The husbands prepare a special event for their wives, but will they be prepared for the Chaos?
On the day of Hearts and Hooves Day, the husbands prepare to organize a romantic night for their wives and then planning to spend time together for the weekend. However, a certain Draconequus came along and wanted to make this as "Memorial" as possible. How will the husbands handle it, and how will their wives react to this. Only one way to find out.
*All original human characters and kids belong to Yabuki *Special shoutout for DragonKnight92 for the inspiration.
The sun was slowly beginning to rise from Ponyville. And today was a special day. For today, was Hearts and Hooves Day. Everyone was busy setting things up for today as well as the night to make things more romantic. From within the Castle of Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship was fast asleep in bed, not making a sound as she was sleeping soundly. Beau had his arm wrapped around his wife whilst Twilight was enjoying the feeling to be in her husband’s arms.
Twilight stirred herself awake and slowly opened her eyes, with Beau waking up at the same time.
‘Morning honey,’ said Beau ‘Happy Hearts and Hooves Day.’
Twilight smiled and pecked her husband’s cheek and said ‘Happy Hearts and Hooves Day.’
The two of them slowly sat on their beds with Beau stretching and said ‘So, anything you want to do today?’
‘I haven’t thought about it yet to be honest.’ said Twilight.
‘Good,’ said Beau ‘Because the guys and I already have plans.’
‘You already made plans?’ asked Twilight.
‘Of course.’ said Beau ‘We already made the arrangements, so all you and the others have to do is to attend there for the day.’
‘Aw,’ pouted Twilight ‘But then we won’t be able to have the time to give you anything for Hearts and Hooves Day.’
‘True,’ said Beau ‘But trust me, it’ll be worth it. Today’s all about you and we want you to have the best day ever.’
Twilight couldn’t help but sigh and looked at Beau with a smile ‘How is it I’ve come to marry a wonderful husband?’
‘Fate has a funny way of showing things, that’s for sure.’ said Beau.
‘True,’ said Twilight before she giggled. ‘And I’m looking forward to it.’
Beau and Twilight kissed each other on the lips, then departed as Beau said ‘Why don’t you get dressed, whilst I make you breakfast.’
Twilight couldn’t help but smile and said ‘That sounds wonderful.’
Beau then secretly pulled out a list that showed him what he needed to do. He then smiled and said ‘Time to make it a perfect day.’
Later at the Spa, Twilight was causally making her way towards the place.
‘Looks like I’m here early.’ said Twilight.
‘Twi?’ said a familiar voice.
Twilight turned around and to her surprise, it was the rest of her friends, aka, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, along with Emily.
‘What are y’all doing here?’
‘Beau asked me to go to the Spa today,’ said Twilight ‘He paid for it and everything.’
‘He did?’ said a surprised Applejack ‘So did Bucky.’
‘And my darling Silver too.’ said Rarity.
‘Even Genus, Bolt and Frosty.’ blurted Pinkie Pie.
‘Same with Spike.’ said Emily ‘Who’d thunk that the number one assistant dragon to the Princess of Friendship who had been very depressed for a long time, could have a romantic side.’
Rarity looked down in shame. Thinking back then how many times Spike fell head over heels for her, but she kept turning down his feelings. She was just ashamed that she didn’t accept him. She suddenly felt Emily’s hand on her shoulder, gaining her attention as she looked at the human female.
‘I know you still feel guilty about not accepting Spike when you saw how he got depressed after you met Silver,’ said Emily ‘But you made your choice and now look at you. You’re married, you have a very creative husband, and the two of you gained a beautiful daughter as a result. And since I came along, we even bonded and became close, even got married afterwards. Sometimes it takes one special person to help change the lives of others.’
Rarity couldn’t help but smile over Emily’s words.
‘Thank you, Emily darling.’ Said Rarity ‘I appreciate your words.’
‘Anytime, Rarity.’ Said Emily.
‘Okay, enough with the mushy talk,’ said an impatient Rainbow Dash ‘We got ourselves a spa to treat.’
The girls walked into the spa and, whilst Applejack said ‘Oh, ah almost forgot to mention. Bucky’s sister Daisy is coming to visit Ponyville for Hearts and Hooves day.’
‘Really?’ said Fluttershy ‘Is she going to visit you at Sweet Apple Acres?’
‘She’ll be visiting partially,’ said Applejack, before she snickered and said ‘The other one is visiting her special somepony.’
‘Really?!’ exclaimed a happy Pinkie Pie ‘With whom?!’
‘Remember that young feller who became close friends with Princess Luna and whom Apple Bloom and her friends helped in order for him to become class president?’
‘Pipsqueak?!!’ exclaimed her friends.
‘Oh yeah,’ said Emily ‘Now I remember.’
She couldn’t help but snicker and said ‘Right after we came back from Caribouria, Bucky took Daisy to Sweet Apple Acres. Granny Smith and the others were surprised and excited to meet her, even Apple Bloom got along with her. Then shortly after that, she bumped into Pipsqueak. He fell head over heels for her when he first met her. She noticed and ended up asking him out. Though Bucky was overprotective, he knew better than to question Daisy. The two ended up getting together for a date. They still write to each other, but they were able to make things work.’
‘Aw, that’s so sweet.’ Said Fluttershy.
‘Huh,’ said Rainbow ‘Pipsqueak really is lucky. He’s a good Colt and he knows how to stay out of trouble. You ask me, Daisy found herself a good match.’
‘If Bucky doesn’t go super overprotective of her.’ Said Pinkie Pie.
‘Oh, don’t worry,’ said Applejack ‘Bucky already met Pipsqueak plenty of times and the two of them have been spending an awful time together. He’s even helped him out from time to time. When he asked Bucky if he could go out with her, y’all should’ve seen how Bucky reacted, he was excited.’
‘Good for him.’ Said Twilight.
‘Alright darlings,’ said Rarity ‘Before we continue any further, let’s just go in and enjoy our day.’
The girls agreed and walked inside.
‘Ah, Mrs. Rarity,’ said Aloe ‘Welcome. You and your friends are just in time.’
‘We are?’ said the Mane 6 and Emily.
‘Indeed,’ said another Spa worker ‘Your husbands have booked all of you to for the super-ultra-deluxe treatment. And they paid in advance to make sure all of you are perfectly groomed for this event.’
The Mane 6 and Emily couldn’t help but smile on the thoughtful surprise that the husbands and Spike did for them.
‘So please,’ said Aloe ‘Right this way and we’ll get started.’
They soon made their way to the Spa, with each of the girls thinking ‘Thank you so much.’
The husbands, after making sure that the wives were distracted with the Spa that they organized, quickly met up at the hill where they did some stargazing whilst camping out and having a picnic a while back, quickly met up with Spike on the hill to discuss what they should do during Hearts and Hooves day for their wives.
‘So, now that they seemed to be distracted for the time being,’ said Spike once they gathered around ‘What’s the plan.’
‘Whilst the wives are distracted with the super-ultra-deluxe treatment set,’ said Beau as he began to fill them in ‘Each of us will be assigned to gather everything for tonight, so everything needs to be ready and perfect and according to plan.’
Beau went over the list to make sure everything is all set and gave each of them their assignments.
‘Bolt,’ said Beau whilst pointing at him ‘You’ll be in charge of the tables and place them at the spot where they went to see the meteor shower a while back.’
‘You got it.’ Said Bolt ‘And thanks for arranging them to meet me at the spot. Now I can easily set them up.’
Beau gave a thumbs up as he assigned the next one.
‘Bucky,’ said Beau ‘You’ll be in charge of the food. Make sure you have everything that’s good and that no one is allergic to them.’
‘Got it,’ said Bucky ‘Thankfully Saffron Masala had sent a few dishes a while back, so that’ll be really helpful.’
Beau nodded in agreement before looking at the list. ‘Silver, you’re in charge of the decorations, namely plates, silverware and a few table cloths. Make sure everything is all set so that both you and Bolt can get started.’
‘I can do that.’ Said Silver as he agreed to the assignment.
Beau read the next part of the list whilst he said ‘Genus, you’re in charge of the drinks. Stuff like punch, Ice Tea, lemonade and lots of apple juice.’
‘Really?’ said Genus ‘Why that many?’
‘Cause the last time I didn’t organize that part to the feast, a certain apple farmer threw a hissy fit over it.’
‘You’re still ticked about that?’ said Bucky ‘She said she was sorry, it’s not her fault that she gets really clingy when it comes to apple related products.’
‘Especially the so called apple flavored ice cream.’ Said Beau, making everyone cringe at that. ‘Why the heck did they think it was a good idea to make a combo like that.’
‘They fixed it a while back didn’t, they?’ said Frosty ‘They said that there were a few ingredients that were too much, too little, and that were forgotten to be added before the next shipment was sent.’
‘Point taken.’ Said Beau, before he looked at the list and said ‘Frosty, you’ll be in charge of the deserts are ready.’
‘Presenting sweats, I can definitely do.’ Said Frosty with a fist bump.
‘In the meantime, I’ll make sure that everything is organized for the night.’ Said Beau, then he looked at a certain dragon and said ‘Spike?’
‘Oh, I know mine.’ Said Spike ‘I’ll be going to Canterlot to, ahem, acquire something special. That will allow us to be away for a full weekend. I even made sure that everypony’s schedule is wide open.’
‘You sure that our wives will be distracted long enough?’ asked Bolt.
‘No need to worry,’ said Beau ‘Aloe and the others will make sure they’ll be distracted during their Deluxe appointment. So thankfully, they won’t be suspicious for anything.’
Beau then changed the subject as he asked ‘So, anyone ordered anything special for the day?’
‘I’ve ordered the food straight from the Tasty Treat,’ said Bucky ‘And Saffron knows exactly what to bring, thanks to some of the recipes I gave her a while back.’
‘I was able to buy some Silverware that I kept in storage.’ Said Silver ‘Figured we could use them for a special occasion.’
‘Just like Rarity,’ said Bolt with a chuckle, which he ended up receiving a glare from Silver, but ignored it as he said ‘I was able to get some special banquet tables that Ponyville used on their last celebration.’
‘The drinks I ordered will also be there.’ Said Genus.
‘Good,’ said Beau ‘In the meantime, all of you will need to get ready, we’ll meet before the sun sets. Let’s go.’
The guys quickly went their separate ways whilst Spike left for Canterlot to fetch the tickets.
But just before he could reach for the train station, a certain Draconequus appeared, making Spike yelp in shock.
‘Why hello there Spike.’ Said Discord, hovering over Spike like a flying snake.
Spike groaned and said ‘What do you want Discord?’
‘Oh, silly Spike,’ said Discord ‘Why, I’m just here to ask if you and Big Mac are up for our Ogres and Oubliettes game today?’
‘Uh, sorry Discord, we can’t.’ said Spike ‘Big Mac and Sugar Belle are out of town in Apple Wood. Plus, I’m really busy, I’m on my way to Canterlot.’
