Through the use of your brilliant mind, you manage to deduce that the CMC are currently trying to play matchmaker, something that would undeniably end in complete and total disaster. With this deduction in mind, you decide that the best option is to turn tail and book it out of there.
Looking at the scene, you think,
If my knowledge on sitcom serials are correct, those fillies are trying to play matchmaker...
With that thought, you can't help but sigh at this and think,
At this point, I'm not surprised that those fillies tried to do this, but why did they have to drag poor Fluttershy and Big Red into this? I'm pretty sure Big Red has better things to do then date Miss. Nag over there. Plus he could do SO much better with his hardworking nature, strong muscles, overall hunky bui-GAH! Stupid Sexy Big Red...
After shaking your head clear of those thoughts (changelings normally "swing both ways" due to feeding on love and being able to disguise as either gender, but you inherited a genetic mental defect (by changelings standards) from Grandbuggy that makes you only prefer mares), you continue,
And poor Fluttershy is WAY too shy for such a holiday to appeal to her. Makes me wonder how they convinced her to come here in the first place. Although I will admit those fillies have good taste as Fluttershy is kind, good with Nightshade, feels really good pressed against m- NO! BAD BUG!!! Snap out of it!!! Option time...
With that thought you get into your thinking pose as you go over your options...
Well, there are a few options to you at this time:
1. Walk away now before you are caught and proceed to hide away the rest of the day in your shack...wait, you can't go there, AJ and RD were there last time. How about under a rock? It's so original. (And you found a nice large rock in a park while you were trudging through town that would be perfect.)
2. Humor the girls and sit down and talk to Fluttershy, Big Mac, and Cheerlie. (Will probably end up with you getting a lecture about your daughter's grades and language.)
3. Lecture the girls and risk getting caught up in their scheme anyway. (Dear Luna, you hate this holiday.)
Bugze mutters to himself: "Well, option 1 it is.: You proceed to walk away when-
Fluttershy: Oh, hello Mr. Tennant.
Bugze:*whispers BUCK! and turns around* Hello Fluttershy, Miss Cheerlie, Red, *looks to the bush the girls are hiding in* Girls, how are you all doing?
Bugze: I guess I am going with Option 2. Selena, please help me from doing something completely stupid.
Selena: And you think I know how to properly court a mare? Did you forget that I was imprisoned on the moon for the last millennia?
Bugze: I just need help keeping me from making a bigger fool of myself than I feel I am going to make.
*CRACK*
You freeze in place at the sound, and look down to see that you stepped on a small twig. A sense of dread fills you, and you look back to see that the sound has drawn the attention of the ponies in the Gazebo.
One, I walk away now and hide away the rest of the day in my shack... wait, can't go there. AJ and RD were there last time. How about under a rock? Never-mind, decide location later...
Two, I humor the girls and sit down and talk to Fluttershy, Big Mac, and Cheerlie... and most likely end up getting a lecture about Nightshade's grades and behavior...
Third, I lecture the girls and risk getting caught up in their scheme anyway. Dear Luna, I hate this bucking holiday.
After going over those options you mutter to yourself,
"Well, option 1 it is." You proceed to walk away when-
*CRACK*
You freeze in place at the sound, and look down to see that you stepped on a small twig. A sense of dread fills you, and you look back to see that the sound has drawn the attention of the ponies in the Gazebo.
"Oh, hello Mr. Tennant." Fluttershy greets,
"Buck..." you mutter as you turn around with a fake smile plastered on your face under the face mask and scarf,
"Hello Fluttershy, Miss Cheerlie, Red, Girls, how are you all doing?"
You then start walking over as you think,
I guess I am going with Option 2. Selena, please help me from doing something completely stupid.
And you think I know how to properly court a mare? Did you forget that I was imprisoned on the moon for the last millennia?
I just need help keeping me from making a bigger fool of myself than I feel I am going to make.
In that case, I recommend just acting like yourself... but with less idiocy and more oh what do the young ones call it...'pazzas'.
You nod your head at this and think,
Right, just act like myself but with less idi-HEY! I am not a idiot. I'm just... slow when it comes to learning.
You can't help but think that Selena is giving you a blank look as she says,
Righhhhhhhht. And I'm not stuck in your empty skull.
Your about to give a well-thought-out witty retort when you notice you're getting closer to the picnic so you bluntly respond,
...Oh shut up.
When you reach the picnic, you say...
“So…what’s going on here? I thought you girls said the gazebo needed fixing?”
“Eyup,” Big Red agrees.
“Oh yeah... it definitely does.” says Scootaloo.
You give her a deadpan look as you point at the perfectly fine Gazebo causing her to start chuckling nervously,
“Uh-huh... but we also were going to talk to Cheerilee and Fluttershy." says Apple Bloom in a nervously rushed manner.
“But I thought you girls needed help with Math Homework?” Cheerilee says.
“You told me you found a platypus-bunny you wanted to show me?” Fluttershy says.
You all look to the girls and you shout (while looking around in excitement),
“A platypus-bunny? Where?! That sounds awesome!”
“Eyup!”
“I've never even heard of such a thing, how fascinating” says Cheerilee.
“Can we see him girls?” asks Fluttershy.
“Yyyyeeeaaahhh... we did say that too... ummm...” the girls all hesitantly say as they try to look nonchalant.
“That is why... we are going to get it!” Nightshade blurts out, “It’s over there somewhere, next to our homework, so you all just sit tight while we go get both... those... things...”
“Oh, maybe I should go with you it might get scared of you three.” Fluttershy offers.
“No no it’s fine, he already likes us” stammers Apple Bloom.
“Yeah, we already named him and everything” says Sweetie.
“You/We did?,” everypony but Sweetie says at once.
“Umm... yes...” Sweetie sweats nervously “his name is...”
“Doug?” guesses Scootaloo randomly.
“Yeah, Doug!” shouts Sweetie.
“Ya, so you four sit tight, and we’ll go get Doug!” Apple Bloom stammers.
The girls bolt away but you cry out,
“Wait! What are we supposed to do with the Gazebo?”
Sweetie Belle turns around,
“Forget about the Gazebo! Get comfortable with the picnic!” she shouts before jumping into a bush.
As soon as the fillies are outta sight, your cheerfulness disappears as you gain a deep frown. Cheerlie and Fluttershy look at you in shock (they obviously can't see your mouth due to the face mask and scarf, but they noticed your body language slumping), while Big Red just nods his head in understanding. It looks like Fluttershy is about to say something, but you hold up your hoof to stop as you say,
"Hold that thought, I gotta do something real quick."
