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// Love Potions 
// Story: Dear Cuz' 
// by theNDinspector 
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Dear Babs,

I know you can’t tell, but I’m actually struggling to write this letter because I’m laughing too hard.  Are you sure you don’t have a crush on Rocky Road?  What movie did you go see?  Was it a romantic one?

Oh, I’m only teasing, but if you really do like like him, then that’s fine.  Just be sure not to use a love potion on him.  That would be bad.  Trust me, I know.

Last Hearts and Hooves Day, we tried to get a special somepony for our teacher, Ms. Cheerilee.  After looking over all the stallions in town, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo decided that my brother, Big Mac, was the perfect stallion.  I wasn’t sure it would work since my brother has always been a bit shy, but we found a way.

We ran into Twilight who had a book about the holiday, including a love potion that made it famous.  Giving what happened later, we are now no longer allowed to check out that book, or any others with potions, without Twilight looking through every single page first.  We’re also not allowed to look at anything in regards to the silver mines outside of town, but that’s a different story.

What happened was that after we managed to give the love potion to Ms. Cheerilee and Big Mac, we were excited.  Then they wouldn’t get away from each other.  They started saying gross things and ignoring their responsibilities.  We soon found out that it was more of a Love Poison we gave them.  If we hadn’t found a cure soon, then I was sure all of Equestria would be filled with starving and uneducated ponies.  That last part might have been an exaggeration, but it was still pretty serious.

We found out the only way to break the enchantment was to keep them away for an entire hour.  It seemed simple enough, but it was hard to keep them away for that time.  So after wrecking Rarity’s shop, completely moving another pony’s home, and digging a giant hole in the middle of Ponyville, we finally managed to keep them away and not get married.  Yeah, I forgot to mention that the way in which we got them apart for that hour was so they could get ready to get married.  It never happened of course.  Although, it seemed as if we had failed as they continued to spend time with each other after that.  But they do separate and do their jobs, so I guess all is back to normal.  It’s just weird whenever I see them together.

Anyways, if you do fall for this colt, please do it the old-fashioned way, as Granny likes to call it.  I hope all goes well for you and Rocky.

Your cousin,

Apple Bloom