Discord made his O&O outfit disappear whilst he pouted.
‘Oh pooh,’ said Discord ‘What could be more important than guys’ game night?’
‘I’m busy helping the guys out.’
‘Helping the others?’ asked Discord as he leaned over to Spike. ‘With what?’
‘It’s a secret,’ said Spike. But he could tell how mischievous the Draconequus can get, so he said ‘And don’t even think about butting your nose in Discord. You know very well how much the guys mean to Twilight and the others, especially Fluttershy. We wouldn’t want to upset both her and Warm Breeze now do you, especially since Comfy Breeze being born.’
He walked past Discord, with the Draconequus asking ‘And how are you going to get to Canterlot?’
‘Uh, by train?’ said Spike.
‘You do realize that you can fly, right?’ said Discord whilst flexing an eyebrow.
Spike stopped and blinked in surprise. Making him slap his forehead out of stupidity.
‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ mumbled Spike under his breath.
He spread his wings and began to fly, with Discord being curious.
‘So, whatever are they planning?’ asked Discord to himself.
Then a clone of him arrived and said ‘Why don’t we pop over and see the brains of the husbands, the one who had his wife influenced on him for being an organized know it all.’
‘Oooh, good idea.’ Said Discord before he teleported himself away.
From within the Castle of Friendship, Beau was walking down the hall, going over the list one more time to ensure that all of them have their daily schedules.
‘Okay,’ said Beau whilst looking things over ‘If the guys stick to their schedules, we should be right on time once our wives are finished at the Spa.’
‘Dad?’ said a familiar voice.
Beau looked away from the list and saw Moonlight Sparkle, his daughter.
‘Oh, hey Moonlight.’ Said Beau as he stood on one knee and looked at his daughter ‘What’s up?’
‘What are you doing?’ asked Moonlight.
‘Well, seeing that it’s Hearts and Hooves day,’ said Beau whilst he explained things to his daughter ‘I’m busy planning something with the guys to surprise your mother and her friends.’
‘Really?’ said Moonlight ‘But what happens if things could go wrong?’
‘That’s why I’m going to need some help.’ Said Beau ‘Think you can help me out on that a bit?’
‘Oh, of course.’ Said Moonlight as she perked up on that ‘I love to organize.’
Beau couldn’t help but chuckle, for she is truly like her mother, always the organizer, as well as a well induced panic attack child.
‘Come on,’ said Beau as he placed his list on the table ‘Let’s go see what else we can add together.’
‘Okay.’ Said Moonlight as she flew alongside her dad.
However, unknown to the two of them, Discord suddenly appeared. He looked around and saw that the coast was clear. He noticed the list, but he didn’t want anyone to be suspicious. So, he created a copy of the list and looked it over whilst placing glasses over his eyes.
‘Hmm, very interesting.’ Said Discord once he looked it over. He then made it disappear with a poof. He then placed his fingers together as if he was an evil emperor. ‘I think it’s time we make this…the best day ever. It’s time for us to have some…real fun.’
Later, at Sweet Apple Acres, Bucky was busy looking over the list of food he was getting together.
‘Alright, let’s see.’ Said Bucky as he went over the list ‘Milk tarts, Apple tarts, apple fritters, apple bumkins, apple cinnamon crisps, apple pies, caramel apple cakes, thank you Sugar Belle. And also, some vegetable based foods.’
He then mumbled ‘And Apple Slice needs to stay healthy, considering what happened the last time he ate an apple related dessert.’
He placed his list down with pride and said ‘Now that everything is done and ready. Time to see what everyone else is up to at the farm.’
He then heard a knock on the door, gaining his attention as he said ‘I wonder who that could be?’
After he left, Discord showed up in the air, disguised as a fly whilst he looked at all the food.
‘Oooh, now those look edible.’ Said Discord, until he had a deadpanned expression and said ‘Looks a bit plain.’
He then had an idea whilst he smirked. ‘Maybe I could try to spice things up a bit.’
Discord cracked his fingers a bit in order for him to just get started. Once he was ready, he snapped his finger, allowing him to affect the food he used his magic on. Within a few moments, everything went topsy turvy.
The apples in the three buckets started to sprout arms and legs and jumped out of the bucket, standing in line formation.
‘Hmmm,’ pondered Discord as he tapped his chin with his finger a couple of times ‘Something’s missing.’
He blinked with a wide smile and said ‘Ooh, I know.’
He snapped his fingers once again, causing the apples to have canes and top hats. Within moments, the apples begin to tap dance with their canes as if they were dancers from the 1940’s whilst performing for Broadway.
‘Ooh, fun entertainment.’ said Discord as he clapped his hands. He then began to ponder and said ‘Now, what’s next?’
He looked at the food, thinking what to do. However, he looked at the pies and said ‘Ooh, pies.’
He took a bite out of them as if he was tasting them. Then pondered for a moment, and said ‘Meh, they taste better when they’re in the sky.’
He snapped his fingers, causing all of the pies to fly in the sky, whilst he snapped his fingers to replicate them.
‘Now that, is a proper Airforce.’ Said Discord before he chuckled.
Bucky walked towards the front door and opened it. He recognized a certain pony that he met once before.
‘Oh, hi Bucky.’
‘Sugar Belle, what a great surprise.’ Said Bucky as he went over and hugged the pony from “Our Town”. ‘I assume that you’re here to spend some time with Big Mac on Hearts and Hooves day?’
‘That’s right.’ Said Sugar Belle after they broke the hug. ‘Have you seen Big Mac around?’
‘He’s waiting on the hill top.’ Said Bucky ‘I told him to just have a normal outing and not the disaster you had last time.’
‘He told you huh?’ said Sugar Belle.
‘He did,’ said Bucky ‘But don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with doing things simple. Still, I also heard from Double Diamond that you’re planning on moving to Ponyville.’
‘I sure am.’ Said Sugar Belle, until she whispered and said ‘But don’t tell Big Mac. I want it to be a surprise for him.’
‘You got it.’ Said Bucky.
‘See you soon Bucky.’ Said Sugar Belle as she left for Big Mac.
Just as he was about to close the door, he saw Tender Taps walking towards their house. At first, he was puzzled, seeing the young colt there, but he decided to investigate to see what he was doing here. Bucky remembered that Apple Bloom mentioned him a while back and helped him achieve his Cutie Mark through the art of tapdancing, and he’s really good at it too, speedy on his hooves too. As soon as he was close enough, Bucky spoke to him.
‘Is there something I can do for you?’ said Bucky, gaining the colt’s attention as he yelped.
‘Oh, hi there um…’ said Tender Taps, then he recognized Bucky ‘Oh hey, I remember you. You’re Mrs. Applejack’s husband. Apple Bloom told me a lot about you.’
‘Nice to meet you.’ Said Bucky as he shook his hand ‘We never got the chance to talk to one another ever since I saw you dancing around town.’
‘Right, sorry about that.’ Said Tender Taps as he rubbed the back of his head ‘I tend to go overboard whenever I do that.’
‘So I noticed,’ Said Bucky before he chuckled. ‘So, what can I do for you?’
‘Well,’ said Tender Taps as he blushed a bit ‘Do you happen to know where Apple Bloom is?’
‘Why?’ said Bucky as he kept his stare on him, acting like he’s the dad in the family. ‘You’re not planning anything intimate yet, are you?’
‘What?!’ exclaimed Tender Taps as he frantically panicked ‘No, you got it all wrong, I was wondering if I could ask her out on Hearts and Hooves day!!’
‘Really?’ said Bucky as he kept his stare, until he smirked and said ‘Well she’s out at her clubhouse at the moment. She’s packing up whilst Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are having a head start with both Button Mash and Rumble. If you’re lucky you might catch up with her.’
‘Oh great, thanks.’ Said Tender Taps, until Bucky stopped him by holding his arm, gaining his attention.
‘Take good care of her when the time comes, okay?’ said Bucky.
‘I will, Pinkie Promise.’ Said Tender before he ran off.
Bucky looked at him with a flexed eyebrow as he said ‘Huh, guess Apple Bloom told him about Pinkie’s promises after all.’
But just as he turned around, he spotted a familiar face coming towards the house, which made him smile whilst running back to her.
She walked up to the door to knock on it, until she heard someone shouting ‘Daisy!!’
She looked to her right and to her surprise, she saw her brother.
‘Buck!!’ said Daisy as she ran over to her older brother.
She jumped up, allowing her to embrace her brother whilst the two of them hugged one another before she received a twirl. The two broke the hug and looked at one another.
‘This is a great surprise.’ Said Bucky ‘What are you doing here?’
‘Well for one, I wanted to visit you and see how you were doing.’ Said Daisy ‘Mind if we walked a bit?’
The two of them walked down the dirt road towards the gate whilst they continued with their conversation.
‘So how are things at Caribouria?’ asked Bucky.
‘So far things are going well.’ Said Daisy ‘It’s taken a while, but about ninety percent of them are back to full strength. The others are either still afraid or too stubborn to join our kingdom once again now that Dainn has fallen.’
‘Any word from him?’ asked Bucky.
‘So far no signs of him.’ Said Daisy ‘We haven’t heard a peep from him ever since that failed attempt to help the Storm King take over Equestria two years ago.’
‘Well if your spies do locate him, let us know,’ said Bucky ‘We still got a score to settle with him.’
‘You and half of the world.’ Said Daisy whilst rolling her eyes.
The two couldn’t help but chuckle. ‘So, what’s the other reason you came here?’
‘Oh, that.’ Said Daisy as she lightly blushed. ‘Remember that boy I’ve been seeing a while back after you helped save Caribouria?’
‘Pipsqueak?’ said Bucky.
‘That’s him.’ Said Daisy.
‘Wait,’ said Bucky ‘Are you a couple or something?’
‘In a manner of speaking.’ Said Daisy as she rubbed the back of her head. ‘See, after we got back and I decided to explore Ponyville for a bit, I bumped into him. He’s a really nice colt. He’s really charming too. He showed me around town and the two of us even went for a milkshake. After that, we decided to go out for a bit on a few dates and we’ve been steady ever since.’
‘Wow, that’s great.’ Said Bucky, although there was some strain in his voice for a bit, he was happy for her.
Daisy sighed whilst rolling her eyes and said ‘I’m not a child Bucky. I know how to look after myself. I fought against Dainn’s forces since I was twelve, remember?’
‘I know I know,’ said Bucky ‘I just…don’t want to see you get hurt that’s all.’
‘Pipsqueak’s not that kind of pony.’ Said Daisy.
‘I know.’ Said Bucky ‘I got to get to know him a while back. He’s a really nice colt. He onetime asked me if he could take you on a date seeing that he knew we were related.’
‘He could tell?’ said a surprised Daisy.
‘I know right, even I found that hard to believe.’ Said Bucky. But then he smiled and said ‘He’s lucky to have you. He’s a really nice colt.’
He then whispered ‘Just make sure you use protection.’
