Hearts and Hooves Day
It's been a couple weeks since Cider Season had ended, and there had been a few odd events within the fourteen days. There was a major event that's held in Ponyville for siblings, more specifically, sisters. Sweetie Belle had tried to impress Rarity, trying to be helpful and do chores to get her to notice her younger sister, but Rarity only saw her assisting as more of a nuisance. The sisters began fighting with each other and broke up as siblings, Sweetie Belle storming off to Sora and venting her feelings on the matter to him while helping him with his chores. Even if they made a few mistakes, the teen just shrugged it off and fixed the problem that had occurred.
It soon turned into an odd moment when Rarity tried to apologize to Sweetie Belle for over exaggerating over what the filly did for her to try and be a helpful little sister. She kept rejecting her and decided that Sora would be a better sibling after the fun they had doing chores and setting things up for the Sisterhooves Social the next day. By the time the Social began, only sister siblings allowed to compete in many of the major events, Sora had come up with an idea to get Sweetie Belle and Rarity back together, though he needed Applejack's help since, being a boy, he couldn't compete with Sweetie in the events. She was going to race with Applejack through the obstacle course, but as they reached the mud pit at the start of the race, she would "fall" in and tag out with Rarity inside the pit, wearing Applejack's stetson hat to hide her horn.
It was a pretty close race, but they managed to get in second place. Sweetie Belle found out she raced the entire course with Rarity after knocking the hat off her head. It was a bit of a dirty trick, literally and figuratively, but the unicorn siblings were at least back together like the happy family they should be. Though, if Rarity was too busy with her orders, the unicorn filly would sometimes sneak off to find Sora and hang out with her "big brother", just to enjoy a day of playing around while also getting dirty.
Then, there were some moments with Rainbow Dash. The first during the two weeks was her finding herself a pet to join the others with their pet play date. Rarity had Opal, her fussy cat that hates everyone except for Fluttershy. Fluttershy had her demon brat of a bunny, Angel. Applejack with Winona, who swapped between playing with her real owner and Sora, who had come along even though he himself didn't have a pet. Pinkie Pie and her odd pet alligator Gummy. And Twilight with an owl as her pet, having adopted him one evening some time ago, naming him Owlowiscious.
At the mention of Rainbow Dash wanting a pet of her own, Fluttershy practically dragged her childhood friend back to her cottage with excitement. However, instead of finding her pet, she decided to hold a contest with many of the species that were able to fly, along with a tortoise Fluttershy brought along, wanting to find the reptile a good home. There were a lot of events that tested their strengths and skills, none of them relating to what it means to have a pet to the cyan pegasus: responsibility, love, and care. Not matching what she could do or how "awesome" she was.
She even had the gall to give the qualifying competitors a race, with her, in a dangerous canyon known as Ghastly Gorge. Along with Rainbow and the flying pets, the tortoise had joined in too, despite not being as quick or athletic as the others. While going through the gulch, at the finish line on the other side, the animals made it through, but the cyan mare was still stuck in the gorge. Thankfully, her savior was the tortoise, who managed to rescue her and was chosen as her ideal pet. It was ironic how the speedy pegasus picked a slow moving reptile, but it seemed like a perfect choice to help her learn to slow down a little with her new pet, who she named Tank.
Then came a terrible accident that caused Rainbow Dash to sprain her wing, sending her to the hospital where she would have to spend a day resting at so nothing serious was wrong. And, being unable to fly or do anything, bored out of her mind in the hospital, Twilight suggested her to read a book. Sora had seen the cover of the suggested story, titled "Daring Do and the Quest for the Sapphire Stone", showing a tan pegasus mare with gray and black hair, almost resembling Rainbow Dash, having a similarly sprained wing as she swung on a vine in a jungle setting. An adventure book definitely suited her, but with the mare being illiterate, she thinks reading is for eggheads.
She proved her theory wrong the next day in the middle of the night, trying to sneak her way back into the library to take the book and continue reading the story. The hospital staff chased her, thinking she was some kind of slipper thief, Sora unable to find it believable that someone would be crazy enough to steal slippers, until Rainbow finally got caught and admitted she liked reading. Now, she was hooked on the Darin Do series and enjoyed reading, though if the Keyblade wielder had Pooh's storybook, she wouldn't like the cutesy atmosphere in there, even if they literally jump into the book.
Today, however, was a very important day, just like it was with Hearth's Warming and Christmas a couple months back. Equestria held a holiday that was similar to Valentine's Day, simply named Hearts and Hooves Day. It's pretty much the same: a holiday where cards are given to others, heart shaped candies and chocolates shared with that special someone, and spending the whole day being together with said special someone on a romantic date. And for Sora, he was going to spend the day with Kairi and give her the most romantic date he would ever make.
He had gotten the supplies he needed days earlier, deciding on doing a simple picnic with some delicious apple recipes he made himself and some fresh apple juice. As he headed off to meet with Kairi, having arrived back in Equestria a couple days ago, he noticed the Cutie Mark Crusaders heading off to school this morning, dragging a very large heart shaped card on their wagon, no doubt for their teacher, Cheerilee. Sora only shook his head at the oversized gift for the mare, the three fillies having gone all out to show how much they care about her.
Reaching the empty fields where their ships rested, Sora knocked on the side of Kairi's Gummi ship, getting her attention. "Kairi! You in there!?"
The ramp to the ship opened up, the pink unicorn poking her head out to see who was calling for her. "Hi, Sora." Kairi noticed the picnic basket carried on his back along with his trademark dopey grin that told her he had something planned. "Uhh, what's with the basket?"
"Well, today's Equestria's version of Valentine's Day," he said. "I know we kind of missed it a few days ago when you were off doing your duty as a Keyblade Master, but I thought we could finally celebrate the holiday with what they call Hearts and Hooves Day. It's pretty much the same thing, just with us as ponies. So, you wanna go on a Hearts and Hooves Day date with me?"
"Hmmm..." Kairi pretended to think about it, unable to hide her grin. "I don't know. I mean, I just got back a while ago, and I'm kind of tired from traveling around the universe and-Let's go!"
