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// Chapter 44: Secret Ad-Mare-Er 
// Story: MLP G5 Sunset: Tell Your Tale: Season 1 
// by JesusG0987 
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Chapter 44: Secret Ad-Mare-Er

In the bedroom of the Brighthouse, Izzy is sleeping on her bed as she has a sleep mask, with googly eyes and a rainbow attached to it with green petals on the side as Izzy snores in her sleep.

“Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum-mum.” Izzy muttered in her sleep as she kept snoring, and then her alarm clock went off as it rang and released some confetti next to her calendar with a heart shape on a certain date with hearts around it. Izzy then instantly woke up as she gasped with a smile, while still having the bed masks on her. “It’s Hearts and Hooves Day!” She cheered excitedly while placing her hooves on her cheeks. Apparently it’s Hearts and Hooves Day in Equestria, the one holiday where ponies share love with one another to the ones they cared about, which is still the same holiday even after generations like Nightmare Night.

Izzy got out of her bed and excitedly trotted across the room, but she forgot to take off her bed mask as she hit a chandelier head on and fell to the floor as she stood back up with a confident smile, with her bed mask over her head now. “I am okay!” Izzy cheered as she tossed some confetti into the air with a smile.







In the living room, Zipp focused on a plant pot with a plant sprout growing as she gave it a little bit of ration water on it.

“Hhmm.” Zipp hummed to herself with a focus look with a smile as Izzy popped up from behind her from the railing stairs with sparkles in her eyes as she ducked again, then slides off to the side behind Zipp with a smile before ducking again, and then she appeared right beside Zipp with a party kazoo in her mouth as she blew it hard. “Aah!” Zipp cried out in startled as she turned and saw Izzy next to her.

“Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Zipperdoodle!” Izzy cheered to Zipp with Sparkles in her eyes, which made Zipp look at her in confusion.

Sunset then walked by as she spoke. “Hey, girls. What’s going on? I heard a noise when I was brushing my teeth.” She said to Izzy and Zipp.

“Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Sunset!” Izzy suddenly announced, which made Sunset confused as well as Izzy got between the two ponies and placed her hooves around them as their cheeks were squishing Izzy’s. “Will you two be my pal-entines?” She asked them as she held up a big camera with her magic as she took a picture with them with sparkles in her eyes.

“Hearts and Hooves Day? That’s today? And it’s still around?” Sunset asked in surprise, didn’t know that Hearts and Hooves Day is still a thing in this new era of Equestria and that it was today, not that surprising since Nightmare Night is still a thing here. “I didn’t know, but anyway, Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Izzy.” She said with a smile.

“Oh, right.” Zipp said with a nervous smile, didn’t know that holiday was today as well. “Yeah. Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, buddy!” She said nervously to Izzy, not knowing how to respond to that.

Izzy giggled as she tossed some confetti into the air as she looked at Zipp’s flower pot. “So, whatcha growin'?” She asked before she gasped at something she thought it might be as she turned to the otherside of it. “Is it a friendship plant?” She asked excitedly before she gave another gasps before she smiled with sparkles in her eyes. “With heart-shaped leaves or flowers that open up and have tiny little boxes of chocolates in them?” She said as she placed her hooves on her cheeks as she visioned tiny chocolate boxes that sprouted.

Sunset raised an eyebrow at Izzy’s thought. “Yeah, I don’t think that’s it.” She said, should’ve guessed something that Izzy would think of, and something Pinkie Pie would think too as she turned to Zipp. “What are you growing exactly, Zipp?” She asked the pegasus.

“It's a Venus flytrap.” Zipp causally answered with a smirk as she walked closely to the two ponies while giving a spooky tone. “It eats bugs!” She added while Izzy and Sunset sweat nervously a bit from Zipp’s tone.

The three then heard a tiny gasp, which startled them as they turned and saw a scared out butterfly as it screamed from what Zipp told about the flytrap as it flew away at a fast paste, leaving the three ponies to look at where it flew off with strange looks.

“Best to keep that flytrap away from animals when Hitch brings in flying related tiny critters, Zipp. Or Hitch will give you a timeout in his cell for letting that plant eat those critters.” Sunset advises Zipp to keep that flytrap out of sight from tiny flying related critters that would be from inside the Brighthouse or when Hitch brings them over.