‘B-Buck!!’ exclaimed Daisy as she slapped her brother’s shoulder, causing the two to laugh. After the laughter, he asked ‘Also, where is Apple Slice.’
‘Oh, he went to the School of Friendship.’ Said Bucky.
‘Really?’ said Daisy ‘What’s he doing there?’
‘I think he’s gone to see a certain female dragon.’ Said Bucky before he chuckled. ‘He always did have a thing for strong women.’
‘Maybe I’ll bump into him whilst I look for Pipsqueak.’ Said Daisy ‘I’m sure Apple Slice will love to see his aunt again.’
‘I’m sure he would.’ Said Bucky ‘I’ll see you later Daisy.’
‘See you later Buck.’ Said Daisy before she ran off.
Bucky sighed and said ‘She really is a strong and capable woman.’, before going back home.
Bucky went back to his home to check on the food. But the moment he stepped into the kitchen, he widened his eyes in shock and said ‘What the…?!’
For within the house, he saw the Apples were dancing around, whilst also dancing with the other food as if they were dance partners.
‘Hey, get back here!!’ shouted Bucky as he tried to grab the food.
The food kept dodging as they jumped around, trying to avoid Bucky’s hands, then he tried to catch other apples whilst they were doing the can-can. But he then slid on the ground whilst he missed as a piece of food or two fell on his head. Bucky growled as his face went red.
‘Alright, what the heck is…?!!’ said Bucky before he was cut off by a pie in the face.
Bucky cleared the pie from his face, then looked up and to his shock, saw tons of pies flying around as if they were a swarm of bees, but a few of them flew towards him as if they were kamikaze fighters.
‘Oh no.’ mumbled Bucky.
Within a split second, he ran for the hills, screaming for his life as he was being chased by pies all over the place, with at least a pie or two hitting him in the back of the head.
‘I knew the pies would come back to haunt me!! And now all of them are back with a vengeance!!!’ shouted Bucky as he ran for his life away from the pies.
At the same time, Discord laughed his hind quarters off when he saw the display.
‘Now that is quite entertaining.’ Said Discord as he took out his own checklist and marked Bucky down. Then he thought out loud and said ‘Now, who to torment next?’
Later, at Silver and Rarity’s house, Silver was busy organizing the plates, silverware and decorations for the tables, whilst at the same time, began to pack them in different boxes in order for them to arrive neat and safely. He took the boxes filled with the supplies and placed them neatly on the wagon to take them to their destined location. He couldn’t help but smile with pride with his arms folded.
‘And Rarity says I don’t pay full attention whenever it comes to organizing.’ Said Silver.
But before he went back inside, he leaned against the wall to take a breather and looked up in the sky. He was thinking about his own sister at the moment. He wondered how Lizzie was doing. Even though they’re in Caribouria, Daisy told Bucky, who told him that they also celebrate Hears and Hooves day, but known as the Latavia festival, which happens to be a celebration about love. He remembered Lizzie telling him that the king and queen loved each other very much and their love was unlike any other, but after the queen died, he was heartbroken, but he still remembered the love he had for her, so he decided to make a festival for one day every year so that others could share their love like the king once did, and it’s been a favorite holiday for five hundred years ever since. He really missed her, but she also has a life and responsibilities back at Caribouria, especially with Thorin. They’ll make great rulers and parents.
‘Well, time to get back to work.’ Said Silver
He went back to the house to fetch the rest, until Discord popped up from out of nowhere and inspected them.
‘Oooh,’ said Discord as he was now finally intrigued. ‘So many fancy plates, utensils and cloths. All so pretty with is color.’
He then did a mock thinking moment as he said ‘But it’s still missing something. It may have style, but it’s not really…moving.’
That’s when he blinked and did his smirk ‘Oooh, moving eh? Glad I could oblige to this.’
He snapped his fingers, causing the plates and other objects to come out of their boxes and fly around, and was about to transform them into something better.
‘Now this is going to be really moving.’ Said Discord before chuckling.
After placing the boxes outside, Silver packed the last of the silverware and plates in the last two boxes.
‘Whew,’ said Silver as he wiped his forehead ‘That’s the last of the things we need. Now all we need to do is…’
He heard knocking on the door and looked at the door’s direction.
‘I wonder who that could be?’ said Silver as he walked to the door. But when he opened it, it was the person he’d least expect, carrying a bunch of flowers, chocolates and a necklace.
‘Junior?’ said Silver with a flexed eyebrow ‘What the heck are you doing here?’
‘Oh, I was just uh…’ said Bolt Junior, trying to come up with an excuse. Then he said ‘I was just dropping it off to your wife like you asked me to.’
Silver looked at him with an even bigger flexed eyebrow as he said ‘Uh, Junior, I didn’t see you until today. Second of all, I’m already planning something special for my wife. Thirdly, the gifts are addressed to my daughter.’
Junior looked at them again, then ended up being nervous with a giggle and said ‘It’s uh…it’s from a secret admirer.’
He gave him a deadpanned expression, and said ‘You signed them.’
Junior looked at the gifts, then grunted loudly and said ‘I really gotta stop signing stuff.’
‘You may be fast like your mom Junior,’ said Silver ‘But you’re both not very bright when it comes to secrets.’
‘Hey!!’ shouted Junior.
At the same time at the Spa
Rainbow twitched her ear, then looked around, then looked at the audience whilst saying ‘Why do I get the feeling that somepony just insulted me and my son?’
Back at the Boutique
‘So, what are you doing here?’ said Silver whilst crossing her arms. ‘Shouldn’t you be trying to woo Apple Bloom?’
Junior winced at that, saying ‘How do you know that?’
‘Trust me, Apple Bloom saw that and could tell from a mile away.’
Junior slumped in defeat, for that was true, even since Apple Bloom turned him down, he felt his life was down in the funk, now he knows how Spike feels.
‘So, why are you here?’ asked Silver calmly.
‘Okay fine.’ Said Junior, before twiddling his thumbs and said ‘I…wanted to give something nice to Crystal.’
‘Wait,’ said Silver as he pointed at them and said ‘Do you…have a crush on her?’
The blushing hardness on his face said it all.
‘Since when…?’
‘A few months before Mom and aunt Rarity nearly broke their friendship before Princess Twilight assigned them together.’
Silver was surprised, but then he had a heavy heart, remembering how he and Bolt called them out over their stupid disagreements and that neither of them wanted to give each other’s hobbies a chance despite them owing one another.
‘Yeah, it was a hard time for us.’ Said Silver ‘Still, my wife was right about two things about Rainbow, she was impatient and she didn’t give them a chance, despite her owing my wife. Making a dress for her for the Gala and nearly made her a laughing stock in front of the fashion world because of her poor taste in fashion, when she left her stranded in the desert and when she helped her clear her name when Wind Rider framed her for Spitfire’s disappearance.’
‘And when she owed my mom too for helping her get her Cutie Mark, and when she saved her life before she died during the flyer’s competition and when she made her and the other work like slaves because of Suri.’ Said Junior.
‘Still,’ said the young man as he looked at Silver ‘Didn’t you go too far when you said that the makeup made her look like a peacock working at a makeup factory and when you told her that the butterfly wings made her look fat?’
‘I did a bit,’ said Silver ‘But because of Beau he was able to sort things out, and made them realize that like Pinkie Pie who can’t force her friendship on others, they can’t force someone to make them like the same things they like. I mean it’s because of their differences that made their friendships strong.’
‘Still,’ said Junior ‘What uncle Beau said to her…was really scary.’
Silver remembered that well.
Memory
Twilight and Beau were arguing and in front of the classroom and her friends over Twilight’s poor decision.
‘Didn’t you even think to ask them what they got along before you asked them to come?’ said Beau.
‘I didn’t think things would go that bad.’ Said Twilight.
‘You should’ve thought that through then.’ Said Beau.
‘Well maybe if they had listened to me from the start, they wouldn’t have done that in the first place.’ Said Twilight ‘We were in front of the students and yet they didn’t seem to care and they never do anything right either.’
Then Beau said something completely off guard.
‘Well at least they didn’t abandon our daughter before she got raped by the Storm Guard!!!’
Everyone in the classroom was silent in shock by what he said, even the rest of the Mane 6 as half of them covered their mouths in shock, with the husbands just as shocked. Twilight was just as shocked and instantly hurt before she shed tears and looked away, even Beau was shocked by what he had said.
Present
‘Yeah,’ said Silver ‘Beau hadn’t forgiven himself for what he said. I guess deep down he was also angry at Twilight, but seeing her friends argue because of her mistake made it worse.’
‘Still,’ said Junior ‘He did apologize to her, and she did too.’
Junior couldn’t help but blush and look away and said ‘I guess love really can be strong.’
‘That it can.’ Said Silver as the two chuckled. ‘So how did you two…?’
‘Well,’ said Junior ‘Whilst I was flying, I accidentally tore my favorite jacket. She offered to make me a new one, but at first, I refused. But when I looked in the mirror…I realized…I actually looked pretty cool. As if she knew the real me. When I started to show off in a silly manner, I think that’s when she fell head over heels for me.’
‘And how about you?’ asked Silver.
‘Well,’ said Junior ‘When aunt Sunset introduced me to a sport called soccer, I was showing off. But when I saw Crystal, I asked her to give it a try. At first, she thought it was uncouth, but when she saw me play, she actually wanted to try. So after showing her newly found skills, she was really good at it and wanted to try more of them. I guess…I fell head over heels for her after that.’
Silver couldn’t help but smile at the boy, for he was growing. ‘Alright then,’ said Silver ‘You can place them on her room table, she’s currently out on an errand.’
‘Okay, thank you.’ Said Junior as she went inside.
‘Also, about your dad.’ Said Silver, stopping Junior as he looked at him ‘I assume he’s having a hard time trying to forgive Twilight?’
He looked down in sadness and said ‘He’s really trying, but that fear from his childhood and past keeps on haunting him. He’s seeing Doctor Wolf at the moment, so it’s going to take a lot longer than they thought.’
‘I heard he went to see a therapist.’ Said Silver ‘Did he tell your mom.’
‘Doctor Wolf told my mom, considering he promised only to keep her up to date,’ said Junior ‘She said that he’s really trying, even if she did tell him about aunt Scootaloo and what she planned to do. He was grateful, for he really likes aunt Scootaloo and cares about her like she was his sister. It may have helped, but the feeling is still there.’
‘I see,’ said Silver before he smiled and said ‘Thank you for telling me. Also, I know you’re not comfortable and not good at talking about your feelings, but you have to let them know how you feel about them sooner or later. It’ll work out, trust me.’
Bolt Junior thought about it, but he didn’t know how to respond. He only lightly nodded, signaling that he will think about it, whilst at the same time, he left to place the gifts on Crystal’s table. Silver couldn’t help but smile as he watched him leave.
‘That boy’s truly something.’ Said Silver ‘I can see why Crystal grew into liking him.’
He soon left and headed back to what he was planning.