Without giving Sora the chance to internally cheer, she ran out and dragged him back to Ponyville with her magic. "Kairi! I can walk on my own! Control your unicorn magic!"
At the school, all the foals in class chattered among each other as they gave Hearts and Hooves Day cards to their best friends and Cheerilee. The dark fuchsia mare stared with wide eyes at Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo's massive card, littered with glitter, ribbons, drawings, frilly lace, everything they could have gotten their hooves on to make their heart stand out above the rest of their classmates.
"...Oh my, girls," Cheerilee said. "...It's really...nice...and big."
"Well, we just wanted to show ya just how much we really really love ya, and we want ya to have the best Hearts and Hooves day ever!" Apple Bloom said, her and her friends beaming.
"Why, thank you. I love it." The teacher left the card that was slightly bigger than her leaning against the wall, not wanting to get her hooves covered in the large amount of glitter that seemed like it was poured out on the paper heart.
"But I bet it's not as good as any gifts from your very special somepony, huh?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Oh. I don't actually have a special somepony." The three fillies gasped in shock.
"What!?" Sweetie squeaked. "How can somepony as amazing as you not have a special somepony for Hearts and Hooves Day!?"
"I don't really need somepony in my life to have a good Hearts and Hooves Day, Sweetie Belle," Cheerilee explained. "I have you girls, your classmates, and several friends of mine to enjoy the holiday. I'm not sure if I'm ready for romance just yet, anyway."
Cheerilee wandered off to her other students as they gave her their cards for her. The Crusaders were surprised to hear such a thing as they looked at each other.
"Why would she not want to find a special somepony?" Apple Bloom asked. "Miss Cheerilee deserves one for all she does for us."
"I got it!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed. "Maybe we can find a special somepony for her! There has to be a single stallion out there who might like Miss Cheerilee!"
"That's a great idea! Let's find Miss Cheerilee's special somepony before the day ends!" Since Hearts and Hooves Day was considered an early day, the Cutie Mark Crusaders hurried out of the school to find their teacher a stallion for the most romantic holiday of the year.
"But remember girls, it can't just be any stallion. Miss Cheerilee deserves one of the best stallions in Ponyville." As the fillies looked around the town to find their teacher the perfect date, music began to play as a song was coming on.
[Sweetie Belle]
Cheerilee is sweet and kind
She's the best teacher we could hope for
The perfect stallion you and I must find
Want to really maker her heart so-o-oar
They soon began finding random stallions in the town, though not many of them they met the standards they expected for their teacher.
But...
This one's too young
This one's too old
He clearly has a terrible cold
The sick stallion Sweetie Belle came up to sneezed, quickly backing away before she caught his cold.
[Apple Bloom]
This guy's too silly
He's way too upight
"I say!" a fancy stallion scoffed as Apple Bloom practically insulted him with her verse, the three coming up to a stallion sitting behind a tree in the park.
[Sweetie Belle]
Well nothing's wrong with this one
He seems alright!
The stallion turned around as he heard Sweetie Belle singing, which actually turned out to be Sora. "Huh? Hey, Sweetie Belle."
"Sora!?" The filly gawked, Kairi leaning over to see who walked up to them, nibbling on an apple pastry Sora made.
"Was she singing?" the pink unicorn asked.
"Yeah, though it seemed to be something about me, I think?" He gave Sweetie a playful leer. "Are you and the others up to something?"
"Nope! Gotta go! Bye!" The filly gave a nervous giggle and sped off back into town, the couple shrugging it off and resuming their date while the Crusaders continued their search for Cheerilee's significant other.
How about this one?
[Apple Bloom]
He's much too flashy
[Scootaloo]
He might do!
[Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle]
If he weren't so splashy
[Apple Bloom]
Too short
[Sweetie Belle]
Too tall
[Apple Bloom]
Too clean
[Scootaloo]
Too smelly
[Sweetie Belle]
Too strangely obsessed with tubs of jelly
Sweetie slinked away from the oddly disturbing stallion coated in jelly, the trio of fillies meeting up and sighing sadly, unable to find the right stallion for Cheerilee.
[Apple Bloom]
I don't think that we're mistaken
It seems all the good ones are taken
[Sweetie Belle]
I really feel that at this rate
We'll never find the perfect date
[Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom]
Don't want to quit and give up hope!
While the three fillies bounded up on a pile of haystacks, they noticed Big Macintosh stacking said haystacks. "Hey, Big Mac. Doing anything for Hearts and Hooves Day?" Scootaloo asked him, all three of them praying for a miracle at this point.
[Sweetie Belle]
Oh please, oh please oh please say-
"Nope," Big Mac said, the fillies gasping as their hope for their teacher was rekindled by the farm stallion's single status.
We did it girls
We've found the one
Who will send our teacher's heart aflutter!
As excited as they were, Apple Bloom finally realized who they had just found to be Cheerilee's blind date. "Wait a minute, let me get this straight. Are ya talkin' about mah brother?"
The music ended, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo looking at Apple Bloom as she held a skeptical look. "Well, duh. Who else is perfect for Miss Cheerilee?"
"Well, Big Mac's not exactly the most talkative pony, so gettin' him to ask her's gonna be a problem," Apple Bloom said.
"I got an idea for that too," Sweetie said. "Let's set up a romantic setting, and maybe Miss Cheerilee can ask Big Mac out on a date. It's foolproof."
Back in the park, Sora and Kairi cuddled together under the shade of the tree where they set up their picnic. Kairi rested her head against Sora's shoulder, a content smile on her face as she felt his hoof rubbing over her side. Despite the slight interruption from Sweetie Belle's singing, it didn't ruin their date that much as they snacked on the stallion's cooking, which wasn't all that bad as he got some help from Applejack.
"I don't think I'll ever get sick of apples while being here in Equestria," Kairi said. "I never knew you could cook either, Sora."
"Heh. I had a little bit of help. Not bad for a beginner, huh?" Sora hugged her tightly, moving his hoof down to lightly rub at his girlfriend's full stomach.
