February 14 1010 A.G
8:00 AM
It was a chilly morning in Canterlot and right now Atlas was walking towards the local coffee shop to get a nice mocha frappe.
When he entered the warm coffee shop, his eyes were greeted by pink decorations.
He expect this. Because today is heart and hooves day. Just like its earthly counterpart, Valentine’s Day, Heart and hooves day is a romantic holiday day in Equestria where couples show how much they care for each other by getting each other gifts, going out to dinner or both.
Before he came to planet Equis, Atlas didn’t like Valentine’s Day that much because of all the weird couples making out in public and other things that Atlas prefer not to see. Especially during his high school in college days.
But this year, things were different.
Not only was he in a different world, but he is also dating one of the hottest mares in the country.
So obviously, he had plans for his special girl tonight. But for now, he was focused on getting his frappe.
He stopped in front of the counter. Where a silver pegasus stallion with a dark silver mane and tail was standing behind it.
“Good morning Atlas, what can I get you today?”
“Morning Silverwing. I want a mocha frappe please.”
“With whip cream and caramel and chocolate sauce on the top?” Silverwing ask.
“Yes please.”
“One mocha frappe coming right up.”
Before you guys ask, yes, this is the same stallion that was fighting in the mall back in the ‘shop till you drop’ episode last season.
“So do you have any plans with your mare friend today?” Silverwing ask as he made Atlas’ order.
“Yeah, nothing special, just taking her out to her favorite spots in the city.”
“Let me guess. One of those spots is a fancy restaurant like the golden circle.” Silverwing guess as he reached over to get the caramel sauce.
“Nope.”
“You’re joking, right?” He said, with a confused expression on his face.
“I’m dead serious. She likes casual places more than the fancy ones.”
“Huh, I never thought Princess Celestia would like such places.” Silverwing responded.
“Me neither, that’s what happens when you befriend royalty left, right, center. You learn things you never knew were possible.”
“Ok, here’s your frappe. That’ll be three bits please.” Silverwing said after he handed the finish drink to his friend.
After Atlas handed the coins to the barista, he grabbed his frappe and walked through the door.
“Bye Silver.”
“See you later Atlas and have a nice day.”
After that, the human left the coffee shop.
===•••===
8:16 AM
Celestia‘s POV
Celestia was in her office, making sure that the almost three millennial old nation was running smoothly.
Usually she would be doing her paperwork with Atlas. When he didn’t show up she knew why.
She knew that her human was planning something big.
She pushed those thoughts out of her mind. There’s no time for daydreaming. She had work to do after all.
Before she had a chance to pick up another document from her to do pile, a red heart shaped box and a teddy bear appeared in mid air and landed on her desk.
This frighten her a little bit.
After she calm down, she noticed that the teddy bear had a letter taped to the heart it was holding.
She untaped the letter, opened it, and began reading.
===•••===
Dear Celestia.
I am sorry I’m not there to help you out with your work right now, but I have a good reason why.
when I was coming back from the coffee shop I noticed that a store was selling Valentin- I mean hearts and hooves day gifts.
So I decided to buy you a few things.
And before you lecture me, I know you like to keep your romantic life and your work life separate, that’s why I teleported the gifts to you. So when I come back, we’ll get to work right away.
I hope you’re excited for tonight because I have a lot of fun activities for us.
That’s all for now.
See you later. Love you.
Love Atlas.
P.S: Do not wear a dress tonight. Wear something casual.
===•••===
“I knew it.” Celestia chuckled. “What am I going to do with him?”
===•••===
6:00
The rest of their day was ordinary as usual. They approved a bill from the Senate that Luna gave them. And Celestia gave the go ahead for the Navy to build a new class of battle cruisers.
After their workday was over, both of them went their separate ways.
Right now, Atlas was in the castle atrium waiting for Celestia.
Luckily, he didn’t have to wait that long because his special girl finally arrived.
After she walked down the stairs, Atlas said “Hello beautiful, ready for a date tonight?”
“Yes, I am, Jupiter.” She said, before kissing Atlas on the cheek. “So what activities do you have for us?”
“It’s a surprise. You’ll see soon enough.”
“Can you give me a little hint?” Celestia ask.
“Nope. All you need to know is that you’re going to love it. You’ll see.” Atlas said before he teleported the both of them to their first destination.
===•••===
Downtown Canterlot.
After her vision readjusted to her surroundings, she thought Atlas had teleported them to a fancy restaurant or bakery.
Instead, they were standing in front of a laser tag place.
“Surprise.” Atlas said.
“I thought we were going out to eat first.” Celestia said.
“I know, but I thought it would be nice for us to do something fun and challenging.”
“You know me too well.” Celestia said as they both enter the establishment.
“Oh, welcome to laser depot. What can I do for you two today?” The gold colored earth pony stallion said. Trying not to be nervous in front of the princess. He did a really good job at hiding it.
“Hello we are here to play a round of laser tag.” Atlas said.
“Which laser tag do you want to play? You can play in teams of two or solo.” The Earth pony receptionist said.
“Solo please.”