As he walked towards the door to go outside, he suddenly heard the sound of a car revving.
‘Is that a car?’ said Silver in surprise. ‘But that’s impossible, Equestria doesn’t have any cars, they weren’t even invented yet.’
He ran out of the door and looked around. He discovered that the wagon to put them in was gone, especially the boxes with the plates and silverware.
‘What the…’ muttered Silver, then said ‘Where the heck did, they…?!!’
He heard a loud revving again, causing him to slowly look to his left. To his surprise, it was the plates and silverware, along with a fork sticking out, forming what appeared to be a car.
‘What the heck?!’ exclaimed Silver ‘How the heck is that even possible?!!’
The newly made car, suddenly drove off.
‘Hey, get back here!!’ shouted Silver as he began to give chase ‘I need that for the dinner tonight!!’
When all of a sudden, the car suddenly turned around and started to chase Silver.
Silver stopped in his tracks with widened eyes as he realized what the car was doing now. ‘Aw come on!!’ he exclaimed.
He instantly turned around and ran for his life, with the car like silverware giving chase. The car was close to him, until all of a sudden, the fork in front of the so called car poked Silver’s behind, making him yelp in shock.
‘I just wanted to give my wife the perfect anniversary dinner!! Is that too much to ask?!!’ shouted Silver before he screamed like a maniac.
From up above the clouds in his own makeshift seat, Discord laughed his head off as it literally fell off of his neck. He then popped back up as he said ‘I am so glad that my counterparts from the other dimension told me about those inventions. Now those are funny.’
At the same time, he pulled out his list and said ‘Now let’s see now, oh, here he…’
But then he remembered what Fluttershy said about not hurting her husband, especially since the fact that he’s Warm Breeze’s godfather.
‘Oh, well…’ said Discord as he was unsure ‘I’m sure Genus wouldn’t mind. I mean it is a harmless prank after all, right?’
Meanwhile, at the grocery store, Genus was going to the sub manager to see if he had already arranged what they would need for their Hearts and Hooves Day date, whilst Warm Breeze wanted to see what they ordered.
‘Thanks again for helping me out with this Liquid Organizer.’ Said Genus as he talked to the sub manager.
‘No problem,’ said Liquid Organizer ‘Your wives save Equestria more times than I can count. Heck, even you and your husband entourage helped us out a while back during that whole mess, it was the least I could do.’
‘Thanks again.’ Said Genus as he walked alongside the sub manager ‘So, were you able to get the stuff together?’
‘I sure did.’ said Liquid Organizer as he brought him to the trolley. ‘You have at least a pair of each drink right here. We have some punch here, some soda pop over here, we even have some grape flavored ice tea, as well as some sugar free ones. We even have tons of Apple Juice…’
He looked at Genus and ‘But why would you want to buy that much Apple juice?’
‘You can blame my aunt Applejack for that.’ Said Warm Breeze, gaining the manager’s attention ‘She can be really picky when it comes to apple related products.’
‘Ah yes,’ said Liquid Organizer whilst rolling his eyes ‘We’re well aware of her. That woman can be really stingy when it comes to apples.’
‘You don’t know the half of it.’ Said Genus. Then he shook Liquid’s hand and said ‘Thanks again for the help.’
‘No problem, let us know how it goes.’ Said Liquid before he left.
‘Dad,’ said Warm Breeze, gaining the father’s attention ‘Is it okay that I quickly went back to check up on Comfy Breeze. I know the animals are looking after her, but I wanna see if she’s alright.’
Genus couldn’t help but chuckle, for ever since Comfy had been born, he did his utmost best into looking after her when she needed it the most.
‘Sure thing.’ Said Genus before hugging Warm Breeze. But as Warm Breeze left, Genus shouted ‘And make sure Angel Bunny doesn’t cause another ruckus again!!’
‘I will!!’ said Warm Breeze as he left.
‘Okay now,’ said Genus as he turned to the drinks ‘Now for the refreshments.’
From one of the bottles on the top shelf, the cap suddenly popped itself open, causing the Draconequus to slither out of the bottle as if it were a snake. He looked around and saw the many colors of the drinks.
‘Oooh,’ said Discord looking around and said ‘So many different drinks. So many colors. So many to choose from. And any of them could quench the thirst of any drink if given the chance.’
He looked at Genus whilst saying ‘And my friend Fluttershy’s husband’s must have quite a thirst that needs to be quenched.’
He then suddenly had a devilish smirk on his face, then said looked around and said ‘You know, this place does look a bit dry here. But I just don’t know which one to pick to drink.’
He suddenly made his hand appear and said ‘Oh well, I guess I can try all of them.’
He instantly snapped his finger and watched his chaos at work.
From the shelves, one bottle suddenly began to shake. Then twenty, then over a hundred. Every bottle began to shake and stir as if a monster had just awoken from its slumber.
But as the ponies continued with their work, they suddenly noticed all of the bottles were beginning to shake and rumble.
‘Uh, what’s happening?’ Said one of the workers.
However, the more they shake, the more Liquid Organizer realized something with shockened eyes.
‘THEY’RE GONNA BLOW!!!’ shouted Liquid Organizer, causing everypony in the shop to scatter, with Genus completely unaware of what was going on around him.
Within a split second, every bottle began to pop, causing all of the contents to be blown out of their respective bottles, causing all of the contents to fly in the air and form a massive drink tsunami. It grew until it was like a massive shadow.
‘What the heck is…?’ muttered Genus as he looked behind, whilst his eyes were shrunk when he saw the entire thing happening and coming straight for him. ‘Oh crud.’ Mumbled Genus.
Within a split second, the store doors burst opened, revealing Genus screaming for his life whilst Discord was laughing when he saw the display. Genus then shouted ‘HOLY SH********************…!!!’
‘Hey, hey!!’ shouted Discord as he suddenly took the camera whilst breaking the fourth wall and said ‘No swearing!! Read the rating of this story pal, it’s rated E for everyone, not mature!! This is a romance special after all.’
He pulled out a list and said ‘Ah, Bolt is next. And if I’m guessing. He’s at the spot they said they’d be. Time for a visit.’
He soon flew over and wanting have some fun with his next victim.
From on top of the hill, Bolt was busy setting up the tables on the very spot his wife and friends were during the meteor shower. All of them were gathered in one spot, but whilst he did that, he sat on one of the tables and looked at the spot, thinking about how and where to place the tables.
‘Now then,’ said Bolt as he tapped his chin with his finger ‘How should I set up the table? Should I make it in a long line? Or should I set it up like a circle? Then again, I’d need a table that’s really big and round, like the Knights of the Round Table. Ironically, considering the guys and I are knights and that our wives found out about our secret.’
Bolt stretched a bit and said ‘I think I’ll take a little break before going on.’
He looked to his left and saw a tree nearby, allowing him to walk over to the very spot and take a rest under there. He yawned a bit whilst having his hands behind his head. He looked up at the sky and watched the clouds move by, thanks to the Pegasi working at the weather factory nearby.
‘You know what?’ said Bolt to himself ‘Now I’m wishing that Rainbow didn’t go to the spa and napped with me.’
He closed his eyes and had a proper nap for about fifteen minutes, until he felt a shadow over him. When he woke up, he noticed Crystal was standing near him.
‘Excuse me, Mr. Bolt?’ said Crystal.
‘Oh, hey Crystal,’ said Bolt as he sat up ‘What can I do for you?’
‘Have you seen Bolt Junior anywhere?’ said Crystal ‘I need to ask him a favor.’
‘Oh, I haven’t seen him since this morning.’ Said Bolt ‘Why do you ask?’
‘Oh, uh, no reason.’ Said Crystal with a light blush, which Bolt was clueless over. ‘But if I might ask, what are you doing?’
‘Oh, I was planning to set the tables for the night.’ Said Bolt ‘But I thought I’d take a rest and figure it out.’
‘How about a circle formation?’ said Crystal ‘It would be like one of father’s favorite stories.’
‘Circle huh?’ thought Bolt, then spoke ‘Alright, I can do that.’
As he stood up, Crystal then got worried and asked ‘And excuse me, Mr. Bolt?’
‘Yeah?’ said Bolt as he looked at her.
‘Do you still hate Princess Twilight?’
That question made him uncomfortable, then looked away.
‘Look,’ said Crystal ‘I don’t mean to pry, but we all know how much you had a rough childhood because of your father and the man who ruined your cousins’ lives, and that you have a hard time trusting somepony. But you know how Princess Twilight is more than anypony, and whenever she does things, disaster always follows. But you also kind of owe her.’
‘Pff, I owe her?’ he said in disbelief.
‘Of course,’ said Crystal ‘She was the one who told you about Rainbow Dash’s insecurities and helped you find a way to help patch things up between you two.’
Bolt widened his eyes at that, for Crystal was right, Twilight did do that. And there was a time she told him about how Scootaloo was going to hurt herself when she joined the Washouts to spite Rainbow, despite the latter trying to look after her because she can’t fly.
He looked down in shame and said ‘You have to understand. She’s still my friend, but I have issues to those who abuse another’s trust.’
‘But like Beau said,’ said Crystal ‘She’s not your father or that horrible doctor.’
‘I know.’ Said Bolt as he looked down ‘But ever since then I had an issue of people betraying, taking advantage or abusing another’s trust. Every time whenever I try to want her to earn my trust again, and every time whenever I wanted to apologized what I said to her, that feeling’s still there.’
He chuckled and said ‘And to think, I tried to leave all this behind when I got brought into this world. I wanted to start over, but no matter how hard I try, it still happens.’
‘But you should also have known Princess Twilight since you got here.’ Said Crystal ‘She always acts without thinking, and no matter how hard they tried, she always does this, just so that she could try to win her teacher’s approval, despite being how many years old.’
Bolt sighed and looked away. For Crystal was right, he knew Twilight since he first came into the world, and after how many years since he and the husbands were married and have kids, she still keeps being paranoid and let it take hold of her. Most times he wished he could’ve done something, but he just felt so helpless.
‘I’ll apologize to her when the time is right.’ Said Bolt.
‘You know, Uncle Beau also felt helpless and wasn’t good at not doing anything either.’ Reminded Crystal ‘He also knows what it’s like when the people you love don’t believe in you and let you walk away.’
Bolt sighed and said ‘I know. It’s not easy.’
‘Nothing in life ever is.’ Said Crystal. Then she turned around and said ‘See you later Mr. Bolt.’
Crystal walked away to handle her own errands, with Bolt thinking about what she said, and also knew that she had a point, but the feeling always drives him away from the others. He didn’t know when, but someday he’ll know how.
‘I’d better get back to the tables.’ Said Bolt as he made his way back.
Discord appeared out of thin air from the ground and looked around. He saw that Bolt was still busy talking to Crystal. He looked at the tables and thought about what he heard Bolt said.
‘Having trouble trying to decide how to set the table, huh?’ said Discord to himself as she looked at the tables. He popped out of the ground whilst floating around.