With that you walk over to one of the trees holding up the top part of the Gazebo and proceed to start smashing your face into it. Cheerilee and Fluttershy looks at you in concern as the latter asks Big Red...
Fluttershy- um girls, why is Hoo-Tennant hitting his head against a wall?
"Um... why is Hoo-Tennant hitting his head against a tree?"
Before Big red can answer, you answer for him (in between busting your head into the tree) as you say...
"Trying to *thud* knock *thud* myself *thud* out *thud* so this *thud* bucking *thud* holiday *thud* will be *thud* over. *thud*"
Cheerilee then says,
"Okay... Anyway, Mr. Tennant about your daughter's-"
"Not in the bucking mood!" you snap, eyes glowing orange, "I bucking swear if I hear one more bucking word outta your bucking mouth about my daughter's bucking grades it will be your bucking head repeatedly bucking slamming against this bucking gaze-buck, ga-buck-o... BUCK!!!
*THUD*THUD*THUD*THUD*THUD*CRACK*
You grabbed the tree and started slamming your head into it with more speed and intensity until it breaks from the repeated barrage of your thick skull. You snap out of it and comment,
"Hey! The gazebo does need patching!"
Big Red rolls his eyes (after snapping out of the shocked silence your outburst put him, Fluttershy, and Cheerilee into) before you and him fix the gazebo.
You and Big Red eventually finish fixing the broken tree (some duct tape, twigs, and a plunger fixed it up real quick) and then you, Big Red, Fluttershy, and Cheerilee decides to sit down at the picnic (free food is free food). While Big Red and Cheerilee talk, you ask Fluttershy in a whisper,
"Anyway, you were gonna say something Fluttershy?"
She nods her head shyly as she says in a quieter tone then normal so only you can hear you (you had to lean over the picnic spread to hear her though)...
A few minutes pass, so you talk to Fluttershy and ask her when the meeting will be. She says that the day after Spike’s Birthday would be a good time.
"Well Hoody, I managed to make it so the meeting happens sometime before the Dragon Migration, so I hope you have a plan to break the disbandment news gently."
You nod your head at what she said and whisper back,
"Don't worry Fluttershy, I have a plan all thought up in here."
You point at your head when you say this, but before you can say anything else you hear a flirty voice say behind you,
"Oh~ Mister Tennant are you on a double date? And you're already at 'sweet-nothing-whispering' with Miss Fluttershy huh?"
*Spurt*
Your head shoots up and you fall on your back as blood shoots out of your nose. You stare up into the sky in a daze trying to figure out how to respond to this, when a shadow covers you. You blink a little as you snap out of your daze to see...
After more waiting, more of your stalker crowd shows up.
Aloe shows up because someone told her that Bulk Biceps was around and she's trying to set up her sister with him so that she'll get off her back when it comes to Tennant. She sees you there and proceeds to start massaging your shoulders.
Aloe giving you her usual flirty smile. You quickly get up and stutter,
"It-it wasn't like that! We were just whispering is all I swear!"
Aloe giggles at you as she says,
"Oh whispering are we? About what... maybe where you two will meet up tonight for some Hearts and Hooves fun? Got room for one more?"
*wink*
*SPURT*
More blood begins to gush outta of your nose at her sentence. You put your hoof to your nose to try and stop the blood flow so it doesn't cover your awesome scarf and face mask in blood. After you think the blood has stopped coming outta your nose you turn around to see how the others are reacting to this...
Big Red looks as stoic as ever, but you can just see the laughter in his eyes, Cheerlie is holding back laughter, and Fluttershy... has a deep blush and some blood coming out of her nose. You have to blink a couple times to see if your seeing things, but when you realize that's not the case you can't help but think,
Oh Luna this holiday must have corrupted Fluttershy somehow! She would never act this way other wise. Buck this holi-Oooohhhh.
Your angry thought is suddenly ended as you suddenly feel really relaxed. You then realize that there's some pressure on your shoulders and you turn your head to see what's causing it and you see Aloe right behind you giving you a back massage. She smiles at you as she says,
"You know I originally came here because a mystery letter told me Bulk Biceps would be here and I was gonna give him a fake love letter from my sister so she would finally get a stallion and get off my back about how I act with you, but seeing how tense you are I guess I can give ya a massage but..."
Aloe leans in until her lips are so close to your ear you can feel her breath as she whispers in a seductive tone,
"It'll cost ya..."
*Spurt* x2
As more blood starts to shoot out of your nose, you can't help but think,
This can't get anymore awkward...
"What is going on here!?"
You feel dread as you mentally shout,
WHY THE BUCK DID I THINK THAT?!!!
You shake out of Aloe's massage, which causes said mare to scowl as you turn around and see...
Octavia shows up because she was told an audience wanted to hear her play, so she keeps trying to.
An angry Octavia with her Cello next to her, but what surprises you is the fact that she's not glaring at you, but at Aloe! As Octavia continues to glare at Aloe, you can't help but think,
Well she is a classy lady, so I guess seeing a mare act like this is kinda offending her... I guess.
With that thought in mind you are about to say something when Octavia says,
"I come here because a letter with some bits told me that I was hired specifically to play some romantic songs with my Cello, but when I get here all I see is this mare trying to make Mister Tennant die from blood loss."
Aloe doesn't seem to be bothered by Octavia's outburst as she smiles and says,
"Oh, so you're going to be our musical entertainment it seems. I didn't know you could be so romantic Mister Tennant. Or did you set this up for Big Mac and Cheerlie?"
As you stutter to try and deny what she said while Big Red just says "Nope", Octavia just sighs as she lifts up her Cello and says,
"Oh well, a job is a job. Even if the company is too... *shoots a glare at Aloe* licentious for my case."
With that Octavia begins to play her Cello and you have to admit that, even through classical isn't your favorite kind of music, she's really good and he seems so focused too. As you begin to lose yourself to her beautiful cello skills, you don't notice Big Red and Cheerilee continue to chat while Aloe gives Fluttershy a back massage, but the music is interrupted by a loud shout of,
"HE LIKES ME MORE!"
*sound that happens when a musician messes up a cord*
Octavia's eye twitches in annoyance as all you can do is turn towards where the shout came from and think in dread,
Oh buck! What are the Fillyfoolers doing here!? If they see this they might kill me or Aloe or Octavia! I need to get out of here and fast!
You're about to make a break for it when you hear the Fillyfoolers shout,
Finally AJ and RD show up at the same time still squabbling, but both of them start talking about how they were told to come for different things. AJ came because there was supposed to be a rope salesman (don't wonder why she needs it) and RD was told that Spitfire was practicing out there.
You look around hoping to see said Wonderbolt, but are disappointed.
