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// Chapter 16: Flash's Date 
// Story: The Rise of a Sentry 
// by AndrewGamerGL 
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It was now day twenty eight of the month, the day Flash Sentry and Twilight Sparkle go on their date, Flash got himself a suit which looked very similar to his Armor, but in a different shade of color, and he also sprayed himself with some Cologne to make himself smell good, meanwhile Twilight was carefully picking her dress to wear and also gave herself a different mane style and then put her crown on top of her head, she then asked for Spike's approval.

"So, how do I look Spike?"

Spike was pretty much speechless, and that was all Twilight needed to hear.

"Alright, thanks Spike! Gotta go"

She was now ready for the date. Flash was waiting for Twilight just outside his Guard Post, and after a little while, Twilight finally arrived in front of Flash, in a beautiful purple and silver dress with a little touch of sequence on it, Flash was stunned and in awe of how beautiful Twilight looked.

"So Flash, how do I look?"

"Y-You look amazing Twilight"

"Aw Thanks Flash, Hey, you don't look half bad yourself"

"Thanks, I tried"

"So, where do you have in mind of taking me to?"

"Have you heard of "The Tasty Treat?""

"I have, isn't it Saffron and Coriander's Restaurant?"

"It sure is, I was thinking we could eat there"

"Sounds good to me"

Flash and Twilight then walked together, and after a little while, they arrived at the Tasty Treat, and sat down at the last table, since it was pretty crowded for that night, after a few minutes of looking at the menu, Saffron Masala herself came up to them.

"Ooh, what do we have here?"

"Hello, I'd like to have your spicy flat noodle soup"

"And you sir?"

"I'll have what the Lady's having"

"Okay then, enjoy your stay"

After a while, the soups finally arrived for Flash and Twilight, and they started eating, and Twilight took a moment for herself.

"Oh my goodness, that's good"

"You're telling me, although, the spice is making me feel hot in my mouth"

Twilight then giggled, but then, Flash noticed and recognized some of the ponies that were in the restaurant, they were some of the ponies who rejected giving Flash Shelter quite a few years ago, and some of them were watching him and Twilight, Flash thought they were probably chatting about why he was here, having a date with the Ruler of Equestria, when he started off as Low Class, and some of them even tried coming over and asking Flash some pretty rude questions and Saffron Masala must have noticed and realized what was going on, because she tried her best to divert those ponies attention, but it soon became pretty clear to Flash that he was not welcome in this Restaurant by others, and both he and Twilight were becoming very uncomfortable, Flash knew he had to do something else to try and save this date, and all of a sudden, Flash got a great idea. After he paid the bill, he grabbed Twilight's hoof and took her with him out of the Restaurant, and flee together in the skies, Twilight was pretty confused about what was going on.

"Where are we going?"

"Some place I know we can go to without being judged. Just follow my lead"

Twilight felt a bit weird that this was her first time in a while that she had to follow somepony, but alas, that's exactly what Twilight did, and after an hour of flying in a certain direction, they arrived at their destination, which turned out to be Ponyville, and Twilight seemed pretty annoyed that Flash made her work a bit hard and fly with her wings all the way there.

"Flash! You do realize that if you wanted to go to Ponyville, you could have just asked me to teleport us there!"

"Yeah, but what's the fun and surprise in that? And judging by what I'm seeing from the distance, it looks like a party is going on at Sugarcube Corner, come on, let's go"

Twilight listened to Flash and followed him into Sugarcube Corner, and it turned out, there actually was a party going on there, a huge one in fact, with a lot of the Ponyville Citizens with desert bars, and even shots of Cider, and it was being hosted by None other than Pinkie Pie and Cheese Sandwich, and they both immediately recognized Twilight coming in along with Flash.

"Twilight! Flash! I'm so glad both of you came here! We actually didn't start the party long ago"

"I'm glad to see you too Pinkie, and good to see you too Cheese"

"Hello Princess Twilight, and who's this Stallion?"

"My name's Flash Sentry, and I had no idea you guys were throwing a party here"

"Well, it was planned just one week ago, but yeah, please enjoy yourselves"

Flash and Twilight then looked at each other, and smiled, they had a lot of fun that night eating in the desert bar and even took a few shots of cider themselves.

"Now this is what I'm into!"

Flash and Twilight also did some funny and silly dances while music was being played, and almost everypony there joined in with them, both Flash and Twilight had an amazing time, and when the parry finally ended and settled down, Flash and Twilight were holding on to each other as they walked out, cause they were a little bit drunk, but still able to function enough to talk and move.

"So, what do you think? Did you enjoy it?"

"Hell Yeah! That was probably one of the times I most enjoyed myself, you really know how to treat a lady"

Just then though, Discord showed up in front of both of them.

"Hello Ponies, what do we have here?"

Flash and Twilight were unamused that Discord was ruining their privacy, and have him a few dirty looks.

"Discord, what are you doing here?"

"What? I was just curious, cause I was at the party and I noticed that you two were very close to each other"

"Well, if you must know, Twilight and I were on a date"

"Ugh, Gross, you didn't need to tell me that part"

Twilight then teased back at Discord.

"Like you would do the same for Fluttershy, right?"

Discord then started scratching his head in nervousness which caused Twilight to smirk.

"I have no idea what you are talking about"

"Right....,Also, Shouldn't you be taking care of Fluttershy's Sanctuary right now?"

"Alright, Alright, I'm going back, geez, you ponies aren't very fun. Oh well, guess that means I must skedaddle out of here"

Discord then snapped his fingers a first time, but weirdly, nothing happened, then he tried to do it a second time, and it worked and h teleported away, as Flash and Twilight looked at each other and shook their heads and rolled their eyes.