‘How should the tables be set?’ said Discord in thought ‘Should it be a line, should it be a circle? Why not a triangle or a square? Although it’s just the seven of them, considering that Starlight and Trixie are out of town for Hearts and Hooves day at Silver Shoals and that Sunset has gone to the human world with her hubby to say hello to her friends there. From what I heard, they also want to have the best time ever there.’
He looked at the tables and said ‘And it would be a shame that the tables would be all to waste like a rampaging…’
He blinked as he had an idea. ‘Oh,’ muttered Discord to himself before devilishly chuckling ‘I think I have the perfect idea.’
He snapped his fingers, allowing his magic to affect the tables in order to have the real fun start soon.
‘Now this is going to be fun.’ Said the smirking Discord before he vanished.
Bolt soon came back and this time had his list with him whilst going over what to do next.
‘Let’s see,’ said Bolt as he looked at the list over ‘If I set the tables, I’m gonna have to make sure that they’re not downhill, facing sideways, or would end up falling over. I’ll need to find the perfect spot to place them.’
He then suddenly felt a breathing chill behind his neck.
‘Not now, don’t bother me, I’m busy.’ Said Bolt as he kept looking on the list.
He then felt another chill behind his neck, as if someone wants to break his concentration.
‘I said knock it off.’ Said Bolt as he felt his impatience was wearing thin.
He once again felt the chill, and this time, he had enough.
‘Now listen here you!!’ shouted Bolt as he sharply turned around.
But then he blinked and got a good look. For the so called tables, had turned into wooden bulls, all of them staring at him angrily for some reason.
‘You gotta be kidding me.’ Muttered Bolt.
But as he stared at the bull, he then realized something in shock; he was wearing a red shirt. He looked at the bull again and realized; bulls and anything red don’t go so well. He then said to himself ‘Oh, come on.’
The bull snorted, causing Bolt to scream like a little girl and run for the hills, with the bulls chasing him all over the place.
‘Out of everything I wanted to do on by bucket list, running from the bulls, isn’t one of them!!!’ shouted Bolt as he continued to run.
Discord literally laughed his butt off when he saw the entire display go down.
‘Oh, now that, is priceless. And we aren’t even in the Spanish region for their festivities.’ Said Discord before he pulled out the list and looked at his last victim.
‘Ah yes,’ said Discord when he saw who was at the bottom of the list ‘Time for the sugar daddy to have a sugar rush.’
Back at Sugarcube Corner, from within Pinkie Pie’s party planning cave, Frosty was busy setting up the deserts for the Hearts and Hooves party.
‘Alright, let’s see,’ said Frosty as he looked things over ‘We got about seven different flavors of cupcakes, seven different kinds of tarts, seven different types of small cakes, and six different flavors of pie. Wait…’
He then remembered something a while back.
‘I remember Moonlight tricking Rainbow into eating a pie she made, which somehow sparked her love for pies.’
Frosty chuckled a bit and said ‘Good old Moonlight. Now Rainbow’s hatred for pies turned into love. Sometimes I wonder how she does it.’
He then placed the list down and said ‘All accounted for. I guess all I have to worry about is the cakes coming to life with big sharp teeth and try to eat me.’
He laughed at that, until he shook his head and said ‘Whoa, okay, this is getting freaky.’
Frosty groaned in frustration and said ‘That’s just great, ever since I came back from Caribouria, I ended up getting 4th Wall moments that I still haven’t wrapped my head around. Sometimes I wonder how Deadpool does it.’
He heard the sound of a ringing bell, with Mrs. Cake shouting ‘Frosty, could you get that?’
‘Will do Mrs. Cake!!’ shouted Frosty back as he quickly went upstairs.
But at the same time, after Frosty left, Discord appeared and ended up snickering. ‘Now I would come up with something simpler Frosty.’ Said Discord after he regained his composure ‘But seeing that you brought it up…time to bake some fun.’
He snapped his fingers and moved the baked goods around as if he was a wizard from a Fantasia storyline, whilst wearing a wizard hat and robe at the same time.
‘Now…let’s see what you’ve got.’ Said Discord to the creation.
From within the shop of Sugarcube Corner, a canon with Frosty’s name on it appeared from out of nowhere, causing it to fire as he had launched himself in the air, then landed behind the counter. He popped up from the counter and smiled whilst dusting himself.
‘Wow, Pinkie was right,’ said Frosty as he dusted himself ‘This really is fun.’
He looked down and saw two kids, who were none other than Crystal Gem and Bolt Junior, were surprised by what they were seeing.
‘Did you just launch yourself out of a canon Uncle Frosty?’ asked Crystal.
‘You bet.’ Said Frosty.
‘And I thought Aunt Pinkie Pie was wacky.’ Said Junior.
‘Eh, I get that a lot.’ Said Frosty ‘But thanks to that, now I’ll be able to catch up with my wife and all of her crazy shenanigans. So, enough of that, what can I get you?’
‘Oh, we’d like a table to sit down please.’ Said Crystal.
‘And some chocolate Hearts and Hooves cake, along with the couple’s milkshake.’ Said Junior.
Frosty was a bit surprised, then smirked whilst leaning against the counter.
‘What?’ said both the kids when they noticed him looking at them like that.
‘It’s just really amusing.’ Said Frosty ‘A while ago, both of you were acting like your mothers, you couldn’t stand one another and you didn’t want to try each other’s hobbies. And yet here you are, going out on a date of all places.’
The two couldn’t help but blush on that whilst looking away. Frosty did have a point. It was really embarrassing for them.
‘You know,’ said Frosty as he walked around the counter and stood near them ‘You two aren’t the only ones who had trouble trying to confess their feelings.’
‘We’re not?’ said the two.
‘Come with me.’ Said Frosty as he lead them to the door. He then pointed out there on the street and said ‘Look over there.’
The two of them saw Apple Slice, looking back and forth, as if he wanted to make sure no one was watching him. Then came Smolder, who did the same thing. The two of them looked around and stood back to back whilst they blushed. The two of them slowly held one another’s hands, much to Crystal and Junior’s surprise. But what really surprised them was that both Apple Slice and Smolder kissed one another, then left to spend the day together.
‘And now over there.’ Said Frosty, gaining the two kids’ attention.
They saw Warm Breeze walking down and picked a flower for some reason.
‘Huh,’ said Frosty ‘I guess he already made sure Comfy Breeze was okay.’
They saw Warm Breeze kissing a flower, much to their confusion. When all of a sudden, the flower turned into Ocellus, who blushed bright red a bit and smiled in embarrassment, which surprised the kids once more. Ocellus then directed with her head if she wanted to go somewhere, which Warm Breeze nodded, before the two of them flew away.
Both Crystal and Junior were surprised to see this kind of outcome, with Frosty saying ‘You see, even though they’re different, love can be really blind and no matter what form you’re in, love can find you anywhere. Take the guys and I, even Emily. When we first got here, we ended up gaining friends, but overtime, we also ended up falling in love. Both your moms loved your dads, despite their differences.’
‘Wow,’ said Crystal, then looked at Frosty and asked ‘And that’s why you allowed the Cake Twins to experience the same thing with the Pie Twins?’
‘Precisely.’ Said Frosty ‘They’re old enough to have their first love. We all have to reach a certain age of our lives where we discover what love actually is. So if you two can love, then anything’s possible.’
‘I supposed so…’ said Bolt Junior, trying his best not to gag, especially since it’s in front of Crystal, and he didn’t want to be uncouth. ‘So, how about that cake and milkshake?’
‘Oh, it’s already there.’ Said Frosty as he pointed at their cakes and milkshakes.
The two of them were surprised, as Junior said ‘I don’t even want to know.’
‘Thanks Frosty.’ Said Junior.
‘Anytime.’ Said Frosty as he walked away.
‘Also,’ said Crystal and said ‘Were you…able to forgive Twilight yet?’
Frosty stopped in his tracks as he winced a bit.
‘I know you were mad at her for using your wife like that.’ Said Crystal ‘Especially that little speech you gave her.’
Frosty cleared his throat and said ‘At first, I didn’t want to. But then a pony begged me to forgive her, over and over until I nearly went insane.’
‘Pinkie Pie?’ said the two ponies.
‘That’s right.’ Said Frosty. ‘I just didn’t like what Twilight did, but Pinkie said that it could happen to anyone, and that what Bolt had said and what Twilight did to him was quite the shocker. After the School of Friendship was closed by Neighsay, Beau and Pinkie asked, and in the end I did. She did earn my trust when she helped me talk to her ever since that business between Maud and Mudbriar.’
When all of a sudden, the Pie twins burst from out of nowhere shouting ‘That’s right!!’
Both Crystal and Jr. were startled by the sudden appearance from both Peacon and Lemon Pie.
‘And like we try to keep telling mom.’ Said Peacon.
‘She can’t keep forcing things on others.’ Said Lemon.
‘Not to mention she was a prejudice when she met Mudbriar.’ Said Peacon.
‘But in the end, she was able to accept it. Therefore…,’ said Lemon.
‘Everything worked out great in the end.’ Said the Pie twins.
‘So true.’ Said Frosty, then realized something and said ‘Hey wait, aren’t you two supposed to be with Pound and Pumpkin Cake?’
The two blinked with wide eyes and said at the same time ‘Oh crud, we completely forgot!! See you later!!’
The two instantly darted out of Sugarcube Corner and headed straight to where the Cake Twins would be. Both Crystal and Jr. shook their heads, seeing them off.
‘Those two are rather strange.’ Said Crystal.
‘Well, they are Pinkie Pie’s kids.’ Said Bolt Junior.
‘He’s not wrong there.’ Said Frosty ‘They’re a handful. But that’s what makes life exciting.’
He turned around and said ‘I’d better get back to the planning, see you two soon.’
Both Crystal and Junior waved to Frosty and headed back to their table. When all of a sudden, both Peacon and Lemon Pie appeared out of nowhere, startling the two:
Peacon Pie: You two are on a date?!
Lemon Pie: That is amazing!!
Then they started to sing and dance for them whilst singing.
(Peacon and Lemon Pie)
It’s a zip zap, to tap, coinky-dink world
A fling, flung, check your thing, coinky-dink world
A wham, pam, wonder how, coinky-dink world
A fizz pop, never stop, coinky-dink world
Take a whirl…!!
‘Ahem!!’
The two pies were startled and looked at the door. They saw their father staring at them with a flexed eyebrow, whilst crossing his arms and tapping his right foot. The twins were then nervous and had sheepish smiles.
‘What did I tell you two about singing another story’s song, even if you are from the same franchise?’ said Frosty. ‘Now get moving to your own dates.’
‘But…’ said the pie twins before Frosty cut them off.
‘Famous last words; don’t make me take away all your sugary rights and make you eat brussels sprouts for a week.’
The two winced that. Frosty pointed his finger at the door, causing the two to quickly run out. Frosty went back inside whilst the two daters were confused. Crystal groaned whilst she rubbed her head, for she had a headache again.