"It was delicious." She moved her head up and surprised the stallion with a soft kiss on the lips. The couple deepened their kiss, eyes closed as they pulled each other closer. Sora gently rubbed Kairi's back while she teased his wings with her hooves, making the pegasus shudder from the light tingling sensation, instinctively making his appendages slowly flare out. Kairi broke the kiss after feeling his wings move and stiffen, surprised to see the reaction that gave. "Wow. Those books in Twilight's library about pegasus wings were right. Are they that sensitive?"
"When you touched them like that, yeah," Sora admitted with a blush. "You have no idea how odd it is to preen the feathers for new ones to grow in. It's so weird, but it feels really good."
"Well. You learn something new every day." Kairi giggled, kissing Sora's nose, then another light one on the lips. The couple looked in each other's eyes, nuzzling their noses together. "I love you."
"I love you more," Sora said back, sticking his tongue out to instigate a playful argument.
"Oh, don't you dare go there." He chuckled as it worked, only to yelp when he felt Kairi's hooves gently knead into his stiff wings. Her soft hooves massaged the muscles in his appendages, under the mercy of her pleasurable touch. She laughed as Sora was practically putty in her hooves, squirming against the tree while trying to stifle his moans. "You want to pick a fight with me over who loves who more? Hmm?"
"N-No?" Sora gasped as Kairi pressed her hoof into a very sensitive spot on both his wings. "Ahhhhhhh. I-I was! I was! Too good! Please stop!" She stopped her torturous massage and rubbed her hooves against his chest, leaving him a panting mess, his cheeks flushed heavily. "T-Too much...You win."
"Girls rule, boys drool," Kairi taunted, poking his snout with a hoof. Sora pouted and stuck his tongue out at her, receiving a similar response from her, though more playful. Their attention soon turned out to the park when they heard three familiar fillies across from their spot near the park's gazebo. They were setting up a picnic of their own, though it looked more set up for romance than a friendly hangout. "What are they doing?"
"...I have a bad feeling those three are going to be up to some trouble. Though what exactly, I have no clue." Kairi gave Sora a confused look, the stallion rubbing his head as he feared what plan they might have to get their cutie mark, or whatever kind of scheme they had for a fun time. "Those three have gone through some pretty crazy things. Scootaloo thought it was a fun idea to try zip-lining, Apple Bloom gave herself a cutie mark with a strange flower, only to have several all over her body and do every activity that had appeared. They even put on this musical performance that was...not good: the singing, the choreography, and the setting and costumes were outright cringe worthy."
"Oh my," the unicorn uttered.
They continued watching as Cheerilee and Big Macintosh approached the set up picnic, their poor excuses to bring them out for what appears to be a blind date. The fillies left the two ponies alone, Sweetie Belle setting up a record player as it played romantic music, though it was scratchy and slightly out of tune. It was already awkward enough just from seeing the teacher and farm stallion, the former trying to spark some conversation while the latter only gave one word responses.
"I hope they don't try to get cutie marks in matchmaking," Sora said. "So far, it's not going so well." They could see the Crusaders hiding in a nearby bush, their eyes peeking out from the leaves as they watched Cheerilee and Big Mac "converse". Sora was suddenly proven wrong it seems as the teacher leaned closer to the stallion. "Or I am sadly mistaken."
"Big Mac," Cheerilee said as the five ponies watching them listened in.
"Eeyup?" Big Mac asked, with his "highly extended" vocabulary.
"...You have something stuck in your teeth." As she said that, the record scratched and cut the music off.
"OH COME ON!" Sweetie Belle complained, poking up from the bush and dragged back in by Apple Bloom and Scootaloo.
Sora couldn't help but burst out laughing at the unicorn filly's exasperation and the comment Cheerilee made. He fell on his back, clutching his sides, while Kairi only shook her head. Cheerilee and Big Mac eventually went their separate ways, the Crusaders disappointed that their blind date plan had utterly failed. The fillies slumped off elsewhere, leaving the picnic they set up alone.
"Oh man, that was too funny!" Sora guffawed, trying to catch his breath. "She just leans forward, almost ready to kiss him, and then just goes 'You got something in your teeth!' That scratch was perfectly timed too!"
"Were they really trying to get two ponies together?" Kairi asked. "Are those three desperate to get those marks or something?"
"More like obsessed." The stallion managed to calm down and sit back up. "Cutie marks show the talent a pony has, and for ours, it's pretty obvious. Even though we automatically have ours, I think we would have gotten them within minutes being in this world."
Sora leaned back a little and snuck a peek at Kairi's flank, only for the unicorn to cover her cutie mark with her tail. "Eyes up here, mister."
"What? I was just looking at your cutie mark," Sora said, feigning ignorance.
"And it happens to be on my...my hips." Kairi blushed heavily, her aura trying to pull her small skirt over her flanks.
"You still self conscious about that? Ponies don't exactly wear clothes, remember?" She sneered at him, growling a little, warning him not to push it. "...Ok, ok. Sorry. But you know, teenage boy? Hormones constantly distracted by combat against the darkness and never having a break to let it all out? Trying to save the princess while being the doof of a knight I am?"
"Mhmm. Sure. Excuses, excuses." Kairi's white aura reached around Sora's back, putting pressure on the sensitive spots in his wings, making them flare out as he bit his lip, stifling a moan. "Oops. My magic slipped."
"Ha ha. Funny." He forced his wings back down to his sides, hearing the love of his life giggling, getting payback for his perverted ogling of her rump. He reached into the picnic basket, groaning as he couldn't feel around for what he was looking for inside. "Darn it. I can't believe I forgot to get us some chocolates. I'll head in town and get a large heart shaped box of it."
"Ok, but hurry back." The Keyblade wielding couple shared a small kiss before Sora left to get them their chocolatey dessert. Kairi looked down at her flanks, grumbling at her short skirt's length from her casual outfit she now wore as her battle outfit. "Wish this skirt was at least a little bit longer. Maybe Rarity can make me some matching shorts or something so I don't feel so...vulnerable as a pony. I don't know how Sora dealt with it for nearly the past year here."
Sora bought himself one of the biggest box of chocolates from a nearby sweets shop in town, filled with an assorted variety of different bite sized chocolates that they can share. While walked back to the park, he noticed Twilight walking down the road, a little miffed about something and by herself.