"THERE HE IS!"
You wince in fear as you think,
I'm a dead bug...
You silently cry anime tears as Applejack and Rainbow run over to the picnic and glare at the mares present (besides Fluttershy who had the common sense to hide in a nearby bush). After they glare for awhile, Applejack says in a accusing tone,
"So Mister Tennant, mind if I ask what your doing with these mares and ma brother?"
You chuckle in fear as you say,
"Well the funny thing is that-"
However before you can finish Rainbow blurts out,
"What does it look like Applejack, while we were busy discussing why a certain pony likes me better, Mister Tennant went out on a double date with Big Mac here."
You quickly shake your head back and froth in a panic as you say,
"No no no no no no! That's not it I swear! I only came cause-"
Your plead is stopped as Aloe says,
"Oh how could you have figured out our secret! Mister Tennant decided to fake a double date to get Big Mac to ask out Cheerlie. Isn't that right Mister Tennant?"
You look at her in confusion as you think,
Is she covering for me? Why would she-oh it doesn't matter! I'll take it if it means not getting beaten into a pulp by these two. Sorry Big Red but looks like your gonna be my scapegoat today!
With that thought in mind you say,
"Yea...Yeah that's it. Big Red here was too shy to go on a date with Ms. Na-I mean Cheerlie so me and Aloe here came up with a plan to get them together with Octavia providing romantic music and Aloe giving massages, yeah... hahahahhahahahaha."
As you begin to give a awkward laugh you can't help but notice the death glares Big Red and Cheerlie are giving you. You gulp in fear as you think,
I'll apologize to them later... okay I'll apologizes to Big Red at least. For now let's change the subject so they won't ask me anymore questions.
With that thought in mind you quickly ask,
"So, what brings you two girls here anyway?"
Rainbow and Applejack look at you suspiciously, but they shrug it off as Applejack says,
"I came here because a letter told me there would be a rope salesmen around here. I snapped my last one trying to catch that no good varmint, so I need a new one to hog tie that pesky Offender."
You gulp in fear at her statement (and Octavia gives Applejack a glare) and are about think how you broke her rope, when Rainbow says,
"Yah well I came here because I was told that Spitfire was gonna show up here. I was gonna show her my awesome moves so she would finally let me into the Wonderbolts, but it looks like that letter was lying. Oh well, at least I can ask my question that I was gonna ask you this morning B.S.T."
Rainbow is about to continue her comment when Applejack gets in Rainbow's face as she says,
"Ah thought ah told ya this morning Rainbow, he likes me more then you. So stop trying to steal him ya fillyfooler!"
Rainbow glares back at Applejack as she says,
"And I thought I told you that he's mine! I kissed him first and I called dibs!"
"You can't call dibs on a pony!"
"Say's who?"
"Say's me!"
Rainbow seems to have enough of this as she shouts,
"HE'S MINE!"
"NO HE' MINE!"
"MINE!"
"MINE!"
"MINE!"
"MINE!"
As your about to intervene, you hear another voice say behind you,
"Wow T-man, you sure are popular with the mares huh?"
Your eye twitches as you turn around and see...
Vinyl shows up because she was promised booze, and she even brought her own for some reason just in case, so she starts sharing.
Vinyl levitating a six-pack of beer.
"So where's the rum? A letter promised me free rum. Is it gone already?! Why is the rum always gone!"
You roll your eyes in annoyance and walk off as you think,
This bucking holiday is making everyling act crazy!
As you walk away in an annoyed huff as the mares start to argue (well mostly Applejack and Rainbow. Aloe, Octavia, and Vinyl are just watching the argument in either confusion or amusement). As you do you don't hear a certain unicorn filly yell,
"OH COME ON!"
POV CHANGE: NIGHTSHADE
“What the hay are they doing har?” asks Apple Bloom “the first date ain't even been five minutes.”
“Right on time, I gave them all the same letters” Nightshade comments while looking at her 'watch' (a clock crudely drawn on to her wrist in crayon), “Telling them to come at different times, but I guess some of them decided to come early.”
“You thought Five Minutes was enough for a date?” asks Scootaloo.
“Well I don’t know how this works. I’m not even two years old yet, cut me some slack.”
Sweetie shakes her head, “Well obviously it would be longer beca- wait what? How old are you?”
“Your age!” she says quickly eyes darting around which the others look skeptical about, but they focus their attention on the arguing mares, but notice that Bugze is already slipping away while Big Mac and Cheerilee decide to leave as well, and Fluttershy decides to look for the Platypus-Bunny herself.
As Bugze walks down the road past the bush the CMC are hiding in he mutters,
“Stupid bucking holiday! Stupid obsessed mares. Any other day is fine (not really), but not Bucking today. I’m glad I burned those bucking Colt’s letters, Nightshade is going to hate this day too if it’s the last thing I do!”
If Bugze bothered to stop and look carefully inside the bush, he would've seen Nightshade with her teeth grit and eyes glowing white as the other CMC huddled in the opposite corner in fear,
“He... burned... my... cards?!” she says in a restrained angry whisper.
“Ohhh... no wonder several of those colts looked so sad in class...” muses Apple Bloom.
Nightshade looks to the girls with an evil smile,
“Well girls, I've decided I’m going to get revenge on my daddy by getting him ALL da b****, whether he likes it or not.”
“That sound evil” says Scootaloo.
“Daddy’s gotta learn not to butt into my life all the time...” Nightshade grunts.
"Wait, how is getting your dad all the mares a bad thing?" Sweetie asks, "Rarity says a herd is most stallions' 'uncouth fantasy'."
"Vengeance now, logic later." Nightshade retorts.
POV CHANGE: BUGZE (YOU)
You're walking towards Ponyville muttering how much you hate this holiday when *thud* you bump into somepony. As you reorient yourself you hear,
"Hi everypony!"
"Hi Doctor Quacksalver." you reply on reflex as you recognize the voice of a certain "doctor".
"Oh hi 'B.S.' You here for another check up?"
Quacksalver has been your go-to Doctor in Ponyville because he's the only medical pony in town that won't rat you out for being a changeling. Fortunately you don't need to worry about Nightshade as Quacksalver made it clear that he DOESN'T treat foals (he claims that the organs of growing foals are constantly shifting around making it impossible to work on them).
"No. I'm just trying to find a way to get away from this bucking holiday." you bitterly retort. Quacksalver looks at you intently before saying,
"Hmmm... elevated grump levels, cursing Heart and Hooves Day; You clearly have a case of 'Cardiac-Breakus', a common disease around this time that can be treated in one of two ways."