‘Those two are going to be the death of me one day.’ Groaned Crystal.
Junior took out a couple of water bottles and put some fizzy headache tablets in them, whilst giving one to Crystal.
‘Now I know how our moms feel when they had to put up with aunt Pinkie Pie’s shenanigans.’ Said Junior before she and Crystal drank from their bottles.
After sorting things out at Sugarcube Corner, and made sure that both Crystal and Junior were taken care of, he headed back down the party planning cave and picked up his list.
‘Ok now, where was I?’ said Frosty whilst looking over the list.
That’s when he felt something drop on his shoulder. He looked at it and said ‘That better not be bird poop.’
Then another drop fell on him, but this time it was pink. He tasted it and mumbled ‘Mmm, tastes good.’
Then the third drop fell on him, but this time on his head and a large chunk. He wiped it off and said ‘Alright, who’s the one who…?’
He then stopped and saw something in front of him. He slowly looked up whilst his eyes were slowly widening in shock. And right before him, was none other than a giant monster, made out of cakes, pies, tars, cupcakes and so on. The monster growled at him with a crazed look in his eye.
Frosty suddenly had a deadpanned expression and looked behind, at none other than…me?!!
‘I know Discord is behind this somehow,’ said Frosty ‘But you’d better sleep with one eye open, because if I live through this, I’m going to give you a one/four. And Dragon Knight and Chrome, you’d best keep an eye on him and keep a tighter leash, cause if you don’t, I’m coming after you too.’
Frosty groaned as he rubbed his forehead.
‘Now, where was I?’
The cake monster leaned in and spoke with a British Gentleman accent. ‘You were just about to scream and run away like a little girl whilst being chased by a cake monster.’
‘Oh, right, yes, of course.’ Said Frosty, who took a deep breath afterwards.
Frosty instantly burst out of the doors of Sugarcube Corner, whilst at the same time, the cake monster burst out of the roof and began to chase him.
‘CURSE YOU POSTWAR AND DISCOOOORRRRRDDDDD!!!’ shouted Frosty as he was being chased by the monster, with Discord laughing and decided to follow them.
At the same time, both Crystal and Junior peaked out of the shop and were shocked to see what had just happened.
‘Whoa,’ said Bolt Junior ‘You don’t see that every day.’
‘I know,’ said Crystal ‘The Cake monster is new. Though there’s something off about it.’
‘It is?’ said Junior with a flexed eyebrow ‘How so?’
‘Well it’s as if I could sense something off about it,’ said Crystal as she scratched her chin ‘Something chao…’
Both of them instantly widened their eyes, then had deadpanned expressions whilst looking at one another.
‘Discord.’ said both of the kids at the same time.
Junior sighed and said ‘So much for a romantic day.’
‘Come on,’ said Crystal ‘Let’s go get Beau and the rest of our friends.’
The two walked whilst going to Beau at the same time.
‘Sorry it didn’t work out Crystal.’ Said Junior with a saddened expression.
‘It’s alright,’ said Crystal ‘It wasn’t your fault.’
Junior held her close, for he was really looking forward to it, whilst at the same time, Crystal did the same whilst holding him. Even though the day didn’t go so well, they still had each other.
From within the Castle of Friendship, Beau had just finished going over the list to see the assignments the guys had since he last heard from them. But as he looked over the list, he heard the sound of the door opening and saw Moonlight coming in.
‘Dad, are you okay?’ asked Moonlight.
‘Just going over a few things to make sure things go well today.’ Said Beau after he placed the list beside him and sat down, with moonlight joining him.
‘I’m sure everything will be fine.’ Said Moonlight. She suddenly looked a bit sad and said ‘Especially…since…what you said to mom.’
Beau sighed as he looked away. ‘I really regretted what I said. I guess deep down I was angry and disappointed at her. I didn’t want to because I loved her too much. But…during the Storm King’s invasion…’
‘And you know mom better than anyone,’ said Moonlight ‘She always acts without thinking.’
Beau couldn’t help but smirk and said ‘Sounds familiar.’
‘Dad,’ said Moonlight as she blushed in embarrassment ‘Will you stop bringing that up. I’m still embarrassed about that day.’
‘Anyway,’ said Beau whilst he hugged his daughter and held her close. ‘The others were harsh on her. Although…the way Frosty looked at her and talked to her…he really knew his stuff. It scared your mom straight, trying to be better, even after Starlight encouraged her to no give up. Plus I had to convince the guys really hard to give her another chance. Seeing that they do kind of owe her.’
‘They did?’ said Moonlight.
‘Mostly about stuff before and after you were born.’ Said Beau whilst telling her. ‘Bucky owed your mom because she took the Apple Family in to live in her castle until their home was repaired…’
‘Repaired?’ said a confused Moonlight.
‘Uh, long story short,’ said Beau whilst looking at her ‘Granny Smith placed her apron near the stove, causing it to catch fire that caused the house to be burnt down.’
‘Oh right, I remember.’ Said Moonlight whilst sitting up ‘Apple Slice also told me that Bucky saved Apple Bloom’s life when she was trapped inside.’
‘That’s right.’ Said Beau, whilst he decided to continue ‘Anyway, Silver owed Twilight too, because she was the one that helped him arrange that private beach house in order to spend time with Rarity. Genus owed her too because she encouraged him to take the next step in his relationship with Fluttershy. Bolt owes her too, because she told him of Rainbow’s insecurities and that he needed to be patient with her. And she even encouraged Frosty to give Pinkie Pie a chance.’
‘And I assume Bolt had a hard time?’ asked Moonlight.
‘Yeah, turned out for him it was an even bigger issue than we thought.’ Said Beau ‘But I told him that Twilight wasn’t his father or the man who ruined his cousins’ lives and that he has got to stop pretending that she is.’
‘And I bet it didn’t sit well for him.’ Said Moonlight.
‘For the next few weeks?’ said Beau ‘No, no he didn’t.’
‘Still, I’m glad that Uncle Bucky and the others saw some sense.’ Said Moonlight ‘I wish Uncle Bolt would, even Bolt Junior wants his dad to stop being stubborn and move on.’
‘Don’t worry,’ said Beau as he held his daughter close ‘We’ll find a way, we always do.’
When all of a sudden, the doors burst opened, gaining their attention. And from the door, they saw Apple Slice, Smolder, Crystal Gem, Warm Breeze, Ocellus, Junior, Peacon Pie, Pumpkin Cake, Lemon Pie and Pound Cake, standing at the door and exhausted from all the running and in a state of panic.
‘Uncle Beau!!’ said Apple Slice.
‘We got a problem!!’ shouted Peacon Pie.
‘A really, big problem!!’ shouted Lemon Pie.
Beau and Moonlight instantly stood up when they saw their reaction.
‘Whoa, what the heck is going on?!’ exclaimed Beau.
‘You’d better get to the picnic area!!’ said Warm Breeze.
‘Our dads are in trouble!!’ said Junior.
‘It’s simply dreadful!!’ shouted Crystal.
‘He’s not kidding Mr. Beau!!’ shouted Ocellus.
‘You gotta get down there now!!’ shouted Smolder.
‘Alright, I’m coming!!’ said Beau ‘Moonlight, let’s go!!’
Beau ran out of the room to check up on the guys, with the kids following in pursuit.
The kids quickly guided both Beau and Moonlight up the hill to see what was going on.
‘Quick, this way!!’ said the Pie and Cake Twins when they guided them.
When they got there on top, both Moonlight and Beau were speechless to see what was right before them.
‘What the…?’ muttered Beau when he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
Before them, was none other than Bucky, being chased by flying pies and crashing against him like they were suicide bombers and dancing apples. Silver kept running away from a car made out of silverware, whilst the silverware fork kept jabbing itself against Silver’s tushy, making him yelp and scream at the same time whilst running away. Genus at the same time was screaming as he was being in the middle of a drink tsunami. Bolt was being chased by a pack of rampaging bulls made of tables and cloths. Frosty on the other hand was pretending to be a Viking whilst trying to fight the giant sweet monster.
‘What the heck is going on?!!’ shouted Beau when he saw the entire fiasco.
‘We have no idea.’ Said Warm Breeze first.
‘One minute, our dads were getting ready for Hearts and Hooves Day…’ said Bolt Junior.
‘The next thing we knew, everything went crazy.’ Said the Pie Twins.
They then heard Frosty shouting in a Viking accent ‘Back ya vile creature!! Ya can’t escape the likes of me!!’
‘Why the heck is dad shouting in a Viking accent?’ said Peacon Pie.
‘I don’t know,’ said Lemon Pie ‘Something tells me he’s going a bit too deep here.’
When all of a sudden, to their shock, they saw a giant apple monster stomping its way towards the group. But instead, it went straight for the cake monster. It whispered to it all of a sudden, making the cake monster nod in agreement. When all of a sudden, the two of them fused together, turning it into an apple cake monster. Taking everyone by shock, even Frosty.
‘You gotta be kidding me!!’ shouted Frosty in his normal voice before he got grabbed by the monster whilst it roared in his face.
Back at the group, Beau shouted ‘We need to do something!!’
‘But what can we do?!!’ shouted Crystal.
Warm Breeze however, had a deadpanned look on his face and said with a hint of hate ‘I know a certain Lord of Chaos who’s behind this.’
Warm Breeze then shouted ‘DISCORD!!!’
And within a split second, Discord appeared with his own floating seat, looking down and said ‘You called?’
‘Care to explain this?!!’ shouted Warm Breeze as he pointed at the chaos happening all around them. ‘Did you have something to do with this?!!’
Discord looked around whilst smirking.
‘Oh, yes, it is actually.’ Said Discord whilst admitting it at the same time.
Beau and the kids were also shocked to hear this. ‘Why would you do something like this?!!’ shouted Smolder, whilst remembering why she was angry at him, that time he brought a Dragon Sneezing Tree a while back whilst she was in class.
‘Oh, isn’t it obvious?’ said Discord ‘I’m actually trying to get ahead before anypony else gets started.’
Now they were really confused. ‘Getting ahead of what?!’ said Bolt Junior.
‘Why for the Prank war of course.’ Said Discord whilst clapping his talons together ‘This is going to be the best April Fool’s Day, ever.’
Now all of them had flabbergasted and incredulous looks on their faces.
Crystal cleared her throat and said ‘I don’t mean to sound uncouth, but HAVE YOU GONE INSANE AND MAD?!!’
‘Well on Beau’s list, it said that today was going to be the best day ever.’ Said Discord ‘I merely assume that you were talking about April…’
‘IT’S FEBRUARY!!!’ shouted Beau and the kids.
Discord perked up at that and said ‘I beg your pardon?’
‘Discord,’ said Moonlight sternly ‘April Fool’s day happens on the first of April.’
‘And today is 14th of February.’ Said Crystal ‘WHICH HAPPENS TO BE HEARTS AND HOOVES’ DAY!!!’
