answered immediately.
The messenger bowed to me when he entered the room.
"It's okay, you can look at me now," I said. "What's going on?"
"You're being summoned to meet up with the Icebreakers and the Afterlife Court along with Celestia," The messenger said with urgency.
"What!" I gasped. "Why?"
The messenger shook his head. "I don't know, but the Icebreakers wanted me to give you this."
The messenger took out of his bag a letter that the Icebreakers symbol on it. I took the letter and then dismissed him.
I opened the letter and my eyes went wide in horror when I read it. The letter spoke of a notorious criminal who was sent to the prison in the Middle Ground and locked away deep underneath it. This criminal used to rule over Equestria with an iron fist, letting the monsters he created roam free to destroy practically anything in the land. He was worse than Cozy Glow, Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis combined and he escaped from the prison in the Middle Ground... His name is Grogar.