"Oh please do enlighten me." you ask with bitter sarcasm. Oblivious to your tone, Quacksalver responds,
"Option one involves direct surgery that involves using rose thorns as scalpels-"
"The other?" you bluntly interrupt
"Prescribing a diet of huge amounts of ice cream to freeze the torn cardiac muscles whole again."
"I'm guessing most ponies pick option 2?" you ask sarcastically.
"Almost correct." the Quack responds obviously, "But almost all ponies pick option 2. I did perform option 1 on one donkey but ran out of roses so I need to use artichoke hear-"
"Are you done yet?" you snap in annoyance.
"Fine, I'll write you the prescription." Quacksalver says before taking out a slip of paper and scribbling on it with a pink crayon before hoofing it to you, "Just take this to the ice cream shop and they'll do the rest."
"Thanks doc." you sarcastically say before snatching the note in annoyance and trotting off...
"Ahem."
You roll you eyes before tossing the "Doctor" a bit.
"Thanks. Bye everypony!"
(39 bits remaining
"CB Prescription" added to the Inventory)
Seeing how you have nothing better to do, you walk into the Ice cream shop, With a sigh you walk over to the ice cream shop, walk up to the counter, and hoof him the "prescription". He looks at you funnily for a second, before he seems to recognize the hoof writing of the prescription. He gives you a sad nod before he takes the prescription and walks into the backroom.
As you wait, you can literally feel the depression radiating off all the ponies in here. You can't help but pity these poor saps (most of whom are mares) as you think,
So many broken hearts... Guess I'm not the only one who hates this bucking holiday, but misery loves company I gue-*thump*
Your thoughts are interrupted as you hear a thud on the counter and you turn in shock to see a tub the size of your head filled with chocolate ice cream with chocolate pudding ripple, chocolate frosting swirl, chocolate chips, chocolate mini-marshmallows, double brownie bites, chocolate cookie pieces, and chocolate sprinkles all drizzled with hot fudge and a big spoon.
"One 'Choco-loaded Tub Therapy' on the recommendation of Doctor Quacksalver. 6 Bits." the owner says,
You hoof him the bits in stunned silence before you walk over to an empty booth and begin to dig into the chocolaty goodness. A few spoonfuls in you can't help but mumble,
"Buck this bucking holiday to bucking Tartarus."
Apparently your mumble was more of a shout as you get several cries from the heartbroken ponies in the room saying,
"Amen to that."
"I'm with you there brother."
"Screw it to bucking Tartarus!"
"A toast for these great words of wisdom!"
With that and a shout of "here here" the ponies and you toast your tubs and then proceed to eat your troubles away...
(33 Bits remaining)
POV CHANGE: NIGHTSHADE
ONE GETTING-THE-LOVE-BOOK-FROM-TWILIGHT-AND-BECAUSE-YOU'VE-ALL-ALREADY-SEEN-THIS-IN-THE-SHOW-WE-DON'T-NEED-TO-REPEAT-IT-HERE LATER
After helping the girls make a love potion and giving it to Big Mac and Cheerilee, Nightshade smiles evilly at how dopey it’s made them.
“Perfect... Do what you want girls cause I'm gonna carry out Phase omega. See ya!"
With that, Nightshade bolts off to the clubhouse to get the rest of the potion.
"Alright, see ya Nigh- Wait, what's phase omega?" Apple Bloom asks,
The others shrug but before they can say anything else,
"He's my shmoopy-doopy sweetie-weetie pony pie." Cheerilee says
"You're my shmoopy-doopy sweetie-weetie pony pie." Big Red responds,
"You're my cutie-patootie lovie-dovie honey-bunny." the teacher says.
"You're my heartie-smartie smoochie-woochie baby-waby." the farmpony responds.
"Miss Cheerilee, are you alright?" Sweetie Belle asks.
"I have a special somepony. A kissy-wissy snuggy-wuggy sugar bear." Cheerilee obliviousy responds.
"Uh oh..." the CMC all say at once...
LATER AT THE GAZEBO
"MINE!"
"MINE!"
Applejack and Rainbow Dash are still arguing while Vinyl, Aloe, and even Octavia are all drinking Vinyl's beer and Fluttershy continues to look for the platypus-bunny. They don't notice Nightshade come over with a huge bowl of "Nightmare Night Punch" (or at least that's what she tried to make, but kept using the wrong ingredients (like wine instead of grape soft drink mix) and punching the bowl every 30 seconds).
"Oh no my daddy is getting attacked by a rabid platypus bunny! And I'm the only one who knows where he is!" Nightshade screams,
The arguing/drinking/searching mares stop what their doing and look at Nightshade in worry. However she just smiles innocently as she say,
"Ah, I was just kidding. But you see I have this punch here that I know you guys will love. I made it myself. It's a gift on behalf of my Daddy as an apology for being a grump.” Nightshade says as she holds up a picture of her dad.
“Um... sugarcube? That ain’t your daddy, that’s a picture of a changeling.” points out a confused Applejack.
She looks at the picture she’s holding and it shows Bugze in Appleloosa without an outfit on (except for his favorite stetson) smiling at the camera.
“Whoops, wrong photo, how did that even get there?” the filly wonders as she digs into her vest pocket, “Here we go,” she says as she holds up a photo of "Baker Sylvester Tennant".
She then tapes the picture to the front of the bowl as all the mares look at the (admittedly disgusting-looking) bubbling black 'punch' hesitantly (only Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash are kind/brave enough to grab a glass) before Octavia says,
"Oh... Thank you miss Nightshade, but I need to go and fine t-"
"But my daddy likes it..." Nightshade pouts with dejected puppy eyes forcing the mares to give in out of guilt and take a nervous gulp before they all down their glasses of "punch" as quickly as they can.
Soon the mares are all coughing and hacking at the horrible taste before they look at the picture of Baker Sylvester Tennant. Suddenly they all get hearts in their eyes as their gazing becomes more intense and they yell,
"AH MUST FIND MAH HARD-WORKING HUSBAND!"
"I GOTTA FIND THE ONLY AWESOME DUDE WHO'S AWESOME ENOUGH TO BUCK ME!"
"WHERE'S THAT HUNK O'TENNANT! I NEED ME SOME LOVING!"
"COME ON OCTY! LET'S GO HAVE A THREESOME WITH MISTER TENNANT!"
"RIGHT BEHIND YOU VINYL!"
"I'M GONNA GO FIND MY SWEET HERO IN THE HOODED ARMOR!"
"LET'S GO FIND OUR DESTINED ONE!"