Discord’s jaw literally dropped on the ground, not believing what he was hearing. Then he grabbed it, picked it back up and instantly reconnected his jaw.
‘But…but that can’t be.’ Said Discord as he looked at the calendar. To his shock, it truly was Hearts and Hooves Day, and it truly was February. Discord dropped his calendar and said ‘Oh dear.’
He looked at the others and said ‘I am so sorry. I had no idea it was that kind of day. I merely lost track of time I thought it was April.’
Beau slapped his forehead, as he couldn’t believe that Discord was this dunce. For he may be chaotic, but he can’t believe he’s that stupid, like that time he joined forces with Tirek, only for him to get backstabbed.
‘Do’h, this can’t get any worse.’ Said Beau.
Discord overheard him and said ‘As the Lord of Chaos, I’d advise against saying things like that.’
When all of a sudden, they heard some loud thumping behind them, causing Beau and the kids to slowly turn around and saw a giant toilet monster, which flabbergasted all of them.
‘Funny,’ said Discord with a quirked eyebrow, ‘I don’t remember inviting him?’
‘Yum, yum!!’ shouted the Toilet Monster ‘Time to eat them all up!!’
Beau’s left eye twitched rapidly at that and shouted ‘What else could happen?!!’
When all of a sudden, Frosty showed up, wearing nothing but a cape and his underwear, whilst pointing his finger in the air and shouted ‘Don’t worry!! I’ll save you!!’
Beau squinted his eyes shut and muttered ‘You gotta be kidding me.’
Within a split second, Frosty charged towards the large toilet like a madman, only for the Toilet monster to swallow Frosty the moment he landed in its mouth. Frosty ended up being swirled inside.
‘Help!!’ shouted Frosty ‘I’m being pulled into a spin cycle!!!’
The toilet monster soon made his way towards the cake monster and ate it, then to Genus and the drink tsunami, then to Silver after the silverware car got crushed by the lid, then Bucky before the apple treats and foods were splattered against the toilet, even Bolt and the bull tables.
All of them were screaming inside the toilet monster as they were swirled inside.
‘Oh dear.’ Muttered Ocellus when she saw this.
‘This is really bad.’ Said Smolder.
Beau slapped his forehead and groaned, whilst at the same time, he mumbled ‘Okay, this can’t get any worse.’
When all of a sudden, the toilet suddenly made groaning noises. Make it growl and howl at the same time.
‘Uh, what is going on?’ said a concerned Crystal.
‘Hmm,’ pondered Discord as he placed his hand against his ear and heard the noise ‘From the sound of it, the toilet seems to be clogged.’
Junior suddenly blinked and said ‘So…it’s either going to over flow…or…’
‘It’s going to blow!!’ shouted Apple Slice.
‘Hit the deck!!’ shouted Moonlight as they quickly ran for cover, whilst at the same time, Moonlight, Crystal and Ocellus used their magic to seal themselves in a bubble so that they could be safe.
The toilet continued to make gargle sounds louder and louder and louder until finally…
“BOOOOOOM!!!!”
The toilet exploded, causing everything the husbands tried to make, especially the toilet water, to scatter and wettened the entire spot they were supposed to be. Beau and the kids slowly exited from cover and saw the damage and carnage all over the place.
‘Wow,’ said Junior ‘I haven’t seen a toilet explosion that bad since…’
‘NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT BURRITO TUESDAY!!!’ shouted the kids.
They then heard moaning. When they looked around, they saw the husbands lying all over the place, groaning and whilst in pain at the same time. The kids quickly exited from cover and went over their respective parents.
‘Dad, are you okay?’ said Peacon as he and her sister went over to their dad.
‘Say something.’ Said Lemon Pie in worry.
‘The clogging.’ Said Frosty in a traumatized tone ‘So much…clogging.’
The kids helped their father sit up and rubbed their sore spots.
Beau and Moonlight came over, with Beau asking ‘You guys, okay?’
Bolt looked at him with an angry expression ‘Do we look, okay?’
The husbands looked around the damage, and from looking at it, they were immediately disheartened.
‘Oh no.’ said Silver ‘Everything is ruined.’
‘What the heck happened?’ said Bucky ‘Everything was fine just a moment ago.’
‘Whoa,’ said a familiar voice. When they turned, they saw Spike, who had just come back from Canterlot. ‘What the heck happened here?’
‘You don’t wanna know.’ Said Genus as they struggled to get up.
‘Everything was going great, until this happened.’ Said Bucky.
‘Please tell me you were able to get what we were looking for?’ pleaded Bolt.
Now it was Spike’s turn to be disheartened. ‘No. They don’t know what happened. They said they had it ready for us, then the next thing they knew, it was gone, poof, disappeared.’
Now the husbands were really saddened as they looked down. Beau on the other hand got upset and angry. Then shouted ‘DISCOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRDDD!!!!!’
Discord sheepishly appeared and moved over to them and said ‘Yes?’
‘Why are you yelling at Discord?’ asked Frosty.
‘Put it simply,’ said Beau as he looked at them ‘He was the one who caused all of this!!’
The husbands instantly clicked, even Spike. Now all of them got mad and looked at him.
‘What were you thinking, Discord?!!’ shouted Spike ‘You know very well how much it meant to our wives!!’
‘And why would you even do that?!!’ shouted Bucky.
Junior came along and said ‘He thought it was April Fool’s Day.’
All of them were flabbergasted by why he did it.
‘Seriously?!!’ shouted Bolt ‘Are you really that stupid!!’
‘It’s February you dolt!!’ shouted Warm Breeze.
‘Now because of you, everything is ruined!!’ shouted Silver.
‘Oh, no wait now,’ said a worried and scared Discord ‘I’m sure we can work something out.’
‘GET HIM!!!!!’ shouted the guys as all of them pounced on Discord whilst at the same time, were beating the tar out of him.
All the kids watched as they saw the Lord of Chaos being beaten up by their dads. Even the bystanders, Smolder, Ocellus and the Cake Twins were all watching what was happening before them.
‘Wow,’ said Smolder ‘Never seen anyone beat the tar out of anyone like that before.’
‘Trust me,’ said Moonlight ‘All of you should’ve seen the sorry state my father left Chancellor Neighsay the last time they talked.’
‘Uh, I don’t know about you guys,’ said Ocellus ‘But I’m feeling really uncomfortable watching this.’
‘And… I think we should call your moms and aunt Pinkie Pie over here.’ Said Pound Cake.
‘Yeah,’ said Pumpkin Cake ‘Something tells me that their love and tenderness needs to calm them down.’
‘Agreed.’ Said the kids.
The kids walked away to fetch the Mane 6 and Emily, whilst all of them were watching their dads beat the tar out of Discord at the same time.
Whilst the husbands were dealing with a certain Draconequus, the Mane 6 and Emily had just walked out of the doors of the spa and all of them were really relaxed.
‘Hoo-wee!!’ exclaimed Applejack with a smile on her face whilst stretching ‘Now that was an amazin’ time.’
‘I’ll say,’ said Rainbow Dash whilst she stretched her wings a bit ‘I haven’t felt this relaxed in a long time.’
‘We really should thank our husbands for arranging this.’ Said Fluttershy.
‘I agree,’ said Pinkie before she smirked ‘Although today’s been pretty interesting.’
‘How so Pinkie?’ asked Twilight.
‘Well for one thing,’ said Emily with a teasing smirk ‘Watching Rainbow Dash enjoy the spa like any other pony.’
The girls giggled whilst Rainbow Dash was bright red in the face with embarrassment.
‘S-shut up.’ Said Rainbow whilst feeling embarrassed.
‘Oh, don’t deny it darling,’ said Rarity whilst flicking her hair ‘There’s nothing wrong with embracing your feminine side every once and a while.’
‘She’s not wrong there.’ Said Emily. ‘Hey, maybe we should’ve added that to what Rarity and Rainbow had in common, they both like to go to the Spa.’
‘You mean instead of them chewing their heads off because of their own differences?’ said Pinkie.
‘Will you stop brining that up!!’ shouted Rainbow.
‘For once I agree with Rainbow,’ said Rarity ‘We were already scolded enough from both Beau and both our husbands.’
‘Although Beau did have a point about Twi not thinking things through.’ Said Applejack ‘Uh, no offense Sugarcube.’
Twilight sighed and said ‘None taken. I already feel bad enough about the whole situation than I already do.’
‘Though…’ said Rainbow whilst rubbing her arm ‘Me and AJ weren’t any better that time when we tried to teach the others on how to camp, and we ended up putting them in danger.’
‘Seriously,’ said Emily ‘You two always kept on competing over the stupidest things. If you two want to compete, fine, but leave everyone else out of it. You spend the entire time being oblivious that you ended up putting everyone else in danger, and suddenly Snips and Snails are the stupid ones?’
‘Hey!!’ shouted the two said colts as they passed by.
‘Uh,’ said Emily as she looked at them with a stink eye ‘Remind me again, who was the ones dumb enough to wake up an Ursa Minor just so that you could see Trixie performing her so called phony bologna magic?’
The two said colts winced at that, causing them to move away with their tails between their legs, whilst at the same time, returned to look at both AJ and Rainbow, who still had guilty expressions.
‘Seriously,’ said Emily as she looked at not just AJ and Rainbow, but Rarity as well ‘One of these days, your own egos and selfishness are going to get you three killed. But you three are more selfish than Lickety Split.’
Now all of them winced at that, for everypony in Ponyville had vowed to never hear that name again.
‘Please don’t bring her up.’ Said Applejack, feeling like a mule.
‘Come on girls,’ said Pinkie, trying to be the voice of reason ‘No need to be like that. Let’s just focus on enjoying the day with our husbands.’
Fluttershy spotted something ahead, and were surprised to see who were coming. ‘Oh my, is that our kids?’
All of them approached their moms, who all had saddened looks on their faces.
‘Moonlight?’ said Twilight as she stood on her knee and looked at her daughter face to face ‘What happened?’
‘It’s…probably best if all of you come.’ Said Moonlight.
The Mane 6 and Emily joined their kids and followed them straight towards where they were leading them.
They continued to go up the hill where the kids were leading them. But when they got there, they weren’t expecting what was in front of them. Everything around them were all ruins and messed up decorations and food and so on. Discord sat there in a corner, wrapped in bandages whilst being injured. Whilst sitting in a circle on what chairs weren’t broken, were the husbands and Spike, who all had their heads lowered and looked extremely miserable for some reason.
Now really worried, the Mane 6 and Emily quickly went over to their husbands to see if they were okay.
‘Beau, are you okay?’ said Twilight softly as she crouched whilst holding Beau’s hands.
Beau slightly looked at Twilight in a saddened expression and said ‘Oh, hey Twi.’
‘What in all of Equestria happened?’ said a worried Rarity.
‘We wanted to set up a surprise dinner date for our anniversary on the top of the hill when you first watched the fireworks.’ Said Bucky.