“Noted.” Zipp said, going to make sure some flying related creatures that are not bugs get eaten by her flytrap and not wanting to get Hitch angry if it eats one of his tiny critter friends.

Izzy recompose herself from that as she puts the pot down as she speaks. “That's not hearts-y or hooves-y.” She said with a wave of her hoof, finding this not Hearts and Hooves related.

“Eh. I'm not that into Hearts and Hooves Day.” Zipp honestly said with a smile. “All the lovey-dovey decorations and hearts everywhere?” She questioned as she gave a shudder of that thought as she gave a ration water drop to her plant.

Sunset rolled her eyes at that. “Zipp, to be honest, that's a special holiday for ponies to share love with one another, and it’s more about decorations and hearts everywhere you know.” She said, saying the true purpose of Hearts and Hooves Day. “And we have something similar in the human world I used to live in. And it’s called Valentine’s Day, pretty similar to Hearts and Hooves Day.” She added, knowing a holiday similar to Hearts and Hooves Day back in the world she was in.

“I get that, Sunset. But I’m just not into it. And no offense, Izzy, but Pipp is a lot better at the sensitive, touchy-feely stuff than I am." Zipp admittedly said, as she may understand the holiday, but just not interested and that her sister is a lot better at that than her.

“Well, that is true, knowing Pipp.” Sunset agreed, knowing that it is true that Pipp is a lot more sensitive, touch-feeling then Zipp. 

And then both Sunset and Zipp turned to look at Izzy as they widen their eyes in shock and surprise as they saw Izzy covered in hearts, a pink shirt, a neck collar with a heart on it as Izzy gives a shock look at Izzy from what Zipp just said as the two ponies wonder how Izzy put that on that fast as they gave the unicorn a strange look.

Izzy then gives them nervous giggles as she speaks. “That is a really good joke, Zipp!” She said as Zipp and Sunset looked at Izzy strangely as they sweat a little. “You are soooo funny! 'Cause, obviously, everypony loves Hearts and Hooves Day, right?!” She said as she got close to their faces as Izzy’s right eye twitched a bit as she grabbed them by the shoulder and squished their muzzles close to her as they looked at her, a little creep out “You both will see! You'll all see!” She declared as she then turned around with a serious expression as she pointed to McSnipsalot, who was a little scared from Izzy outburst as he walked away. Izzy then turned back to Sunset and Izzy as she gave her cheery smile. “See you later!” She said to them in her usual tone as she walked off the Brighthouse while Zipp and Sunset watched her go, with a little weird out expression from what Izzy just said.

“Izzy is a little creepy and weird when she does that when she wants things to happen.” Sunset spoke, breaking the silence.

“Yep.” Zipp answered.

“And she will once realize the hard way that some ponies just don’t do that yet since they have only been together for over a year, right?” Sunset questioned while having a guess at how this will turn out for Izzy.

“Most likely.” Zipp answered.

Sunset then gave a bored expression from this, knowing that she can’t stop Izzy from doing that. “Izzy gotta learn the hard way sometimes.” She commented, knowing that Izzy will soon learn her lesson.







Meanwhile, somewhere in Maretime Bay, Izzy is trotting happily.

“Time to see how Maretime Bay celebrates the greatest holiday of the year!” Izzy said to herself happily as she now had sparkles in her eyes as she placed her hooves on her cheeks. “I can picture it now!” She added, visioning what Maretime Bay would be like on Hearts and Hooves Day.







Izzy’s Imagination.

Izzy is thinking about Maretime Bay that is covered in many heart-shaped decorations, streamers, balloons, cards, ect. As ponies around are laughing at one another around the area. Three ponies and a racoonicorn are on two heart balloons, a colt and a filly flying around while leaving a rainbow trail with hearts, and two birds, one of them is Kenneth, wearing heart necklaces flew by while chirping, and a tramcar with a heart theme on went through a heart-shape tunnel with ponies on it.

End of Izzy’s Imagination.







Back in reality, Izzy made it to town as she still smiled with sparkles in her eyes as she still had her hooves on her cheeks. 