After the mares all bolt off, Nightshade chuckles evilly as she says,
“Heh heh, take that daddy, burn my cards will ya? Speaking of which, I better buy those guys a cupcake or something so they don’t think I’m a B!$&# like Diamond and Silver Spoon...” she says as she wanders off forgetting about the punch...
POV CHANGE: BUGZE (YOU)
You've been walking around in anger for a while now, while the ice cream did make you feel better while you were eating it, that soon wore off as wherever you go there's more Hearts and Hooves day couples being all lovey-dovey. Your mood has gotten so bad that you're radiating Killer Intent and your eyes glow an intense orange as wisps on the Nightmare Cloak start floating off your body. Ponies have been either backing away from you in fear or have avoided you for awhile now (after you Falcon Punched a tree to the next planet in anger). You're about to Psycho Crusher through a passing couple when you see...
Flash runs into Twilight who recognize each other from the Gala and from the Diamond Dog-minions incident.
"You're scouting undercover through the various towns not in Shining's sweeping pattern." Twilight deduces,
Flash looks at her in stunned/impressed silence, but before he could say anything Twilight says,
"Even though the baggy jacket hides it, the outline of your armor is still visible from under your shirt, your guitar case has various small town souvenir stickers on it and speaking of which, that guitar case looks too big for your average guitar so I'm guessing it contains your Royal Guard-issued weapons instead of a guitar."
Flash chuckles and says,
"Wow, your Shin- I mean, the Captain's sister all right. You were right about everything except the last one. This case still has enough room for my guitar too."
Flash bumping into Twilight. You look at them in curiosity and your mood lightens slightly as you think,
Finally, ponies who aren't in love. I think I'm gonna go on over and have a chat with them. Maybe my mood will improve. If not then-
KILL THE WAIFU-STEALER WITH A FALCON PUNCH TO THE-
SHUT UP!!! you and Selena mentally scream at the voices.
Ignoring the threat to harm Flash from the voices inside your head, you begin to walk over to them. As you near them you hear part of their conversation...
"...scouting undercover through the various towns not in Shining's sweeping pattern." Twilight deduces,
Flash looks at her in stunned/impressed silence, but before he could say anything Twilight says,
"Even though the baggy jacket hides it, the outline of your armor is still visible from under your shirt, your guitar case has various small town souvenir stickers on it and speaking of which, that guitar case looks too big for your average guitar so I'm guessing it contains your Royal Guard-issued weapons instead of a guitar."
Flash chuckles and says,
"Wow, your Shin- I mean, the Captain's sister all right. You were right about everything except the last one. This case still has enough room for my guitar too."
You can't help but blink in shock as you think,
Dang... she hit the nail on the head with him huh?
Indeed, she must have great observation skills if sh-
You interrupt Selena's comment as you think,
Wait a minute... how in Luna's name did she figure that out by looking at his suitcase, yet she can't figure out the obvious changeling only wearing clothes for a disguise who looks like the Offender changeling and El Hunko from the Gala?
...Or maybe she just had a really good guess with that simpleton over there.
You chuckle slightly at that as you think,
Yah that must be it, well time to say hello!
With that you finally finish walking over to them as you say,
"Hiya Twilight, who's your friend?"
Twilight and Flash look over to you as she smiles and says,
-- Later you see Twilight in the street. "Hey, Tennant!" she calls. "Happy Hearts and-"
"Don't," you interrupt. "I swear, if I hear that phrase one more time, I will tear the pony who says it limb from limb!"
"... Sorry, Tennant," she apologizes, edging away. You calm down.
"No, I'm sorry," you say. "I just... I really bucking hate this holiday, and what the CMC tried to pull didn't help."
"The CMC? Oh, I saw them just a while ago. I lent them a book about Hearts and Hooves Day."
"...The CMC asked to borrow a book?" you say. "That... doesn't seem right. Are they going for Literacy Cutie Marks now or something?"
"I don't know," Twilight replies. "But they seemed really interested when I mentioned that Hearts and Hooves Day started because of a love potion."
"... A love potion?" you say, a panic in the edge of your voice. "Twilight... you are aware that they've been playing matchmaker all day, right?" A strand of hair pops out of Twilight's mane and her eyes start twitching. "I'll sweep the west side of town!" you shout.
"I'll take the east!" Twilight shouts back. You both bolt off to find the CMC before they do something irrevocably stupid.
This, except it's Flash Sentry pointing this out instead of Bugze (due to the CMC's antics being infamous (Celestia herself has commented she's gotten more damage reports as a result of those fillies actions than from Parasprites), Flash questions why Twilight would just nonchalantly give them a book about how to make a love potion)
"Hey, Mr. Tennant! This is Flash Sentry, he's a friend from Canterlot that I met at the Gala. He's here for a visit."
Flash gives her a thankful smile for the cover, and he smiles at you as he says,
"Nice to meet you Tennant, Happy Hearts and-"
*snap* "Don't," you interrupt as your eyes glow orange, "I swear, if I hear that phrase one more time, I will Falcon Punch the motherbucker who says it in the bucking balls!"
"...Sorry, Mr. Tennant," he apologizes hesitantly as he edges away. You calm down and say,
"No, I'm sorry. I just... I really bucking hate this holiday, and what the CMC tried to pull didn't help."
Twilight looks at you in surprise while Flash... gulps in fear? You ignore it as Twilight says,
"The CMC? What did they do now?" Twilight asks.
"They tried to play Princess Cadance with me by setting me and Big Red in a double date with Fluttershy and Cheerilee."
Twilight rolls her eyes and says,
"I'm going to have a talk with those four... Oh, I saw them just a while ago. I lent them a book about Hearts and Hooves Day." Twilight answers.
"...The CMC asked to borrow a book?" you say in surprise, "Are they going for Literacy Cutie Marks now or something?"
"I don't know-" Twilight replies, "But they seemed really interested when I mentioned that Hearts and Hooves Day started because of a love potion-"
Flash interrupts in a slightly-panicking voice,
"Wait. by CMC you wouldn't happen to mean the Cutie Mark Crusaders, right?"
"Yes." You and Twilight respond.
"Which consists of the fillies Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Nightshade, right?"
"Yes..." you and Twilight say more hesitantly now.
"The same fillies who's actions Princess Celestia says causes more damage than any other foals in history... And you just gave them a book on how to make a love potion." Flash says with emphasis.
"Yes, I..."
Suddenly a strand of hair pops out of Twilight's mane and her eyes start twitching. Your eye also starts to twitch and you can feel the dread building up within you. Suddenly you all come to the same conclusion as Flash yells,
"I'll sweep the skies!"
"I'll take the east!" Twilight shouts back.
"I'll head west! Let's meet back here in two hours. Hopefully one of us would have found those troublemakers by then!"
