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// Hearts and Hooves Day 
// Story: Sugarcoat Interferes In Pony History 
// by Twinkletail 
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Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were three very busy little fillies.

It had only been mere minutes since the three had gotten out of school, and their plates were already full. They had learned in school that their beloved teacher, Miss Cheerilee, was without a special somepony, and they refused to let that stand, especially on Hearts and Hooves Day. Their determination to find the perfect stallion for her had led them all over town. Each stallion they had run into had some manner of imperfection, and that was unacceptable when it came to finding the right stallion for Miss Cheerilee. With how great she was, she deserved nothing less than perfection in a special somepony. Thus far, though, their search had proven fruitless, even with the employment of a catchy little song on the subject.

"I don't think that we're mistaken," Bloom sang, looking a bit disappointed. "It seems all the good ones are taken." The three leapt towards a stack of hay bales, hopping their way up the structure.

"I really feel that at this rate, we'll never find the perfect date," Sweetie sang as they closed in on the top of the stack.

"Don't wanna quit and give up hope!" the three fillies sang together as they reached the top of the stack. Scootaloo then noticed a stallion out of the corner of her eye. The color scheme was immediately recognizable; it was Bloom's big brother, Big Macintosh. She smirked to herself. He was definitely worth asking.

"Doing anything special for Hearts and Hoo-" Scootaloo started. Then she stopped abruptly. The other two looked over to see what was the matter and quickly found themselves speechless as well. There behind the stack of hay bales was Big Macintosh, but he wasn't alone. Wrapped in his forelegs was a powder-blue unicorn mare, engaged in a rather deep kiss.

None of the fillies knew what to say. Bloom attempted to speak, but all that came out was a squeak. The squeak was still enough to call the attention of Sugarcoat, who pulled away from the kiss long enough to glare at them.

"This one's taken," Sugarcoat said simply.

"Eeyup," Big Mac agreed.