“Yeah! It's gonna be just like... that.” Izzy said as she then started to give a down look at that last word once she saw Maretime Bay, as it was not something she imagined about for Hearts and Hooves Day.

What Izzy is seeing is just the basics sign for Hearts and Hooves Day, which titled one loose end down over the ponies, who are just walking casually, while an earth pony got covered in a banner that fell over him, which caused him to shake it a bit before tossing it to the ground while stomping on it in irritation, and a couple of ponies, a Pegasus Stallion and a Unicorn Mare are growling at each other, indication that they are arguing.

Izzy kept looking before she smiled nervously. “Well…” She started as she gave a nervous laugh. “...a minor setback. No problem!” She said with a wave of her hoof.

At Dahlia’s flower stand, Dahlia is watering her plants, but then she gets surprised when Izzy pops up in front of her from beside the stand. “Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Dahlia!” Izzy said as she placed some flowers, heart-shaped cards in her watering can while Dahlia looked in confusion.

In another stand, Posey Bloom is sniffing some flowers, but then Izzy lifted a card right in front of, which caused to hit Posey in the face from sniffing hard, as she grew irritated from that as Izzy faced her. “Oh, happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Posey!” Izzy said cheerfully as she trotted off, leaving Posey to growl from what Izzy just did.

And then Izzy stopped in front of a tree with white flowers on it with a smile and sparkles in her eyes. “Wow, this is a great tree.” She happily said as she placed a card on a branch of the tree. “Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Mr. Tree!” She happily cheers while stomping her hooves excitedly. And then, Izzy then saw Posey angrily placing the card into a recycling bin as she walked off happily with a smile as Izzy jumped in front of the bin with a frown at what she saw. “Hey, that's not the spirit.” She said to Posey, who is giving an annoying look at Izzy before she continues to walk, leaving Izzy a little sad from that.

And then Fifi starts flying by with her fruit cart, which Izzy notices as she trots after her, panting and sweating and running fast to keep up with Fifi. “I... am... right... in... thinking Hearts and Hooves Day is everypony's absolute favorite day of the year, right?!” Izzy asked Fifi with a nervous smile quickly.

Fifi felt uneasy about Izzy's question as she sweated a bit as she spoke. “Uhhhh, yes?” She questioned uncertainty, but then screamed when she saw something in front of her and Izzy. “Aah!” She cried out as she landed on the ground as she skidded her hooves to stop herself as Izzy stopped next to her, but her fruit cart opened up as it tossed some fruits out as it hit something.

“Oww!” Hitch’s voice called out as Fifi and Izzy saw Hitch in front of them, with a pineapple that hit him in the face as it fell off, leaving Hitch covered in pineapple contents as his right eye twitch a bit in irritation that he got hit in the face with fruit, again.

Fifi and Izzy stared at Hitch for a second before Fifi spoke again. “Uh... no.” She answered in a bored expression, correcting Izzy’s question she asked as she took to the air and flew off as some dust formed from her take off.

Izzy then gasps in shock from Fifi’s answer before she gives a challenged expression. “Is that so...? Well, we'll see about that!” She said determinedly with a smile.

(Ain’t Gonna Wait Song)



(Izzy)
Just show a little heart
It's all about your fellow pony

Izzy then starts tossing some cards and heart confetti into the air with a wide smile and sparkles in her eyes.

But in the process, Izzy got the cards on a Pegasus stallion from head to chest, on a soup from an Earth Pony mare with glasses, and on a Unicorn mare’s face while she was sipping her smoothie, which made them all irritated from that.

We all need a little love
Don't have a heart of stone-y
If you're feelin' what I'm feelin'
Then get up and show me
'Cause today's not the day
For bein' lonely

Izzy then appeared in front of Posey again as she gave her some roses, which she accepted as she smiled Izzy as the unicorned walked backwards, but then Izzy twirled around with a little laugh as she toss some heart confetti into the air as she trotted off, but then Posey saw a piece of the flower bushes have been ripped off as she looked at the flowers that Izzy gave her and then at the bushes again as the flowers on the bush matches the ones on her hooves, putting two and two together on where Izzy got those flowers from.