Twilight and Flash nod their heads at your suggestion. With that the three of you bolt off (while Flash takes off) to find the CMC before they do something irrevocably stupid...
BACK WITH THE LOVE POISONED PUNCH
Pinkie Pie comes along the punch and decides to give it to everyone she sees.
Thanks to Pinkie, countless mares, and even a few stallions, look desperately for Bugze.
Pinkie wanders by the gazebo and sees the abandoned bowl of punch with B.S.T.'s picture on it.
"Oooooh! Perfectly good punch! I'm gonna give it out to everypony I see as a Hearts and Hooves day present!"
Pinkie grabs the Punch bowl, but sees your picture on all the cups she picked up. She shrugs her shoulders as she says,
"Huh, I guess this is T's present. Oh well, I'll pass it out for him!"
And with that Pinkie Pie heads out to spread 'your' gift to everypony she sees. Including stallions!
...
You're bucked.
BACK WITH YOU
"Huff... where huff... are those huff... troublemakers? Huff..."
You've been running around the north part of Ponyville for a good hour now and you still can't find the CMC and your daughter anywhere. You sigh in defeat as you say,
"I wonder how Flash and Twilight are doing?"
THE LIBRARY
Flash and Twilight run into each other (quite literally) at the front of the Ponyville library.
"Any... Huff... luck?" Twilight asks.
"While I did see abnormal activity throughout town, I couldn't locate the Cutie Mark Crusaders anywhere." Flash responds being less fatigued due to his Royal Guard training. He's about to continue when Pinkie shows up with some punch. Flash nonchalantly thanks Pinkie and gulps it, only to almost spit it out (his nice-guy nature stops from from doing so and risking hurting Pinkie's feelings), but grimaces instead and is about to continue when he sees the picture of Baker Sylvester Tennant on the punch bowl and gets hearts in his eyes before saying to Twilight,
“Look, you’re cute, intelligent, a natural leader, and all, even if you are the Captain’s sister” he says causing Twilight to blush in shock “BUT MY HEART BELONGS TO BAKER SYLVESTER TENNANT! WHOEVER THE BUCK THAT IS!”
He then flies off. Twilight is left speechless by this and groans in frustration,
“Grrr... why do all the handsome ones turn out to be Colt Cuddlers?!” she then downs the punch glass Pinkie gave her as Spike opens the door.
“You OK Twi? I heard shouting?” he asks.
“On second thought, he does have great taste in stallions,” she says, “Hold this Spike, I’m going to go lose my innocence to Mr. Tennant!” she then runs out the door.
Spike just looks at the empty cup and back out the door in confusion,
“Wh-What?”
BACK WITH YOU
"Eh they probably found them by now. I'm just gonna go find a huge rock to hide under before things get any worse..."
With that you turn around and are about to walk back to the meeting point when you hear something... strange from behind you. You look behind you in confusion as you mumble,
"What the buck..."
You strain your ears, but you still can't hear exactly what it is. But you remember a hoofy spell you used when you where first in Appaloosa. You smile slightly as you chant,
"Give me the sight of an hawk. Give me the sight of an eagle. Show me what others can't stalk. Give me the power of... ZOOM!"
You hold your head in pain from the magical drain, but you ignore it when you see (and now hear) the horror approaching you...
As Bugze walks into town, he is suddenly glomped by a group of mares who keep kissing him all over his face until he teleports away.
He sees the usually crowd, AJ, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Aloe, Octavia, Vinyl, as they all start wrestling each other…(Spurt) but then he see’s become surrounded by countless more mares (and a few stallions). Including the Mayor, Raven, the Flower Trio, Lyra, Bon Bon, Flash, Caramel and the rest of the Deadly 6 (except Pinkie), and countless more.
"MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!"
A hoard of mares and stallions with hearts in their eyes (including the Mayor, Raven, the Flower Trio, Lyra, Bon Bon, Flash, Caramel, and the rest of the Deadly 6 (except Pinkie), and countless more) charging at you! You exit out of Zoom and make a run for it, but before you do a whole group of Pegasus dive-bomb at you! Luckily you managed to teleport out of the pony pile, but you teleported into a group of mud-brawling ponies!
You notice that the group of ponies is Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Aloe, Octavia, and Vinyl and somehow they're all free-for-alling in mud-
*SPURT*
And the nosebleed from that launches you out of the pile and into a wall. After you get up and shake your head to reorient yourself, you see the ponies coming at you and decide to make the best of this situation and do what you do best... RUN LIKE HECK!
As you run, you hear the crowd behind you,
"HE'S GETTING AWAY! DON'T LET OUR DESTINED GET AWAY!"
As you run away from crazy crowd, you hear them scream behind you...
“We all love you Tennat! Be our special somepony!” they all yell in unision, creeping you right the buck out.
“We all love you Tennat! Be our special somepony!” they all yell in unison, creeping you right the buck out.
You can't help but scream back a response,
"BUCK YOU LADY LUCK! I MEAN GRANDBUGGY WOULD BE PROUD OF ME FOR ALL THESE MARES, BUT STALLIONS TOO?! COME ON- GAH! FOCUS BUG!!!"
With that said you run into a alley to hide in, and as the lustful mob runs by you sigh in relief and think,
It's like that incident with Twilight's doll all over again...
Suddenly...
You are about to shout your anger to lady luck…but then you feel a leg around your neck.
“I don’t know how you did it buddy, but you’ve gotten practically every mare in town after you. Respect Bro!” Thunderlane hoof bumps you.
“You’ve gotta help me out!” you scream.
“Sorry bro…” he says as he looks to AJ and RD wrestling in mud with Octavia and Fluttershy and Vinyl as Aloe mudbends them “But I have to see this through…” he rushes off and sets up a lawn chair with some beers and watches the mares with drool in his mouth.
“OH BUCK YOU THUNDERLAAAAAAANNNNNEEEE!!!!” you shout to the sky as the town surrounds you.
You feel a leg around your neck. Before you can Falcon Punch the arm's owner in a panic you hear Thunderlane's voice says,
“I don’t know how you did it buddy, but you've gotten practically every mare in town after you. Respect Bro!” Thunderlane hoof bumps you.
“You’ve gotta help me out!” you scream.
“Sorry bro...” he says as he looks to the alley and sees a dozen mares (including Octavia, Vinyl, Rarity, Bon Bon, and Lyra) brawling as Aloe mudbends them, “But I have to see this through...” he rushes off and sets up a lawn chair with some beers and watches the mares with drool in his mouth.
“OH BUCK YOU THUNDERLAAAAAAANNNNNEEEE!!!!” you scream to the heavens... giving away your position.