Celestia couldn’t believe what she just heard. Her colt friend just requested to play a solo game. Despite the fact he knows what she is capable of.
Celestia chuckled quietly and thought. ‘ Oh my poor, poor Atlas. I hope you know what you’re getting yourself into.’
“The solo Laser tag is behind the door to your right. I hope you both have a great time.” The Earth pony said as Atlas and Celestia walked away.
After they put on their equipment, and told what’s allowed and what is not allowed, Celestia and Atlas were now waiting for the doors to the arena to open.
“Atlas.”
“Yeah?”
“You know, I’m not going to go easy on you.” She said with a devious smile.
“That’s fine. Besides after every pony else is out of the game i’ll be waiting. And believe me. I. Am. Ready.”
Suddenly the large doors slid open, revealing a dark arena, lit up by neon colored lights.
“Good luck.” Celestia said, in a sing song voice before running into the dark arena.
All hell broke loose after that. Every pony started, aiming their crossbows at each other, and started blasting.
And mind you, these lasers look like they came from Star Wars.
In the chaos, Atlas notice a group of teenagers coming towards him.
He knocked them out of the game by holding down the trigger and releasing a barrage of lasers right at them.
And just like that, Atlas eliminated four ponies in the first five minutes.
He looked up at the scoreboard, and saw that he was in second place.
At first place was none other than the sun empress herself. With a total of six kills.
After taking out two more players, he looked around to see where his mare friend was. Finally, he found her in one of the towers in the arena, sniping any pony she laid her eyes on.
It was at this moment when she spotted Atlas.
Luckily, for the human, he was able to dodge her laser attack.
In response, Atlas got out of his hiding spot and fired back. Celestia teleported away before any of his lasers could hit her.
“Oh shit.” His blood ran cold. “Bloody hell, she can be anywhere.”
He decided right then and there that the best course of action was to jump into the nearby foam pit.
Just in time for a unicorn mare to appear in his line of sight. He aimed his crossbow and fired.
“Damn.” The unicorn said. “Where did that come from?”
Atlas couldn’t help but laugh. Luckily, the foam cubes were muffling his laughter.
He stayed in that pit for the next 4 minutes. Taking out players one by one.
He looked up at the school board and saw that he and Celestia were the only ones left.
And that meant one thing.
She was coming for him.
Then he spotted Celestia flying above him. “Atlas, come out wherever you are.”
Moving as quietly as humanly possible, Atlas came out of the foam pit.
He was about to aim his laser weapon at her when she looked down at him. “There you are.”
In a blink of an eye, Celestia aim her weapon and launched a bunch of lasers right at him only for Atlas dodging all of them by teleporting.
This was the beginning of an intense shootout.
They chased each other all over the arena trying to eliminate the other. They jumped off the walls and ambushed each other.
After 3 tense minutes, there battle came to a climax when Atlas ran up one of the towers stairs and jumped off the top deck with Celestia close behind.
He managed to turn himself around mid air and fire a laser right at the sun princess.
Celestia fired back in response.
Their lasers hit their targets before they landed on a nearby trampoline.
Speakers: “Game over.”
===•••===
Five minutes later.
6:30 PM
“That was so much fun.” Celestia said as she and Atlas left the building. “Thanks for taking me here.”
“You’re welcome. I figured we need a little bit of adrenaline rush to get things started.” Atlas responded.
“You know, I never thought we would end that round in a tie.”
“Me either, I thought I won the game to be honest. Next time we’re gonna do a rematch.”
“Definitely. So what are we doing next tonight?”.
“I am glad you ask because I had booked a dinner reservation at the Dessert factory at 7:00.”
“That sounds nice. What should we do in the meantime?” Celestia ask.
“How about we ride on the water taxi?”
Atlas suggested.
“Sounds good to me.”
===•••===
7:00 PM
After enjoying a relaxing boat ride, the couple disembarked the water taxi and walking to the mega mall.
They took their time walking through the mall before arriving at the Dessert Factory.
“Good evening, welcome to the Dessert factory. How can I help you?” Said the white Sea pony mare.
“Hello, we’re here for a 7 o’clock reservation under the name Atlas Yukon.” He answered.
She looked down at the paper in front of her, and found his name.
“Just in time. Your table is ready.” She picked up two menus from under the counter. “Follow me.”
The two lovebirds followed the receptionist to an area of the restaurant, where there was a small waterfall nearby.
“Here’s your menus.” She said, handing the menus to Celestia and Atlas. “Your waiter or waitress will be here soon. I hope you have a nice date.” She said before walking away.
“Hey Atlas.”
“Yes Celestia.” Atlas said looking up from his menu.
“How long did you plan this date?”
“Two days. Why?”
“Huh, I never thought you would organize anything this much outside of work.” Celestia said.
“Well since tonight is our first hearts and hooves together, I just wanted to make sure that everything to be perfect.” He answered.
“Aww, you don’t have to worry about that this night is already perfect as it is. You’re here with me and we’re having a great time.”
“I know, but I promise my special lady that I’ll take her out on a magical night. That’s a promise I will never break.” Atlas said before kissing Celestia‘s hand.