Posey then got mad that her face turned red in rage at what Izzy did. “Aaaahhh!!” She screamed in rage as she looked around for any signs of Izzy, who trotted happily behind her as she went out of sight of the raging pony earth pony.







And then somewhere in Maretime Bay, two ponies, an Earth Pony mare who is sipping a smoothie and a Pegasus Stallion looking at his phone, minding their own business, but then Izzy appeared as she jumped into the air with a front flip, and then she smiled widely with sparkles in her eyes as she landed on the bench, breaking it into two.

Oh, oh, I'm spreadin' the love
Like, oh, oh, it's all I've dreamt of
Oh, no, don't hesitate

The two ponies are surprised by Izzy’s appearance as she tosses some more confetti in the air as she trots off, leaving the two ponies to slide down to each other from the broken bench as the Pegasus’ phone clicked a picture of the two faces together.

And then Izzy repeated the same process one some other benches while tossing some confetti into the air two times, with one being with a young Unicorn mare and an elder Unicorn mare sliding down and a Pegasus filly and an Earth Pony colt sliding down in surprise form Izzy, while Hitch appeared in front of them while blowing his whistle at Izzy for breaking the benches.

You better follow your heart, it ain't gonna wait


Izzy then got to a dumpster where a racoonicorn and bunnycorn are in, going through the trash as Izzy uses her magic to levitate them out of the dumpster and the place them on the table with a chocolate cake piece, but they got irritated as the racoonicorn then tosses the cake away as it hit Izzy’s face, while she is holding a camera, as it slides off her face while Izzy gave a bored expression form that.

Love, I'm gonna show it
Love, I'm gonna show it

And then two stallions are giving each other a hoof bump, but then Izzy places an arch made of hearts over them as she smiles and tosses some confetti into the air, but the stallions get startled from that as they rush off, leaving Izzy in confusion.

The purple one rolled across the floor and stopped as he is tied up in balloons, another stallion, who is a unicorn, was drinking some smoothie, but then Izzy toss some heart confetti in front of him, which startled him as he spit the smoothie in Izzy’s face, which surprised her from that as the unicorn stallion glared at Izzy.

Izzy then came up to a Unicorn mare that she placed a card into her face as she smiled with sparkles in her eyes, but then the mare took the card off her face as she gave an irritated look, which made Izzy sad from that.

Ain't no doubt about it
Love's in the air, let's shout it

Somewhere in a corner, Misty and Opaline are talking to each other, guessing coming up a plan together, as a sad Izzy is walking past them, which surprise the two, but Izzy was too sad to notice Opaline as she put a flower necklace on Misty saddlery as she walked by, with Opaline giving a bewilder expression from that.

 Misty looked at the flower necklace around her neck as she  smiled widely at it, finding it beautiful while Opaline rolled her eyes from that as she looked at Misty, while she is looking at Opaline back uncertain as Opaline raised an eyebrow at Misty as the unicorn chuckle sheepishly at Opaline from that.







Sometime later, Izzy is walking by sadly as she stops by a trash can.

Izzy sighs sadly from her failed attempts for Hearts and Hooves Day. “Nopony cares about Hearts and Hooves Day. What's the point?” She asked herself sadly as she began to tear up as she levitated all the cards and hearts from her saddlebag out as she tossed them in the trash.

Next to Izzy, Sunset and Zipp are at Dahlia’s stand, picking up some flower food for Zipp’s flytrap, Sunset joined her as Zipp spoke.

“Thanks for helping me pick out the right plant food for my flytrap, Sunset.” Zipp thanked her with a smile.

“Anytime, Zipp.” Sunset said with a smile. “I have to make sure this plant gets some plant food so that some certain flying creatures who are not bugs or flies stay safe from your plant so they won’t get trapped and eaten.” She added, wanting to make sure the flying critters in the Brighthouse and from when Hitch brings them over at times be safe from Zipp’s flytrap.

“I hear that.” Zipp said in agreement, knowing that is true since she doesn’t want any flying critters or Hitch's to get trapped by her plant.

 And the two ponies, and Dahlia heard rummaging as they turned and saw a racoonicorn grumbling as it popped out from the trash filled with hearts and cards as it angrily grumbles at Izzy as she sadly walked away and tossing a card out of trash before going back in.