Perhaps your future cursings of Mistress Luck and those you hate should be done with less volume... Selena comments.
POV CHANGE: NIGHTSHADE
Nightshade has her eyes closed as she walks down the street whistling a happy tone. She's so happy because she got back at her daddy for burning all her Heart's and Hooves day cards.
I wonder why those colts were so understanding on my Daddy burning their cards... Eh, doesn't matter since I got my reve-huh? What's that sound?
Nightshade opens her eyes and strains her ears to hear...
Thinking quickly and heading towards what sounded like her Daddy's voice, Nightshade jumps in time to avoid...
Her Daddy as a mob of ponies (both stallions and mares) chasing after him with hearts in their eyes (and she swore she heard them all shouting "MINE!"). Nightshade can only stare in shock for a few seconds before she says...
"Why do i get the feeling this is all my fault..."
A few more moments later and Nightshade sees Pinkie skipping her way towards her with a bowl of black punch. Nightshade stares at it in confusion as she says out loud,
"That's strange, why is Pinkie carrying around a... punch... bowl..."
The gears in little Nightshade's head begin to turn as she does the math in her head:
Black punch + crazy love mob + my Daddy + love potion =... *ding*
"OH BUCK THAT'S THE LOVE POTION PUNCH I MADE!"
At this revelation, Nightshade rushes towards Pinkie and yells,
"LOOK PINKIE, A GIANT WALKING CHOCOLATE STALLION!"
Pinkies eyes widen in excitement as she yells,
"CHOCOLATE STALLION!!! MINE!!!"
Before dropping the punch (somehow not breaking it) and runs off in the direction Nightshade pointed at. Nightshade signs in relief, but then she begins to panic as she thinks,
Oh buck this is not good! Things have gotten completely outta hoof! I wanted to get a few mares to like Daddy for revenge, not the whole bucking town! There's gotta be some way to fix this... *ding*
A light bulb appears above Nightshade as she thinks,
I got it! If the first drink makes them fall in love with Daddy, then obviously a second drink will make them fall out of love with him! My logic is flawless!
With that thought in mind Nightshade sees Rainbow and Applejack catching up with her Daddy (who is making a second run around this block). With a smile Nightshade aims for their mouths as she yells...
-AppleDash becomes canon and they start making out (resulting in you having a big nosebleed)
"Open wide!"
As she hurls the punch bowl at the mares and it shatters against them, soaking them in the punch. They shake off the punch before they open their eyes and see each other causing hearts to appear.
"Applejack?" Rainbow asks.
"Yah Rainbow?" Applejack responds dreamily.
"Will you be my very special somepony?"
"Eeyup."
This is enough to (very) briefly snap everypony out of it in shock (and Bugze to shout "I BUCKING KNEW IT!") as they continue.
"You're my orange, field-plowing, Applejacky pie." Rainbow says.
"And you're mah well-toned, high-flyin, Rainbow, wonderbolty." Applejack says.
*sprong* "SHUT UP AND GIVE ME SOME CINNAMON YA WONDERFUL HICK!"
With that, Rainbow Dash and Applejack grab each other tightly and start fiercely making out, their bodies still moist with punch making their manes and fur cling to their bodies and showing off their curves as their hooves-
*SPURT*
-And naturally this display gives Bugze (and quite a few nearby non-love-potioned stallions) a massive nosebleed that launches him high into the air. Nightshade just blinks in shock before saying,
"Well... that didn't work..."
Nightshade then notices that the whole town has gone crazy. Ponies are running over other ponies just trying to get to her Daddy! Remembering what her daddy would do she says,
"Buck this! I'm outta here!"
With that said, Nightshade starts to make a run for it when she sees...
-Big Red barrels through the brawling mares while dragging a house
-Nightshade awkwardly chatting with Berry Punch in a dragged house
Big Red tearing through the brawling lovers while dragging a house. She stares at this in shock for moment before she gets a great idea. She runs over to the house and jumps in one of the windows. When she looks up she sees Berry Punch hastily putting away a bottle of wine.
"Oh... hiya Miss Punch." Nightshade says awkwardly.
"Oh... hello Nightshade sweetie. Hows your day been?"
"Oh you know... good..."
They both stand there in awkward silence for a few moments as the love chaos goes on around the house.
"Yes that's very good... so ahem hows that weather huh?" Berry says, breaking the silence.
"It's been very...pink lately to be honest"
"Oh that happens every Hearts and Hooves day. Princess Cadance finds it more romantic to be a pink sky rather a blue one for this day."
"That...makes no sense at all..."
"Hehehehhe...yeah I know."
They both chuckle before Nightshade looks out the window and says,
"Oh this is my stop! Bye Miss Punch!"
"Bye Nightshade sweetie." Berry says as she retrieves the bottle of wine, "Stay safe! And if you see my Pina Colada tell her to kick any suspicious stallions approaching her in the nards!"
"My daddy tells me the same thing!" Nightshade yells as she jumps out the house as Big Red passes the library and calls out,
"Falcon Kick!"
Using her flame-covered hoof to smash through a window, Nightshade tumbles around on the ground before eventually hitting a bookshelf causing some books to fall on her. After awhile they she pops out of the books while proclaiming,
"I LIVE!"
"NIGHTSHADE!" the CMC and Spike cry out happily.
"GIRLS! SPIKE!"
As the CMC (and Spike) hug each other, Nightshade looks out the window in worry as she says,
"I hope my Daddy's okay-"
*CRASH*
POV CHANGE: BUGZE (YOU)
A hoard of crazed mares and stallions chasing you, you teleport away and find yourself in the library. You quickly rush to close the curtains and lock the door when suddenly you realize that you're not alone in the house. You turn around to see... the CMC and Nightshade huddled in a corner in the fetal position.
*CRASH*
After nosebleed-blasting off to the other side of town, you crash into the library through the upper window and tumble down the stairs before hitting a shelf.
"Ow..." You moan as you groggily get back up and...
See the CMC, Nightshade, and... Spike?
Girls?" you ask. They look up to see you, joy breaking out on their faces. "Mr. Tennant!" Apple Bloom cries. "We're so glad to see y'ah! We thought y'ah'd be a gonnar!"
"Girls, how long have you been in here?" you ask.
"We hid in here ever since Pinkie started passing out the punch," Sweetie Belle explains. "When things started going south, we ran into the library."
"And Nightshade got here by hitching a ride on Berry Punch's house that was being dragged by Big Macintosh. I'm really glad we didn't burn this place down," Scootaloo adds.
