//------------------------------// // Getting Zeph a Girl // Story: Continuing the Dream // by Blue Breeze //------------------------------// A few days had passed since the whole Zephyr incident. We caught Zeph and had a little "chat" with him. I never would've been able to catch him on my own of course, but luckily I had Dash with me to help. He had to walk with a limp for a little while after that. He promised to never do it again, but he had already broken one promise, so I couldn't simply trust him to keep it this time. I knew the only way to end this once and for all was to get Zeph a girl of his own. But, not tonight. Ice and I were planning a double date with Dash and Vinyl at Club Pon3. I'm terrible, I know. Ice and I are both getting ready to leave to meet our dates at the club when I notice Zeph, sitting in loneliness. "Come on, Zeph." I say to him. "It won't be so bad. Maybe you could spend the night here with Drax." "Sorry, but I'm busy tonight." Drax says. "With what?" "I'm meeting Spitfire at the gym. We're not just a couple, we're also workout partners. She helps keep my muscles up and I help her keep her wings up(sounds like a wingboner)." "Oh." Zephyr sighs. "No, it's all right. I'll be fine. You guys enjoy yourselves." I really hate to see him like this. "Hey, would like to join me and Ice tonight?" Ice's eyes go wide and he comes over to me. "Blue, can I talk to you?" "Sure, I-WOAH!" He pulls me into the hall before I can finish. "Are you crazy? Bringing Zeph would make him a HUGE fifth wheel on our date." "Com on, Ice. Just look at him." I motion towards Zeph. "I still say no." "Don't you remember what it was like to be all alone? Do you want to put Zeph through that?" Ice's face drops into a frown at my comment. He looks down and then back to me. "Okay, fine. He can come with." We walk back into the living room to join Zeph. "Okay, Zeph. So, do you wanna come with?" "Are you sure? I wouldn't wanna be a fifth wheel." "Nonsense. We insist. Right, Ice?" "Uh, yeah, we do." "Okay, if you're really sure." We exit the house. "Catch you later, Drax!" "You too! Have fun!" We start making our way towards the club. "So, what's this club like?" Zeph asks us. "Well, I haven't been yet, but Ice has. You tell him, Ice." "Oh, it's awesome. Lights, music, and even a mini-bar." "Mini-bar? No way am I drinking any alcohol after the other day." I say. "Me either." Zeph agrees. "Meh, suit yourselves." We shortly get to the club. It sure does stick out. It's much flashier than most buildings in Ponyville. It also looks much more modernized compared to the pony tale(HA!) village look of the rest of the town. We all walk in to find Vinyl and Dash waiting for us. "Hey, about time you made it." Dash says. I greet her with a kiss, Ice doing the same with Vinyl. "Well, excuse me for wanting to enjoy a nice walk." "Come on, we've already got a table to sit at." she notices Zephyr and then looks at me. She pulls me over to her and whispers. "What is he doing here?" "He just looked so alone. I couldn't leave him alone all night." "Ugh, fine. But you owe me later." "You got it." We all make our way to the table and sit down each couple sitting close together. Zephyr sighs in despair. I quickly try to lighten things up. "So, uh, Vnyl, what's playing tonight if you're over here?" "Oh, I've got a friend playing up on stage. She lives with me and I give her gigs when she doesn't have anything else going on." she answers. "Not really my kind of music, but she's definitely good at what she does. I think she's coming up right now." We all look towards the stage to see a grey earth mare with a purple treble clef cutie mark walk on stage while holding a cello on her back. She walks up to the micorphone and starts talking. "Good evening to you all. I am Octavia Philharmonica and I am here to play a song for you all." She gets up on here hindlegs, grabs her bow, and start playing a song on her cello(null). I have to agree with Vinyl, she is pretty good. During the entire show, Zeph stares deeply at the mare, never taking his eyes off her. I think I found a solution to Zeph's problem. The song end and everypony cheers for her. She takes a bow and walks off the stage to come join us. "Hello everypony. It's good to see you again, Rainbow Dash. What did you all think of the show?" "It was awesome, Octy." Vinyl says. "Thank you. I see you brought some new friends with you." she says while looking at us. "I'm Octavia, and who might you three be?" "I'm Blue Breeze, Dash's date." "I'm Ice, Vinyl's coltfriend." "Oh, so you're the pony Vinyl's been telling me so much about. It's good to finally meet you." she looks over to Zephyr. "And who might you be?" He snaps to attention. "Oh, I'm, uh, Zephyr." "Pleasure to meet you, Zephyr." I think we should give these two some alone time. Anypony wanna join me at the bar for some cider?" "I could go for a drink." Dash says. "Me too." Ice adds. "Me three." Vinyl says jokingly. "I'll come too." Zeph says. "Actually, Zeph, we need somepony to stay and watch the table so nopony else takes it. Would you mind doing that?" "Oh, uh, sure." "Mind if I join you?" Octavia asks Zephyr. He's so in there. "I'd like that." he answers with a smile. The rest of us make our way to the bar and order some drinks. I look over and see Zeph and Octavia having a good time together. I nudge Dash with a hoof. "I think we finally fixed the Zephyr problem." I say while motioning to Zeph and Octavia. She looks over at them. "Hey, I think you're right." she puts her head on my shoulder. "That means we can finally be together peacefully." I put my head on her head. "I love you, Dash." "I love you too." After about another hour, we all decide to head off. "I really enjoyed getting to know you, Zephyr." Octavia says. She gives him a kiss on the cheek and his grin goes about a mile wide. "Same with me." We leave the girls and start making our way home. "So, glad you came after all?" I ask Zeph. "Yeah, it was amazing!" It's good to see Zeph happy again. Author's Note: Congrats to Zephyr for not being forever alone anymore. Guess that only leaves Vine unshipped. Don't worry, it's coming. Now, I'm going to be doing next chapter a little differently. We're going to be taking a vote on which chapter you guys want to see next. I'll give you guys the names of two chapters I've got planned and you guys will write which one you want down below. The one with the most votes will be coming next. The chapters are "The Marepocalypse" and "Blue's Pranking". Happy voting!