Zipp and Sunset walked to the trash and inspected it. “Hmmm…” Zipp said in thought.

“Hey, Zipp.” Sunset said as she pointed at Izzy, which Zipp followed, as they saw Izzy next to the tree she placed the card on earlier, giving it a small smile.

And then the card fell off the tree branch as Izzy watched it land on the fly, which made her sigh sadly as a heart antenna on her head fell off and landed on the card, which made Izzy tear up from it as tears formed in her eyes.

Zipp and Sunset walked next to Izzy in concern. “Uh, you okay there, Izz?” Zipp asked in concern.

“Yeah, what’s got you down, Izzy?” Sunset asked as well, and doesn't really like seeing Izzy sad.

“I tried so hard to bring a little Hearts and Hooves magic to Maretime Bay, but nopony even wants to celebrate.” Izzy answered sadly as some tears dropped from her eyes at her failed attempt to get ponies to celebrate Hearts and Hooves Day in Maretime Bay.

Zipp gives Izzy a comforting smile as she places a hoof on her back. “Come on. I'm sure it wasn't that bad.” She assured Izzy.

Sunset looked across the area and widened her eyes from what she was seeing. “You may want to see for yourself, Zipp. Look.” She said while pointing off to a direction.

Zipp followed as she saw what Sunset ment.

“This is awful!” A Business Unicorn Pony stallion cried out as he tried to shake the balloon attached to his right hoof off, but couldn’t as he walked off with a whimper.

And then a blue racoonicorn came in with a bag as the green racoonicorn in the trash popped out as tosses some cards out  in the air as the blue one catches one in a bag as they gave squeaking sounds.

Zipp raised an eyebrow, realizing that she was wrong, Sunset gave a bored expression while Izzy started to tear up again.

Sunset facehooved herself as she spoke. “These ponies have been divided for so long, Hearts and Hooves lost its enthusiasm during the division. And this is the first one after the ponies are together again.” She commented, knowing that Hearts and Hooves aren’t what they used to before the ponies were divided and still being adjusted unlike Nightmare Night.

Zipp nodded in agreement with Sunset before the two looked at Izzy, who was still tearing up from this as she looked down sadly as Zipp placed a hoof on her again with a comforting smile. “Look, Izzy. Love, friendship - these aren't things you can magic up with cards and heart-shaped balloons. It takes time.” She said, telling Izzy that it takes time for other ponies to process things.

“Yeah. Ponies are still celebrating their first holidays together, we already went through Nightmare Night, Harvest and Hugs Day, and the three holiday names of Winter Wishday of each tribe. So the ponies are still adjusting.” Sunset added with a smile. 

“Yeah.” Zipp agreed with a smile. “Like, you know, like a seed.” She added while showing her nearly sprouted flytrap that grew quickly as its stem is up straight. “You care for it and nurture it, and eventually…” Before she could finish, Zipp’s flytrap sprouted as it formed its mouth, it began to chomp as it closed its mouth as the three ponies looked at it in amazement, while Zipp smiled at her fully grown plant. “Yes! See? It grows into something amazing!” She said happily that her flytrap was fully sprouted as the three ponies smiled at it.

A Pegasnail is humming happily to itself, but then the flytrap chomps at it with it’s mouth as the Pegasnail ruffled around in it as the flytrap spits it out, making the Pegasnail yelp from that, a little dizzy before it recompose itself before flying away happily as it continues to hum to itself.

“Yeah, but let’s keep it away from flying critters who aren’t bugs.” Sunset commented before she turned to Izzy as she continued. “Look, Izzy, I DO appreciate the holiday enthusiasm, but you know you DO tend to take these sorts of things too far at times. The holiday CAN definitely be enjoyable, but it has to be much more gradual." She said, telling Izzy how she can go a little too far when she does these things, especially on the holidays. “Remember, ponies are still adjusting to celebrating the holidays together, and they are still getting to know each other for over a year. You can’t just make them celebrate just because of the holiday.” She said, reminding Izzy that everypony may have known each other for over a year, but they are still getting to know each other and adjusting to one another.

“Huh?” Izzy asked in confusion before she realized what Sunset and Zipp were saying as she smiled at them. “So you two are saying friendships can grow like plants?” She asked them with a smile.