Spike nods his head as he says,
"I've been here as soon as Flash and Twilight got infected, when I found the girls here I decided to help board up the place so they wouldn't get in. If any of those crazy ponies got in I was gonna whack them with some of the books here and give the girls enough time to escape."
You nod your head at speak with pride as you say,
"Good job Spike, and I'm glad you were willy to sacrifice yourself to let them get away. It means alot for me."
Spike rubs his head in embarrassment as Nightshade looks at you guiltily.
"...I'm sorry, daddy," she says. "I overheard that you burnt all the letters that the colts sent me, so I thought I'd get you back, but... I didn't expect this..."
You stare at Nightshade for a full three seconds before bursting out laughing.
"Aha ha ha ha!" you laugh hysterically. "Aha ha! Oh, Nightshade that has got to be the second-best prank I've ever seen pulled. Oh, that was a good one."
Nightshade brightens up,
"You really think so, daddy?"
"Nightshade, I am incredibly proud of you," you smile. The two of you hug.
"...You do realize you're SO grounded, right?" you say in a matter-of-fact-tone
"Yeah..." Nightshade answers.
Invigorated by a hearty laugh, you now feel ready to tackle the problem of the errant mares. "Applebloom, give me the book you got the love potion recipe from," you order.
After Nigthshade hoofs you the book, you skim through it...
"Let's see... causes insomnia... 'do not try this at home'... Aha! The love potion wears off if the affected doesn't look into the eyes of their target for at least an hour... Oh buck, There's almost no doubt that the affected ponies will find us within an hour. We're dead meat."
"Then... what do we do?" Sweetie Belle asks.
"Simple. We find another way to get rid of the potion's effects," you say. "How about you round up the mob and get them in front of the Ponyville Town Hall." You hear glass breaking and the sound of hoofsteps as you add, "And do it fast! It sounds like they've broken in!" before teleporting away.
You arrive atop the Ponyville Town Hall and remove the Power Glove from the Inventory. Donning the glove, you look out over the town square to see Nightshade, Spike and the CMC luring the mob before you with pictures of you,
"Alright everyone! Listen up!" you cry. No one hears you.
With a growl, you heft the power glove to the sky,
"Would you kindly PAY ATTENTION TO MY LIGHT!" you scream as you activate the Electro Bolt plasmid and shoot off a bolt into a cloud which causes it to thunder loudly, gaining everypony's attention.
"Alright everypony, listen up!" you cry in the Royal Canterlot Voice. "I have had it up to HERE with the bucking holiday, and let me tell you, I have had enough! Now everyone stop and listen to me right now. LEAVE ME ALONE!!! I don't need a marefriend, I don't want a special somepony, and certainly don't need society bucking telling me that I bucking do! You!" you scream at the clustered group of your stalker mares (Aloe, Vinyl, and Octavia).
"I have had enough of your incessant need to throw yourself at me. There are many ways to develop a relationship with a colt, and following them around endlessly is not one of them! Listen, you are all beautiful mares, and if I could see the side of your personality that wasn't constantly throwing itself at me, then I'm sure it'd be pretty nice too. But enough is bucking enough! Respect my boundaries and back the buck off!
And you!" you scream at the CMC and Nightshade.
"And this goes out to all the rest of you too! Some of us don't need a special somepony! Some of us would rather be alone! It's not your responsibility to ensure that everyone has a match whether they like it or not! Learn to leave us the buck alone! And as for everyone, would you just STOP BEING HYPNOTIZED!!!"
You punctuate your statement by releasing all the crows to the winds (with a whispered "Would you kindly crow... Yeah I need to find Insect Swarm cause it's REALLY hard to think up of crow puns..."). They give a loud, simultaneous caw before dispersing out from the town.
You finish screaming at the mob of ponies, and silence hangs heavy over the town.
It didn't work. Selena bluntly says.
How do you know?
Because magic doesn't work like that. The enchantment needs-
Rainbow Dash, seemingly out of love with Applejack and now in love with you again, bolts into the air,
"Kiss me, Husbando!"
"GAH!" you scream as you step back, and your foot falls through a hole in the ceiling. Your weight breaks it open, and you fall all the way down to floor.
Are you still alive? Selena asks in concern.
"Who's in charge of repairing this place?!" you mutter out loud.
I'll take that as a yes. As I was saying, the enchantment needs to be broken. When a spell binds two ponies together, separation can weaken that bond, but you are not tied to the mares outside. More extreme measures are needed...
The door opens, and the CMC and Spike charge in.
"Daddy, are you OK?!"
"HUSBANDO!" The mob screams and surges forward.
You struggle to your feet and yell,
"Close it! Close it! Close it! Close it!"
Flash Sentry flies through the door before it closes, but Scootaloo stick out a leg and trips him up, destablizing him and causing him to crash into the ground, causing his guitar case to slides over to you.
"Extreme measures, huh?" you comment before opening the case (ignoring the weapons and armor inside) and pick up his guitar as the CMC and Spike struggle to hold the door closed. You raise it to smash it against the floor when suddenly Flash's eyes turn from love to rage in a heartbeat, and he tackles you,
"You son-of-a-diamond-dog! I'll smash your teeth down your throat for even trying to do that!"
"Glad to see you too buddy..." you choke out.
A bang on the windows draws your attention. The two of you look over to see Aloe pounding on the glass with her mudbending.
"He stole him! The orange pegasus stole him from me!"
Flash blinks,
"What? Oh." He looks down at you and you up at him before he says, "This can't be happening..."
The shouts outside take on a new form.
"KILL THE HUSBANDO-STEALER!"
"Oh, come on!" Flash moans.
Welcome to our world. you and Selena comment as you stand up again and shout,
"Nightshade! Everyling! Out the back! Now!"
As you and the other's run for the door, you see Spike trip on a floor board. You quickly turn around and grab him just as the door is busted open.
Flash grabs his case and follows the fillies, you bringing up the rear just as the windows and doors break. Mayor Mare dashes in front of the others as they chase you.
"You belong with me! Everyone can see it!" she screams.
You and Flash slam the back door shut in her face, and you hear her hit the ground on the other side. You turn to Flash with a smirk,
He chuckles, and the seven of you run for safety.
"So..." Nightshade pants, "What's... the... plan?"
"Somehow, someway... I have to make every mare (and stallion) in Ponyville fall out of love with me."
Oh, I am going to enjoy this FAR more than I should...
"Thanks for the save Mr. Tennant. You saved my life." Spike says.
You smile at the baby dragon as you say,
"No problem dude, now all we have to do..."
You look at Flash, the CMC, and Spike with determination as you say,
"Is survive the Loveocalypse!"
What should you do?