What not to do when courting a princess

by Raised_on_Shoegaze


Diary entry

Dear diary

Remember last week when I told you that Rainbow Dash had given me tickets to a soft-rock group called Ministry, and that me and Celestia were going to go to that concert on our third date. Remember how I said I thanked Rainbow Dash for her generosity many times over for giving me the two tickets? Remember when I wrote that I didn't want to hear any of the band's music before the concert so that me and Celestia could share our first time hearing them together.

Well, they weren't what I thought they were.

Apparently Rainbow Dash didn't know I was dating the princess (which is understandable) and believed that I was dating Twilight instead, so she thought it would be funny to play give us tickets to see a heavy metal band. My ears are still ringing from the loud instruments and the screams of both the 'singer' and the overenthusiastic fans. The fact that we had what Rainbow Dash called floor seats for the concert didn't help much either. 'Stops writing to examine bruise on shoulder'

Of course, the worst was yet to come.

Celestia had disquised herself for the concert, as she had on our last two dates, so the band had no idea that one of the deities of Equestria was attending their show. If they did, they probably wouldn't have played many of the songs that they played. One of these songs featured samples of Celestia's voice from various speeches spliced together so that they sounded a little bit like this:

"I have adopted sophisticated terrorist tactics and I'm a dangerous dangerous mare with dangerous dangerous weapons."

As well as this:

"I am a weapon of mass destuction, and I am a brutal dictator, and i'm evil."

It was awful, seeing the love of my life flinch every time she heard her voice played throughout the stadium, with many ponies screaming that they agreed with every word being said by the band. After about 3 songs we decided to leave the show.

Once we left the stadium, we decided to go to an ice cream parlour to salvage our ruined date. of course with my luck someting bad had to happen there as well.

Applejack and Rarity were at the ice cream parlour along with Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. When we walked in the building to order our treats Applejack and Rarity appeared to be in a booth shouting at my rainbow-maned friend. It was pretty hard to tell exactly what they were saying, but I believe I heard Aplejack entioning that the concert tickets she had given me were meant for her and Big macintosh. I also believe Rarity say that 'a rock and roll concert is no place for a princess'.

Of course, almost as soon as we got in line to order our ice cream treats Pinkie Pie noticed us and immediately flew over. I'm not exagerrating here, she seemed to fly over to us to say hello and to ask if i was cheating on Celestia with another mare. She also asked me if she could pick Celestia up on the rebound (Whatever that means) and complimented me on my tuxedo, which was actually pretty nice of her.

I hope you will forgive me for not wanting to tell you what happened later in the parlour, it's nothing against you really, it's just that I don't want to relive what happened next.

After the ice cream parlour disaster (Mr. Cream said he'll send me the bill for carpet cleaning by the end of the week) Celestia walked back to my house and gave me a kiss at the door of my house. She gave a warm smile that made my knees feel wobbly before arranging a time for our next date. Of course, when I asked what we were going to do she gave me another smile and said it would be a surprise.

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"What are you reading mommy?" A little blue colt with a shoart black mane asked as she trotted queitly into his mother's room. His pink haired mother gave him a warm smile as she set the aged book beside her on her bed.

"I was just reading one of my old diary entires from when me and your other mother were courting each other." Fluttershy said to the young colt who would someday inherit the crown of Equestria in a similar way to how his older brother had inherited it a few years before. This thought brought a slight tear to the mare's eyes, which she immediately wiped away to prevent it from obscuring her vision.

"It's on days like today that I miss the most." The yellow mare said with a sad tone to her voice as a small stream of tears started to form in her eyes.