“Exactly.” Zipp answered with a smile while holding her flytrap.

“Yes, Izzy.” Sunset answered as well with a smile.

“And love can blossom like a flower?” Izzy asked them again with sparkles in her eyes with a smile.

“Yep!” Sunset answered again.

“Right!” Zipp added as she placed her flytrap down.

“And we can all have two heads like Venus flytraps?!” Izzy suddenly asked excitedly again, feeling better with sparkles in her eyes again with a wide smile.

Sunset raised her eyes from what Izzy just asked as Zipp answered. “Yes! Wait, what?” Zipp asked in confusion at Izzy’s sudden question like that.

Sunset looked down and widened her eyes at what she saw. “Uh, Zipp. Your flytrap.” She said while pointing at where the flytrap is.

Zipp followed and saw that her flytrap had grown an extra head somehow as both mouths were chomping. “Huh! What do you know?” Zipp asked in surprise with a smile, really surprised that her flytrap had grown two heads all of a sudden, never really predicted that.

“That is one surprisingly strange flytrap.” Sunset commented in surprise, knowing that this will be something Twilight would want to learn from after seeing it through the necklace and something Zipp will take extra care for, literally.

Izzy smiled happily with sparkles in her eyes as she gave Sunset and Zipp a hug. “Thanks, Zipp, Sunset. You're both real friends. Hoof to heart for Hearts and Hooves?” She asked while raising her hoof at them with a smile.

Zipp and Sunset smiled at Izzy as they tapped hooves together. “Hoof to heart.” They both said together.

Zipp then picked up her flytrap, which was still chomping its mouths, as the sun was setting. “Come on. We better get this thing in some soil before it eats one of us.” She said while saying the last part in a playful spooky tone while the three dodge a chomp from their bites as Zipp chuckled from her joke.

“And let’s make sure to keep it away from flying critters, that Pegasnail was lucky to get out.” Sunset commented as the three ponies walked off to get some soil for the flytrap.
 
Izzy then got between the two as she spoke with a smirk. “Soooo, have either of you got your eye on anypony?” She asked them with sparkles in their eyes as she appeared on each side at a time of Sunset and Zipp while they felt uncomfortable from Izzy’s questions. “Any secret crushes? It's Rocky, isn't it, Zipp? Ooh, you're in love with Rocky!” She suddenly said excitedly while waving her hooves while placing her hooves on her cheeks with sparkles in her eyes with a smile while Sunset chuckled at Izzy from saying that to Zipp while Zipp rolled her eyes from that while feeling really uneasy about Izzy’s words. “Ooh, you would make such a cute couple! He can style your hair and give you hooficures and you can go on dates and it'd be really cute and we'd all love it!” She happily said.

Zipp groans from this, knowing that Izzy won’t stop so soon and has to bear with it.

“What about you, Sunset!?” Izzy excitedly asked.

“No, Izzy. I don’t have a crush on somepony.” Sunset answered quickly with a small smile before Izzy could question some more.

“Aw, are you sure?” Izzy asked again in disappointment, wanting to be sure.

“No pony caught my eyes, and the last time I fell in love with a crush I had, it ended not very well.” Sunset said, while there was no pony she has a crush on in this new era of Equestria, she remembering how she used to dated Flash back in CHS, but broke up once he realized that he was being used, they became friends when Sunset made amends, so they are pretty cool as friends, while not wanting to tell that to the others since this was too personal and something she likes to forget.

“Wow, tough.” Zipp commented, surprised that Sunset went through that.

“Yeah, but we made amends and have just been friends since then, so we’re cool.” Sunset said with a smile.

“Well, at least you are friends with him.” Izzy said with a smile.

“True.” Sunset said, feeling glad by that too as they continue their walk to get some soil for Zipp’s flytrap.

With a bunnycorn, it was scratching itself when one of Izzy’s cards landed on its face as racoonicorn came by as the bunnycorn took the card off and smiled and gave it to the racoonicorn, who blushed a bit as it smiled with hearts in its eyes as it accepted the card as the two critters squeaked to one another as they ran off together with the racoonicorn still blushing from what happened.

End of Chapter 44.