"Hey, Twilight," he said, approaching the unicorn. "Spending Hearts and Hooves Day alone?"
"Sadly, yes. Though, after what happened between us months ago...I kind of don't want to dwell on getting romantically involved with somepony for a long while." She groaned and rubbed her forehead. "I just ran into the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and they didn't bother hearing me out about learning the history of Hearts and Hooves Day."
"Oh. Care to tell me how it started?" Sora asked.
"Well, it's pretty simple," Twilight said. "It all started with a love potion. They took the book I showed them and willingly gave, and they just ran off to who knows where. The recipe for the potion is in that book too."
"...Wait. Did you just say the recipe for a love potion is IN the book they 'borrowed'?" Twilight nodded her head, prompting Sora to slap his forehead. "Oh no. Twilight, what have you done?"
"What?" she asked, highly confused by the teen's reaction.
"Those three fillies tried to get Big Mac and their teacher Cheerilee together earlier today, and now that they know they have the recipe to make two ponies forcefully fall in love with each other, they're going to try that again." Twilight realized her mistake, chuckling nervously as her thirst for knowledge and teaching said knowledge to others overriding the dangerous antics the Cutie Mark Crusaders could get themselves or others into. "Come on. I know where they're going to try to get those two together."
Sora lead the way as he and Twilight headed to the park. As they arrived, Sora didn't see any sign of Kairi at their picnic spot, the pegasus figuring she might have gone off somewhere to use the bathroom or chase off Heartless that may have appeared. As luck would have it, they spotted the fillies at their still set up picnic area, this time pouring two small cups of a pink liquid, which must have been the love potion they made. Cheerilee and Big Mac came back to the spot again, being called by the Crusaders yet again, knowing what they were trying to do.
"Hello again, girls. Big Mac," Cheerilee greeted. "Would you three like to tell us about what you-"
"PUNCH!" Sweetie Belle blurted out. "We made you two some punch, and we want to know what you two think about it!"
"Yeah!" Apple Bloom agreed. "We wanna try sell some punch and try to earn salespony cutie marks! So, you two drink it and tell us what ya think before we sell any!"
The trio ran off and hid in the same bush like last time, spying on them yet again. "Oh dear. I'm really sorry about this, Big Macintosh. I told the girls I didn't have a special somepony for Hearts and Hooves Day, and I think they're trying to get us together."
"Eeyup," the red stallion said, the two earth ponies chuckling at their overly curious minds.
"Well, we might as well indulge them. Besides, the punch does look good." They were about to pick up the "punch", Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo waiting for the moment they would finally fall in love with each other, but Sora flew in between them, stopping them before it was too late.
"Cheerilee, Big Mac, don't drink that!" Sora exclaimed, surprising the two.
"Sora? What's going on?" Cheerilee asked.
"Trust me, I don't think you two want to try something those three fillies had made so suddenly," he said, Twilight approaching them as she looked at the drinks. "I know they mean well, but seeing as they're trying to force you two to be a couple, they should learn not to try and force others into falling in love with each other."
"What is Sora doing!? He's ruining our plan!" Sweetie Belle whispered as they continued watching.
"I guess you're right, Sora," the teacher said, Big Mac nodding his head in agreement. "I think I'd better head back to the school, again, and pack up all those cards my students made. I'll see you later, Big Mac. And make sure to give your little sister a little lecture on not forcing two ponies to like each other when they don't have the same feelings toward each other."
"Eeyup," Big Mac said, both ponies heading back to their daily duties and leaving the fillies hiding to groan as their plan backfired again.
"Phew. That was pretty close," Twilight said. "We could have avoided a disaster."
"I'll say. It's bad enough to manipulate someone into doing something, but it's worse when they do it against their own will," Sora said.
"Please don't remind me of that evening." Twilight subconsciously levitated one of the cups and waved it around in the air. "I still feel guilty after what I almost did to you and Kairi, and it didn't help that I saw what I was doing under my darkness's control."
"...Sorry. I guess you went through a bit of both." Sora picked up the other cup, both of them forgetting that the liquid in them was the potion. "But that's all resolved, and we're good friends."
"You're right. To friends?" Twilight held her cup out to Sora.
"To friends." They tapped their cups together and drank the potion. The Crusaders all gasped, too late to stop Sora and Twilight from drinking the love potion as they smacked their lips at the strange taste. "Wow. That's some weird tasting punch. It's pretty bitter."
"...Wait...did we just-?" Both ponies hiccuped, releasing a magical pink gas bubble that flew out of their mouths. Their eyes widened, now realizing that wasn't supposed to be punch. "Oh no!"
"We drank the-!" The gaseous magic formed together and turned into a heart, silencing Sora as he and Twilight's heads snapped in each other's direction, purple hypnosis swirls lighting up in the sclera of their eyes.
"Uh oh," the fillies worriedly said.
Slowly, both Sora and Twilight's eyes drooped as they grinned, the potions effects forcing them to fall in love with each other. "Sora? Will you be my special somepony?"
"Uh huh," he replied, the Crusaders leaping out of the bush in a panic and ran up to the "lovesick" ponies.
"Sora? Twilight?" Neither one heard Apple Bloom call their names, too entranced by each other as they stared in each other's eyes.
"You're my shmoopy-doopy sweetie-weetie pony pie," Twilight said.
"No, you're MY shmoopy-doopy sweetie-weetie pony pie," Sora said, their lovey-dovey talk making the fillies cringe in disgust.
"Oh no! What have we done!?" Scootaloo exclaimed. "We just made Sora fall for Twilight!"
"And if Kairi finds out..." Apple Bloom looked back over to Ponyville, yelping in shock as the pink unicorn herself was walking back into the park. "And here she comes!"
Kairi headed back to hers and Sora's spot for their picnic date, spotting her boyfriend over where the fillies had their spot set up. What was even more weird was Twilight was there, and she and Sora were looking at each other. She approached them, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo running up to her to try and stop her.
"Kairi, don't come this way!" Scootaloo shouted.
"It was an accident! We didn't mean to!" Sweetie added.
