"Miss Fluttershy is so amazing," Twilight Sparkle said after they had left the cottage and been walking for over ten minutes. More accurately, Shining Armor was walking while Spike and Twilight rode on his back.
"Oh?" Shining said, looking at his sister of his shoulder a moment.
"Yeah," the filly almost shouted with excitement. "She is so nice, and gentle. And did you see all those animals?" She let out a gasp as an idea suddenly came to her. Jumping off her brother's back, she ran to stand in front of him, stopping him from walking. "You should marry her!"
"Marry her? I just met her. Shouldn't we -- I don't know -- date for a while first?"
"No," Twilight said, pointing at her brother. "You need to marry her. If you wait, somepony else is going to get to her first and I will miss out on having the best big sister ever. Now we just need to give you two a nickname." She rubbed her chin as she started to think.
"Nickname?" Shining Armor moved, poking at his sister. "What are you talking about?"
"All popular couples have nicknames now," Twilight explained, "I read it in one of mom's magazines. Now let's see... Flutter Armor? No... Shining Flutter? No... Shining Shy? I like the alliteration on that one. Ooh. That's it: Fluttershining!" She grinned, hopping up and down slightly with excitement.
"Okay, Cupid, that's enough romance novels and gossip magazines for you." Using his magic, Shining Armor got Twilight moving again as they continued to walk along the town street.
"But what about Fluttershy?" Twilight whined. She tried to dig her hooves into the dirt as she slid along it.
"Why don't you marry her?"
"Maybe I will. Then we can live in a big house with lots of books and rooms for just her animals, and we can have cake and ice cream for dinner every night, and have lots and lots of foals of our own." Head held high in air, Twilight tossed her mane and resumed walking on her own.
"Lots and lots of foals?" Shining asked, trying to hold back the laughter. "From the same filly who nearly passed out from a panic attack when the neighbors brought over their brand new baby?"
"That was different!" Twilight shouted, turning to look at her brother. The young filly's face had turned a bright crimson instead of its normal purple. With a huff, she turned back and continued walking.
Shining said nothing more, continuing to stifle his laugh. Spike on his back was more open, letting out a deep chuckle at her reaction. Quickly, the stallion followed after his little sister, continuing for the Ponyville Library. Once they arrived, Twilight opened the door and stepped inside, followed quickly by the others as they entered the dark building.
"Okay, you two get ready for bed," Shining said.
"But I'm not tired," Spike responded
"Neither am I," Twilight added.
"I know," Shining replied, "but if you take a nap and get some sleep now, you two will be wide awake and ready for The Summer Sun Celebration."
"What are you going to do?" Spike asked as he moved to slide off Shining Armor's back.
"I still need to do research about Nightmare Moon," the stallion answered. "Now, where's the light?"
With a click, the lights came on, revealing the entirety of the library's main room. Surrounding the trio were dozens of ponies. It almost seemed like all of Ponyville were in the library.
"SURPRISE!" they all shouted.