"Well, that's Discord"

"Yep, anyway, I wanted to ask you something Flash?"

"Sure, go ahead, ask away"

"So, why was everypony in the Tasty Treat Restaurant looking at you in a weird way and tried making you feel uncomfortable? Is there something you did that they haven't forgotten?"

Flash knew at this point, there was no more hiding from his past and his previous struggles, it's something he was trying to hide from all the new friends he had made, including Twilight herself, he didn't want anypony outside to find out he came from a very Low Class, thinking that they might think of him differently once they found out about his origins, but now, he had to come clean to Twilight, he sighed, then gave his answer.

"Well, you know how most of the Canterlot ponies judge you by your class?"

"Yeah? I do know they do have some Snobbish behaviors"

"Well, I never really came from a decent or wealthy background, I had a pretty rough childhood growing up, my mother was disabled, and both me and my father had to work to support the family, but even then, it was only for delivering supplies to other ponies, so my parents never had the money to send me to school, and sometimes, we couldn't even manage to get something to eat, I didn't know anypony else apart from my Family and Boss around that time"

Twilight was shocked and surprised to hear what Flash had to say about his past.

"And one day, I couldn't tell if maybe it was from a Seizure or Heart Attack, but...,My mom passed away, thanks to an argument with my father"

"Oh no, that's terrible, I'm really sorry for your loss"

"She was the best mom in the whole world, so kind and caring, however.... I can't say the same thing about my Father, he was.... Quite Abusive and cruel, and they day my mom died, I even wished that my father was dead, and the next day, my wish came true, cause my Father got struck on the head by a lighting strike thanks to a storm when we were arguing. After that, I tried searching for shelter, but, no pony seemed like they wanted to take me in, simply cause I was Low Class, but two kind elderly ponies named Mr. And Mrs. Shropsharp, took me in, and they took care of me for a few years, until when one day, I saved a Made from getting robbed by another pony, Princess Luna and the other guards noticed me around that time, and decided that they wanted to make me a Castle Guard Member, and yeah, that's where I am today now"

Twilight just stood there silent and standing still for a little while.

"Look, I completely understand if you don't want to Associate with me after all this, and i'll-"

Twilight then interrupted Flash mid sentence, and then immediately Hugged the yellow coated Pegasus tight, she was very emotional and touched about Flash's Past and Flash started crying heavily, and Twilight soothed and shushed him, giving him light and gentle strokes on his back.

"Shhh, it's okay Flash, just let it all out, I'm here for you"

Flash then started to tear less, and started speaking again.

"And ever since I became a Castle Guard Member... And met you.... things have completely turned around in my life, it becomes, almost like a light in a long path of Darkness on my life, I-"

Twilight then placed her right hoof on Flash's mouth and stopped him mid sentence, then, she slowly closed her eyes, leaned in her head towards Flash, and her lips met Flash Sentry's and she pressed on it. Flash was taken aback and surprised how Twilight caught him off guard with that one, but he then returned the favor and also closed his eyes and pressed back, and they both really enjoyed each other's presence and holding on to each other, after a while of their enjoyment, they finally let go and broke off their first kiss, but their heads were still leaning on top of each other, and then they both opened their eyes and looked at each other, and started smiling.

"You know, when I first met and encountered you, I really didn't expect I would end up liking you this much"

"If I'm being completely honest, I didn't think you would like me too. I mean, this feels like a dream, I am just an average everyday Peagsus, who's trying to make a living for himself as a Castle Guard Member, and here I am, taking the literal Ruler of Equestria, out on a date, and possibly now become a couple with her, I mean, we are a couple now, right?"

"Seriously? You only just realized that now?"

Twilight then playfully punched Flash on his right hoof, and wanted to give him one more kiss, but Flash pulled away.

"Hold up, you will get another kiss, but under one condition!"

"Oh really? And what's that?"

"You have to beat me in a race back to Canterlot, see ya!"

Flash Sentry then took off flying immediately and Twilight just shook her head and smiled.

"Hey! Wait for me, that's not fair!"

Twilight Sparkle then took off too as she followed Flash, she eventually caught up to Flash, and they both did flying tricks and moves together in the sky, almost in perfect Harmony, as they both laughed and giggled, they absolutely enjoyed every minute of each other's presence, after thirty minutes, they finally arrived at Canterlot, very much tired and worn out.

"Phew, I'm exhausted, I feel like I can just hit the bed and sleep for the whole of next day"

"Me too, also, you did beat me in that race, so, I guess you earned this"

Flash then gave Twilight a small kiss, and Spike was waiting for them just outside Canterlot Castle.

"Where have you two lovebirds been? I was Beginning to get really worried about you Twilight"

"Well, that's very kind of you Spike, but i'm doing good"

"Well, judging by the way you two were acting, I assume the night went pretty well for you two"

Flash and Twilight then blushed slightly.

"You could say that, I did have a great time with Flash"

"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it, but, it is getting pretty late, and you do have some important letters to write tomorrow, I should probably get you to your bed"

"That would be great Spike"

Just as then Twilight was going back inside the Castle, she waved bye at Flash, and he waved back at her and blew her a kiss, and Twilight blew one back at him before finally heading inside the Castle. As Flash Sentry walked back to his home, he was happily skipping and trotting, he was also grinning ear to ear, this was probably the best mood Flash had ever felt in his entire life, and when he finally got home, he crashed onto his bed, and quickly fell asleep in a happy state and having happy dreams, thinking, how could it get any better than this feeling.