"What are you girls talking about?" Kairi asked, getting her answer as she heard the love potion afflicted ponies speak to each other.
"You're my huggy-bunny wuvvy-duvvy love bug," Twilight squealed, squishing Sora's cheeks with her forehooves as she nuzzled his nose.
"You're my hearty-smartie smoochy-woochie baby doll." Kairi's jaw dropped when she heard Sora, marching up to the two in shock as the spiky-haired stallion nuzzled Twilight back.
"What is going on!?" the pink unicorn shouted. "Sora, what did you just call Twilight!? And why are you looking at her like that!?"
"Wait, Kairi, don't be mad at them! It's our fault!" Apple Bloom said.
She ignored the fillies and pulled Sora away. "I am going to knock some sense into you after whatever stupid spell Twilight cast on-YIPE!"
Kairi was flung onto her back by the love potioned pegasus, fluttering back to Twilight as they continued ogling each other while calling each other cringe inducing love names. The Crusaders helped Kairi up, the pink unicorn highly confused and furious. She looked down at the fillies, giving her a look that warned them to explain now before they get punished.
"We made a love potion from a book Twilight gave us so we could get our teacher and Apple Bloom's big brother to fall in love with each other because Miss Cheerilee didn't have a special somepony and we didn't want her to be alone for Hearts and Hooves Day so we tried to get them to drink it but Sora stopped them and they both drank it and now they're acting this way because it was our fault and we just wanted to help our teacher really bad please don't tell on us!" Sweetie Belle let out a huge gasp after explaining everything in one sentence to Kairi.
The pink unicorn's ears and one eye twitched, hearing her boyfriend and unicorn friend continuously spouting mushy words at each other, leaning her head down as she leered at the terrified Crusaders. "...Where's. This. Book?"
"H-Here." Scootaloo pulled the book in question, Kairi swiping it with her magic as she looked through its contents.
She skimmed through the pages until she found the recipe to make the spell. "Is this it? 'Take a tuft of cloud, a bright rainbow's glow, stir with a pegasus feather fast, not slow, and serve to two ponies who aren't in the know?'"
"Yeah. That's the one," Apple Bloom answered.
Kairi's eyes widened as she looked at the name of the recipe, looking back at the lovestruck couple, then back to the book. "Girls, did you even read what the recipe was before you made this potion!?" She turned the book around to the page of the recipe, pointing a hoof at the top of the ingredient list. "You didn't make a love potion! You made a love poison!"
"Love poison!?" the fillies exclaimed.
Kairi flipped over to a page referenced on the recipe list, telling the tale of how this failed potion came to be. "According to this book, this love 'poison' was made by a prince who loved a princess he wished to be with. So he ended up making it, they both drank it, and instead of them falling in love, it did so, but the two were infatuated with each other that they couldn't look away from each other's eyes, causing both of their kingdoms to fall into ruin because of their unbreakable love!" She searched the pages for any way to fix this, grumbling to herself at the dangerous potion actually printed in a historical book. "Next time you three try to do anything like this, read EXACTLY what you're going to make before you do something crazy!"
"Sorry, Kairi," they said, lowering their heads in shame.
"It's alright...It was just an accident. But if this keeps up any longer, I'm going to end up smacking Twilight upside the head by this accident." She finally found the page explaining how to cure the love poison, sighing in relief. "Ok, there is a cure, but we have to keep Sora and Twilight away from each other's eye contact...for an hour."
"That shouldn't be too hard," Scootaloo said. "We'll be able to pull that off in a second!"
"That isn't even possible," Kairi muttered. As she went quiet, she noticed that they weren't listening to Sora and Twilight acting like lovesick puppies toward each other. She looked over at where they were, only to find an empty picnic blanket and the dropped box of chocolates her boyfriend got for her and him. "...Uhh, where did they go?"
"They vanished!" Sweetie said. "Oh no! We're all doomed! Without Sora, we all might be attacked by those black monsters if they show up in Ponyville again!"
"Ok, I have an idea...And it might get me badly injured in the process, but I should outlast Sora for a while. I want you three to head out into the fields," Kairi began explaining. "You'll see two large blocky structures Sora and I call Gummi ships. I'm going to try to teleport Twilight in mine, colored pink and white, and you three are going to lock her in there while I deal with Sora."
"Gummi ship?" Apple Bloom asked. "W-Will she be able to break out?"
"She'll probably be too love struck to find the button to unlock it and try to force her way out...providing she's not smart enough to use magic under the poison's effects. Make sure she stays in there for an hour, and if she does, try to stall her in any way possible." The Crusaders nodded and ran outside of Ponyville to their ships while Kairi ran into town to find Sora and Twilight. "I am so screwed if I have to fight an enraged, lovesick fighter who's better in physical combat than I am."
"You take the first sip, cuddle-muffin," Twilight said, pushing a special milkshake order to Sora, the "couple" in Sugarcube Corner as they shared the bakery's Hearts and Hooves Day only menu item.
"No, you, schnookie-lumps," Sora said, pushing it back to her.
They were completely oblivious to the cringing patrons inside, along with the Cakes, the twins staring at their favorite stallion foalsitter in confusion, even Pinkie Pie was freaked out by their sudden romance. "Mrs. Cake, did you put anything in those special couples shakes that made them like that?"
"No...And they haven't even touched theirs," the plump baker said. "I thought Sora was dating that pink unicorn, Kairi."
"He is, and still is. Why in the name of heart shaped gumdrops is he acting like that with Twilight?" The two finally began to consume their shake, only instead of slurping it through the twin straws, they licked the whipped cream, still looking each other in the eyes. "Ok! This is freaking me out! Somepony tell me what is going on with those two!?"
Kairi entered the bakery, spotting the poisoned ponies sitting at a table, sharing a milkshake. "Ok...Time to save them, and not release the urge to punch Twilight." She approached the two, ready to face the inevitable as she charged her magic. "Here goes nothing."
Her aura grew brighter as she wrapped it around Twilight, sending the lavender unicorn far away from Sora and locked away in her ship. The hour long timer began, and the instant she disappeared, her afflicted boyfriend suddenly panicked, looking around frantically for his poisoned "lover".