It was at this moment when a red crystal pony mare came to their table with a notepad and pencil in her hands. Her sparkly coat shined in the indoor lighting.
This was the first time Atlas has seen a Crystal pony in person. And the reason why is because they usually the north. Like Vanhoover, Winnieapolis or Manehattan. But most crystal ponies live in their native homeland of Crystallia.
So seeing a crystal pony this far south is surprising.
“Good evening, my name is maroon and I’ll be your waitress for tonight. Are you ready to order or do you need a few more minutes?”
“No, we’re ready to order. As an appetizer, we want the hayburger bites. And for me, I want a dandelion fruit salad with a strawberry lemonade.” Celestia said.
“I want to order the Alfredo pasta, and for a drink, I want a cream soda.” Atlas answered.
“After writing the order down on her notepad, maroon said. “Coming right up. And before I leave, I want to tell you that tonight all desserts are 50% off.”
‘Oh no.’ Atlas thought.
“Thanks for telling us. We’ll keep that in mind.”
Celestia said.
“You’re welcome.” Maroon said as she walked away.
===•••===
8:05 PM.
“I am so stuffed.” Celestia said after she finished her large slice of chocolate cake. That’s slice was her second.
“You couldn’t help yourself, can you.” Atlas rhetorically ask as he finished up his ice cream.
“Any pony would jump at a deal like that.” Celestia said.
“You got a point there.”
A minute later, maroon walked over to their table with the bill in hand. “All right, here’s your bill. If you don’t mind me asking who’s paying?”
“I am.” Atlas said.
Maroon handed him the check. Atlas put his signature down and added a 30 bit tip.
“Thank you very much and I hope you have a great rest of your evening.” She said before walking away.
“I could’ve paid for the bill myself you know.”
“I know, but you paid for dinner the last two times. And since it’s Valentine’s Day, it’s my job to pay for it.”
“But-“
“No buts. Besides, don’t mind at all.”
“Ok, if you say so.”
After they left the restaurant, the human looked over to his mare friend and said. “Before you ask, we are going to the movie theater next.”
“What movie are we watching?”
“I’m not telling you, but you can guess the genre.” He said.
“Action.”
“Nope.”
“Sci-fi.”
“Nope.”
“A horror movie.”
“Not even close.”
After they walked to an elevator, got to the third floor and walked for five minutes, they finally arrived at the movie theater. And Celestia gave up.
“You got me, Yukon. I give up. what movie are we watching?”
“A Romance movie.”
‘There’s no romance movies out.’ She thought. Then she realize something. ‘He didn’t.’
Atlas approach the ticket booth. “We’re here to see a screening of the ‘Dragon in Bordeaux’ movie at 8:10.” He then placed a reservation pass on the counter.
The stallion behind the counter looked at the past to see if it was valid. After he finished, he passed the pass to the human and two tickets. “Enjoy your movie, sir.”
Celestia couldn’t believe it. Somehow, Atlas was able to reserve seats for the biggest romance blockbuster hit in theaters.
After Atlas purchased some snacks, they walked to their theater and sat down in their seats.
“Atlas.”
“Yeah.”
“How were you able to reserve seats? They said that this movie is so popular that is almost impossible to get the tickets let alone reserve them. You didn’t hurt any pony, right?”
“What, no. That’s something Apollo might do.” He joked. “ I was able to reserve our seats by waking up at 5:30 in the morning. I teleported to the theater, waited for a few minutes for them to open. And just like that I was able to get a reservation at the moment they opened.”
“Well thanks for doing this.” She said, leaning her head on his shoulder
“You’re welcome.”
After that, the theater went dark and the movie start to play.
===•••===
11:10 PM
As Celestia and Atlas leave the theater, Atlas couldn’t believe what he just watched.
When he first reserved the seats for the ‘Dragon in Bordeaux’ movie he thought it would be your usual romantic film.
Not only did that movie break every single one of his expectations, it made him shed a few tears. Especially during the happy ending.
He hates to admit it, but in his opinion, the movie was way better than Titanic.
‘Money well spent.’ He thought.
===•••===
11:30 PM
Canterlot Castle.
“I had a wonderful time. Thank you Atlas.”
“You’re welcome, Tia. I’ll see you tomorrow morning.”
Before he had a chance to walk away, Celestia called for him.
“Jupiter.”
He turned to look at her. “Ye-“
It at this moment when Celestia grabbed the human by the collar and pulled him into a deep kiss.
Atlas was surprised by the surprise make out session, but nevertheless he closed his eyes and kissed her back. While they both pressed their bodies against each other.
After a while, they pulled away from each other.
“There’s no way you are going back to your room tonight.” she whispered in his ear. “Now it’s my turn to take care of you.”
She pulled him in her room, locked the door behind her and laid down on her bed with a seductive look on her face. The sun Empress then teleported their casual attire, only leaving behind their under clothes.
“Come here.” She said, her voice sweeter than honey.
And he did just that. Her Colt friend got into bed with her and resumed their Makeout session.
Didn’t sleep at all that night.
But do they care.
No. No, they did not.