"Shmoopy-doo!? Where'd you go!?" Sora began looking under the table, then everywhere in the bakery, finding no sign of Twilight. He approached Pinkie and shook her hard. "Where's my shmoopy-shmoo!?"
"I am so confused! I don't know what is right-side purple anymore!" Pinkie pushed herself away from the crazed stallion and hopped into a cupboard, shutting it tightly, Carrot Cake opening it back to find no sign of the mare inside.
"Sora, this is for your own good!" Kairi exclaimed, getting Sora's attention. "You and Twilight are under a dangerous poison, making you act like...lovesick weirdos! The both of you are staying apart for one whole hour to let it run its course, and I am not going to tell you where I put her!"
Sora's eyes turned purple, the magic of the love poison telling him to find his love, and if it meant killing his mare's kidnapper, he obeyed its command. He soon glared at his real lover, summoning his Keyblade and slowly approaching the "evil" mare that swiped Twilight from him.
"Where did you take my honey-bunny?" he growled.
"Sora, calm down. I know you can break out of this," Kairi softly said. "It's not like you-know-what."
"Give my schnookums back!" Controlled against his own will, Sora unleashed a Drive Form, the explosive light shoving the tables and surprised patrons against the walls.
The light disappeared around him, changing his clothing from black to yellow, now in his Master Form. His Kingdom Keyblade was replaced by a differently shaped one that didn't have edged teeth like any others with bandages wrapped around the base of the blade, known as Fenrir. The second Keyblade that appeared, hovering in his left hand and spinning around by a magical force, was a silver blade, the teeth shaped like a part of a crest with the end of the blade and the chain off the guard shaped like a lion's head, called the Sleeping Lion.
"Yup. I am so screwed," Kairi mumbled, summoning her own Keyblade to defend herself from Sora's more powerful forms.
The stallion ran forward on his hind legs, letting out a battle cry as he chased after the pink unicorn mare, fleeing from him to keep him from causing anymore damage in Sugarcube Corner and Ponyville. After this was over, if she made it out alive, she was going to apologize greatly to everyone caught in the unwell Keyblade wielder's sudden rage.
"Let me out!" Twilight screamed, slamming into the closed off ramp inside Kairi's ship. "I want my pookie-bear!"
Outside of the ship, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo cringed every time the unicorn slammed her body into the ship. It sounded like she was trying to break through harder and harder with each attempt, fearing she might hurt herself.
"Urgh. How long has she been at this again?" Scootaloo asked.
"Half an hour," Apple Bloom answered as she looked up at the sun. "Just another thirty minutes and they'll be back to normal."
"Sora's gonna be really mad with us, isn't he?" Sweetie Belle asked, all three fillies afraid to know what he'll punish them with after he's back to his old self. "We're probably going to be grounded when this is all over."
Another loud bang against the inside of the ship and another scream from Twilight. "That love poison is so dumb. I can't believe it makes ponies say those...gross, mushy names. I don't think real couples even say stuff like that."
"Maybe nicknames, but not like...pookie-bear." The fillies all shuddered as they cringed. Looking up at the glass dome of the cockpit, Twilight tried to break through that instead of the ramp, though thankfully she didn't think about using her magic to get out. "I hope Kairi's keeping Sora distracted enough."
They soon heard sounds of magic far across the fields, more close to Ponyville than to them. "Or it's turning into a disaster."
Magic spells were being cast left and right on the outskirts of Ponyville, lightning, fire, and ice shooting off in every direction. Kairi kept her distance from Sora as he continued to get closer, mixing his attacks between physical and magical as he ran on his hind legs. His Master Form may not have been as swift as his Anti Form, but his attacks were powerful, his combos with two Keyblades far more devastating than a pair of sharp claws. She quickly flipped away, shooting Thundaga spells from above to get some breathing room.
Panting heavily, she gripped her Keyblade tightly in her aura, her body already badly scuffed up from a few of his spells and strikes. "Only twenty more minutes...I'm doing ok so far." She quickly cast Cure on herself to heal her newest injuries, using up her remaining mana. "I shouldn't jinx myself. I barely managed to fight back against a Stealth Sneak and Sora's darkness."
Sora charged forward again, Kairi quickly casting a defensive barrier around herself as he struck. He was able to manipulate the Sleeping Lion in a telekinetic grip, sending it swinging wildly in front of him while he attacked with Fenrir in his hoof. Her shields didn't last too long as he began spinning around in midair, creating an energy cyclone around him that sucked her up. Her barrier broke as she was struck by invisible blades in the magical whirlwind, unable to escape as she spun around uncontrollably. Sora broke the cyclone, sending the unicorn flying off across the field, quickly righting herself up as she skid across the ground.
He ran forward again, leaping up into the air, grabbing hold of both Keyblades and plunged them down over her. Thankfully, his Drive Form ran out of power, making Sora flail about in confusion at his worn out power. Given the opportunity to strike back, Kairi leapt after him and kicked him hard in the stomach. Stunned, she swiped away his Keyblade and dual wielded it with her own, giving him a taste of his own medicine. Flipping over him, she kicked him down to the ground, diving after him while slashing at him, making sure not to overdo it and end up killing him.
Reaching the ground, Sora landed on his forelegs and flipped away, Kairi landing after him and continued pouring on the offensive. He was far more flexible than she was, contorting his body to avoid each pair of slashes coming toward him. The hour mark was almost there, just another few minutes left before the potion wore off. Unfortunately, as she attacked, Sora managed to sweep himself behind her, kicking her hard in the back of the head, causing her to lose her hold on his Kingdom Keyblade as she stumbled across the ground. Grabbing his weapon again, he lunged at her, pinning her down on her back.
"Where is my love dove!?" Sora shouted, Kairi quickly blocking his Keyblade as he slammed his down over her.
"S-Sora...stop..." His strength was stronger than hers, her aura quickly giving out as he parried her Keyblade away from him.
He pointed his Keyblade at her head, growling dangerously as Kairi was completely defenseless. "I'm going to give you five seconds to tell me where you took my honey-bunny, or else I'll end your life. One." Kairi tried to punch him, only to have him block it with his own and slam her hoof down hard in the ground, a sickening crunch echoing around them as he nearly cracked her hoof under the powerful amount of force. "Two...Three...Four!" She began to beg, hoping time would end up and free Sora from this curse of a potion meant to make two ponies pine for each other. "FIVE!"
The clock tower chimed in Ponyville as Sora raised his Keyblade up to thrust it into her. He froze as the purple swirls dissipated, his blade disappearing in a flash of light. He slowly came to, shaking his head while rubbing his temples, feeling like he was suffering from a powerful headache out of nowhere. Kairi sighed in relief, wincing as she carefully moved her injured hoof over her chest to avoid the waves of pain.
"Thank goodness," she said, causing Sora to look down at her.
"...Kairi?" He looked up and noticed his surroundings, nowhere near the park as he stood over his girlfriend. Sora noticed her injuries, as well as her broken hoof she held protectively under her other. "...W-What just happened? Why are you hurt?"
"I'll explain everything after we get Twilight. It's going to be a really interesting discussion." The unicorn chuckled, her adrenaline completely drained, barely able to sit up. "...Can you help me up, please? I don't think I can move."
After getting Twilight from Kairi's Gummi ship, the lavender unicorn just as confused as Sora was after a full hour had passed and the poison's effects wore off. Her shoulders were pretty sore after feeling like she kept trying to ram into something, managing to safely exit the ship after pressing a simple button that lowered the ramp and exit the ship. As curious as she was to find out how the futuristic ships worked, she wanted to know what had happened to her and why she wasn't at the park.
Sora carried Kairi out in the fields, being careful with her forehoof as they met up with Twilight and the Crusaders. The poisoned ponies got the answers they needed from Kairi as she and the fillies explained what had happened to them and why she was badly injured. Sora and Twilight were mortified, both ponies moving away from each other as soon as they mentioned the cursed infatuation they were under, along with the mushy names they called each other under that state. They were at least thankful they didn't end up kissing each other, just acting like lovesick goofs who had no inkling over what romance and being in a relationship really meant.
It was worse on Sora when he found out he hurt Kairi again, for the second time. Granted, it wasn't from his Anti Form again, but he had no clue what he had done this time under the love poison's effects to find his significant other. Even though Kairi had assured him she was ok, he didn't think so, almost breaking her hoof seconds before he almost impaled her with his Keyblade. Since he was unable to say anything with his guilt over attacking his girlfriend, Kairi and Twilight decided to give the Cutie Mark Crusaders their punishment: cleaning up the library, doing chores at Sweet Apple Acres, and run a lap around Ponyville every day for the next week. They understood without any complaints, learning their lesson not to mess around with dangerous potions they neglected to read through thoroughly and forcing others to love each other, letting them alone choose who they want to be with.
Hearts and Hooves Day started out great, but it ended up turning sour the moment Sora and Twilight stupidly drank that potion. Sora moped around the park, slowly packing up the picnic blanket he set up for his date. He spotted the box of chocolates he bought and apparently dropped after he fell under the potion's effects, nothing but an empty box with wrappers littered around it, wild critters and birds having snatched the free treats when no one noticed. After he finished packing the basket up, he slammed his head into the tree they had sat under, groaning miserably.
"I can't believe we blindly drank that potion when we knew it was the potion," the teen mumbled. "Just that one moment being oblivious to our surroundings, and while under its spell, I almost kill Kairi...again..." He banged his head against the tree a few more times, making a red mark appear on his forehead. "Why is it I always put her in danger? Losing the island to the Heartless, Kairi getting kidnapped by Organization XIII...My Heartless side almost killing her..."
"Sora, don't blame yourself." Sora lifted his head away from the tree, turning his head to face Kairi. Her injured hoof was in a sling, having been checked at the hospital to see if it was broken. She also had a box of chocolates with her, the same one he had bought earlier. "Everything that's happened to me, life threatening or not, isn't your fault. At first, I was really mad at you two, but you weren't acting like yourself under that potion."
"...Is your hoof ok?" Sora asked.
"I'll be fine. Just need to stay off it for a few days." Kairi fidgeted her slung hoof a little. "At least I managed to last an hour against you in a real fight. My own training's getting a little better, huh?"
"...That's not funny, Kairi." The pegasus slumped down against the tree, slamming the back of his head into it. "I almost killed you. Again. While I wasn't in control of myself with no idea what I was doing. Even without my darkness threatening to hurt anyone, I'm still finding some way to hurt you by complete accident..." Sora sighed sadly, rubbing his forehead, starting to feel it bruise up from smacking his head repeatedly into the tree he leaned against. "Our date was going so well...and then I ruined it...Perfect Hearts and Hooves Day date today."
"Sora. Look at me." He did as he was told, feeling Kairi's lips press against his for a brief, but tender, kiss. "Don't let what happened today make you miserable. It may have ended our date abruptly, but that doesn't mean it actually ended. We still have a nice evening out. We can continue where we left off, though you'll have to be a little bit gentle with me and my bad hoof."
"...How is it you're still optimistic after you watched me act like a completely worse moron than I ever was with Twilight, made googly eyes with her and talked like a dork to her by a potion I drank by accident, and almost killing you while the poison made me want to attack you because you were helping me get rid of its effects?" he asked, highly confused.
"Because you're the one who's more optimistic than Riku or myself. Someone has to fill in when you feel like giving up and the world is ending." She gave him a soft kiss on the cheek, nuzzling him gently. "I've been trained to take hits as bad as what you gave me. Being a Keyblade Master, I have to expect getting hurt every so often. Just because I'm a princess doesn't mean I'm a delicate little flower that needs protection twenty-four seven." Kairi moved a bit lower, being careful not to put any pressure on her injured hoof as she rested the back of her head on Sora's lap. Levitating the heart shaped box up to him, she opened it up, revealing the variety of chocolates inside. "Now, feed me. Your princess demands chocolaty sustenance."
She opened her mouth and stuck out her tongue, awaiting one of the different chocolates to be fed to her. Sora shook his head, unable to hide the grin growing on his face. He held the box, letting Kairi drop her levitation on it.
"You never seem to give me a break, do you, Kairi?" he asked, grabbing a random chocolate as he lowered the heart shaped container to the ground next to him.
"Hush and feed me!" the unicorn whined. Instead of giving her one, Sora popped the chocolate in his mouth, making her pout as he chewed on it and swallowed. "Hey! I waited long enough for the dessert you promised me earlier! How dare you eat my chocolate that I bought!?"
Kairi yelped as she was lifted up, Sora pressing his lips deeply against hers in a passionate kiss. She slowly closed her eyes and kissed him back, feeling his forelegs gently wrap around her, pressing her closer to him while being careful of her hoof. He made her gasp as he brushed his tongue against her lips, the unicorn gently parting them to allow him entrance inside. Kairi moaned as their kiss deepened, feeling his tongue tease her own as she tasted the chocolate he purposefully ate in front of her. Her whole body shivered in delight and bliss, trying to wrestle his tongue with hers, but failing as she melted under his touch, feeling his heart beat against his chest.
Their kiss ended sooner than she wanted, a thin line of saliva connected by their lips slowly breaking apart as she stared up at Sora with half-lidded eyes, her mouth slightly agape with a deep blush on her cheeks. "What would I do without you?"
"...Be an uncontrollable goofball and get beaten all the time by Riku?" Kairi asked, grinning as her eyes pleaded her lover to kiss her like that again. He grabbed another chocolate, this time lowering it down to her lips. She opened her mouth, letting him gently place it on her tongue, and slowly ate it, savoring the delicious sweet's different flavor compared to what she tasted from his lips and tongue. After letting it melt in her mouth, she swallowed her piece, her blush burning hotter and brighter as she looked at Sora through the light of the moon shining down on the land. "I love you, Sora."
"I love you too, Kairi." The pressed closer and kissed each other again, their tongues playfully wrestling for dominance in each other's mouths as they grew lost in each other's loving embrace.
They spent the rest of the evening together, alone in the empty park, no one to watch them except for the nocturnal animals that only paid attention to the couple for a few seconds. The chocolates were slowly devoured, alternating feeding each other one until there was none left, sharing a few kisses in between. No more words were needed to be said between them, just spending the evening together under the night sky.
After a while, Kairi had fallen asleep, sleeping against Sora's chest. Being careful not to wake her up and move her broken hoof, he carried her in his forelegs after placing the empty box of chocolates in the picnic basket to throw it out later, flying off to their Gummi ships and entering his own since Kairi's was a bit of a mess from Twilight's tantrum from the love poison's spell. He laid the sleeping unicorn down in his bed first, then climbed in next to her, wrapping his hooves around her barrel with her back pressed against his chest. Kairi stirred a little in her sleep, Sora gently kissing her neck to ease her back into a deep sleep, hearing her sigh as she buried her head in his pillow. He frowned slightly as he looked at her hoof, slowly rubbing her sides, feeling that pang of guilt for hurting her coming back. He cast that thought aside, not wanting to dwell on it for too long as he fell asleep, not wanting to spark anymore nightmares like his Anti Form going berserk and hurting everyone he cared, being unable to control himself in that form.
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I was wondering what the twist was here...should of saw that coming.
love this chapter now i'm curious if you going have queen chrysalis be the bad girl along with maleficent i wonder how you going to have sora face her since she feeds of love and sora and kairi have enough love to feed her plus also i wonder if sora will believe twilight about the fake princess candence also do i sense riku being undercover as changling.
7315630 Find out on the next episode of MLP!
Da-na na na da-na-na na, da-na-na-na na, da-na na na naaaaaaaaaaa! Dun-dun-dun!
7315732 lol oh cant wait how do you make these epsidoe do you watch them and then change them up to make them more kingdom hearts style orgianl chapters?
Wonder if we are going to see Lea in this story.
i pity the poor schlubs who drink the love poison. I wouldn't be surprised if Hearts and Hooves Day was inspired by changeling lore.
7315751 I do remember what happens in each episode and I change up scenarios a little bit to fit Sora and anyone else in the KH universe in them. I look at the transcripts and galleries just in case for certain lines or hilarious jokes and visuals, along with the lyrics for the songs from the show, which are the only songs allowed to be written in an fanfic on this site.
Curse those rules for messing with my revoked FFX and FFX-2 crossovers.
7317696 ohhhh i cant wait for the wedding chapters
and nice episode and cameo of hades lol 
Sora has been there how long, and has learned nothing about what is needed to master the keyblade. I'm not sure he's even done any training beyond working out and fighting heartless (which he was doing anyway). The one new power he's gained is conditional on him being near the Elements. I think they've been slacking.
7396463 I think the issue Sora had in the exam is not about his skills as a fighter and using a keyblade. And more his personality as a fighter, aka he needs to work on priorities, controlling his emotions, and being smarter in combat to avoid falling into very dangerous tricks and traps. But that is just my guess on the matter.
Being a master in anything requires not only skills and abilities, but also the knowledge and mental mindset required to use them to their full potential.
7317696 when sora drank the poison i literally facepalmed. Like your story man but i couldn't help that shit.
Master form mayhem!
you know... coming from the perspective of the recent episodes involving the Sisterhooves Social, the one with Big Mac...
ya i toddle love this story!!!!
When sora did that chocolate kiss all I could think was “my man”(in a dude bro voice)
I laughed so hard at this, I was really lucky I didn't drink anything while reading this!
Also:
I laughed at this part earlier too!
I swear to god, these parts made me laugh so hard, I nearly doubled over and clutching my sides!
Edit: On second thought, after reading this for the second time, I cringed a lot when those moments came up.
Inevitable. Why is it always inevitable.
It doesn't matter where you find it. In a fantiction, in a movie, or in an actual magical text. The warning is always AFTER the spell!!
It's like some kind of omnipresent magical force prevents the authors from realizing how dangerous that is.
That girl needs a suppressor ring
No don't do it!
Well shit.
I'm honestly getting a bit weirded out by how..... intimate they're getting. Did everyone, both in the story and us in the real world, seemingly forget both Sora and Kairi are minors?