‘So we distracted all of you by arranging all of you to go on a Spa day whilst we set everything up.’ Said Silver.
‘So each of us had different assignments in order to get things ready.’ Said Genus.
‘Beau tried to arrange everything whilst he assigned us,’ said Bolt as he listed things down ‘Bucky was on food, Silver was on silverware, Genus was on drinks, I was on tables and chairs and Frosty was on desserts.’
‘You tried to arrange a surprise for us?’ said Rainbow ‘That’s awesome.’
‘Oh, it was.’ Said Frosty before he yelled ‘UNTIL A CERTAIN DRACONEQUUS RUINED IT!!!’
The Mane 6 and Emily gawked in shock, then looked at Discord with a stern glare.
‘Discord,’ said Applejack sternly ‘What did y’all do?’
Apple Slice then said ‘He caused a ton of chaos because he thought it was April Fool’s Day.’
They gawked in shock again, with Pinkie Pie shouting ‘Are you kidding me?! It’s February!!’
‘April Fools doesn’t happen for another two months you idiot!!’ shouted Emily.
Fluttershy flew up to Discord face to face, who was now frightened of Fluttershy, even if he did laugh off her stare and all.
‘Discord!!’ shouted Fluttershy, making the Lord of Chaos wince ‘How could you do something like this?!! You know how much all of this means to me!!’
‘I’m sorry, okay.’ Said a panicked Discord ‘I lost track of time. Besides, it’s not my fault I keep misplacing my calendar wherever I go. Plus if Spike or Beau had told me I would’ve stayed clear.’
‘You would’ve intervened anyway and ruined everything.’ Grumbled Spike as he turned his head away.
‘Well I helped Big Mac and Sugar Belle stay together when there was a slight misunderstanding.’ Said Discord.
Rainbow instantly slapped Discord in the face, taking the Draconequus by shock, whilst she said ‘Not. Cool.’
In the meantime, the Mane 6 and Emily continued to try and help their husbands.
‘Y’all okay Bucky?’ asked Applejack.
‘What do you think?’ muttered Bucky, feeling hurt, which Applejack couldn’t help but hug him, even Apple Slice.
‘We’re so sorry for what all of you went through.’ Said Rarity as she and Crystal held onto Silver.
‘Everything was going to be perfect.’ Said Silver ‘And now everything is ruined.’
‘Why can’t everything ever go right?’ said Genus, with Fluttershy nearly want to whimper in sadness for Genus whilst Warm Breeze was also trying his best to comfort his father.
‘Oh Genus,’ said Fluttershy ‘You should’ve said something.’
‘We wanted to keep it a surprise,’ said Bolt ‘You girls mean everything to us.’
‘And you mean a lot to us you dolt.’ Said Rainbow as she slowly nuzzled the side of her face against her husband, not caring if the others were watching and was more concerned about her husband’s well-being. ‘We had no idea where our lives would be without you. Plus you didn’t have to go through all that trouble just for us.’
‘We only did it because we love you.’ Said Frosty.
‘We know Frosty,’ said Pinkie as she caress her husband’s head ‘It just shows how much we love you too.’
‘And to make matters worse,’ said Spike ‘We had tickets planned to take us to Ornithia.’
‘Wait,’ said Emily ‘As in the Harpy Kingdom?’
‘Yeah,’ said Beau ‘They had a great tropical paradise over there. For a romantic weekend for those who celebrate love are more than welcome to go join them. But the tickets were stolen.’
They were surprised to hear that, especially the lengths they would go to celebrate the holidays with them.
Moonlight then said ‘Dad and the others worked so hard to try and surprise all of you, that’s the reason they wanted to distract you, so that they could get everything ready.’
The Mane 6 and Emily were greatly surprised by this. With Twilight saying ‘Oh Beau. Thank you. But it doesn’t matter where we are. As long as all of us are together.’
Discord sheepishly hovered over, with the others looking at him with a stink eye.
‘I would like to apologize too for my rash actions.’ Said Discord ‘I should’ve asked first before going great lengths like I always do.’
‘It’s gonna take more than an apology to make us change our mind Discord.’ Said Genus.
Discord suddenly smiled sheepishly and said ‘Then maybe this would?’
Discord instantly poofed something in his hand. To their shock, it was the tickets that was supposedly stolen. Much to the husbands and their wives’ anger.
‘Discord.’ Said the husbands and wives when they looked at him sternly.
‘Well, see it’s like this.’ Said Discord as he tried his best to explain. ‘I also wanted to prank on Spike a while back for tricking me a while back, so I secretly took the tickets without anyone noticing.’
Spike growled in anger and frustration at Discord, with Emily calming him down before Discord could explain any further.
‘But I noticed that they were really expensive and when it had Fluttershy’s name on one of them, I figured I kept it aside. And I also didn’t lose them either.’
Fluttershy sternly flew over to Discord and presented her hand, demanding Discord that he handed the tickets to them. Discord then had a saddened look on his face and gave it to Fluttershy, who then swiped it from his talon.
‘I’m really disappointed in you Discord.’ Said Fluttershy. ‘But for saving our tickets, we can at least thank you for that.’
She suddenly flew straight to his face with an angered look on her face. ‘But for what you did to our husbands and ruined the surprise they were making for us, you will have to babysit our children for the entire weekend. And no using Chaos magic to make it more exciting.’
‘But, but…,’ said Discord.
‘Not buts Discord.’ Said Fluttershy with her arms crossed. ‘And whilst we’re at it, you can teleport us when we get our things and preparing ourselves for the weekend.’
Discord sighed and said ‘Yes Fluttershy.’
‘Good.’ Said Fluttershy before she pointed at the mess and said ‘Now clean up this mess.’
Discord lowered his head in shame and snapped his finger, causing everything to return back to normal before teleporting away.
Genus stood up and said ‘Thanks honey.’
‘No problem.’ Said Fluttershy whilst hugging her husband ‘I may tolerate his antics, but not when it comes to him messing with my husband.’
‘So,’ said Bolt ‘I guess now all we need to do is to pack up and wait for him.’
‘Meet back at the Castle in an hour?’ said Beau.
‘Yup.’ Said the husbands and wives.
Soon all of them began to depart to pack their bags, for the long awaited weekend has finally arrived.
True to his word, once everyone had gathered their things, Discord had teleported all of them to Ornithia. And to their delight, it was everything that the tourist trade had said as many creatures from different kingdoms had gone there for either vacations or just for special occasions like weddings and parties. Once the Mane 6 and Emily, along with their husbands, had placed their things at their suites, each of them had already planned their activities.
The next morning, everyone began to enjoy themselves at the beach near the resort whilst the harpies around them all had fun and a good time.
Twilight was reading a book whilst Beau rested his eyes as he enjoyed the sun. Applejack and Emily were playing volleyball with Bucky and Spike, a good old fashion male vs female situation, and the looser had to buy the winner a Sundae. Rarity was resting under the umbrella whilst she cuddled with her husband. Fluttershy was watching over the baby sea turtles to make sure that they were safe, with Genus helping her out. Rainbow and Bolt were busy surfing, with the two of them falling in the water and kissed one another. And finally, Pinkie Pie and Frosty were building the largest sandcastle they could muster, despite both of them pulling their own shenanigans.
‘I’m so happy all of you came up with this.’ Said Twilight in her impressed tone.
‘I’ll say.’ Said Beau ‘Too bad Discord kind of ruined the whole plan.’
‘Oh, Darling no need to fret about it.’ Said Rarity whilst she enjoyed her husband embracing her.
‘Yeah,’ said Rainbow as she and Bolt had just come back from their surfing ‘You guys didn’t know Discord would be involved. And we really appreciated what you guys do for us every day.’
‘I’ll say.’ Said Pinkie Pie as she and Frosty, after having their own sandcastle battle and Pinkie proclaiming herself as the queen of sandcastles, walked up to the others and said ‘Especially that time all of you defended us from everypony who was mean to us ever since that whole incident with the Friendship Journal.’
‘Although,’ said Fluttershy as she and Genus also came along after they helped make sure that the baby turtles were safe whilst they made their way towards the ocean ‘It was a little mean the way you did that.’
‘Not our proudest moment.’ Said Genus.
‘Well what choice did we have?’ said Bolt ‘Besides, those ponies got what they deserved after the way they treated you lot.’
‘And Emily did have a point,’ said Frosty ‘I mean tons of ponies suddenly thought that all of you were made up characters and thought that everything you did in that book was a fake, and suddenly Snips and Snails are the stupid ones?’
‘Hey!!’ shouted a pair of voices.
They all looked to their right and to their shock, it was none other than Snips and Snails.
‘What the…?’ said Applejack when she, Bucky, Emily and Spike arrived.
‘How the heck did you get here?!!’ shouted Emily.
‘What?’ said Snips ‘We wanted a vacation time too.’
‘And to answer your question,’ said Snails as he said in the most perviest tone ever ‘We snuck inside Mrs. Rarity and Applejack’s luggage underneath their underwear.’
Both Applejack and Rarity had extremely disturbed looks on their faces whilst their eyes twitched. Feeling angry and enraged, both Bucky and Silver walked towards both the two stooges and with great strength, they tossed the two dumb dumbs so hard, they flew all the way out of the horizon.
‘The nerve of those two.’ Said Bucky as he was a bit ticked.
When suddenly.
‘Wow, nice toss.’ Said a familiar voice.
They looked to their right and to their shock, they saw both Mystic and Trixie.
‘Trixie?!!’ exclaimed the Mane 6.
‘What are you doing here?!’ said Emily.
‘Well it may come as a surprise to you,’ said Trixie as she addressed the Mane 6 ‘The great and powerful Trixie and her beloved heard about this resort, so they asked us to perform here. And they were grateful enough to let us stay for free as long as we performed for them.’
‘And surprisingly they loved Nala’s act.’ Said Mystic ‘In fact, the folks around here adore her.’
‘She does have a point.’ Came another voice.
To their surprise, it was both Starlight and her husband Chance, both who were walking down to join up with Trixie and her husband, but all of them were also surprised to see the Mane 6, Emily and their husbands.
‘Starlight?’ said Twilight in a surprised tone as she sat up and removed her sunglasses ‘You and Chance are here too?’
‘Well Trixie was allowed to bring any friends of her choosing.’ Said Starlight ‘At first we were a little skeptical, but when we saw the resort, we just had to stay over for the weekend.’
‘And so far, it’s been great.’ Said Chance ‘We got to spend some more time together and have more fun.’
‘Spend more time together?’ said Spike ‘Did something happen?’
‘Let’s just say there are a ton of kids who constantly come over for advice.’ Said Chance ‘A ton of useless advice.’
Starlight groaned and said ‘Do you have any idea how annoying it is to hear problems that aren’t even major?! I’m a guidance counselor, not a baking counselor!’
Twilight slapped her forehead and said ‘I really need to make sure everyone gets the memo.’
‘It’s not like I haven’t told you like twelve times.’ Said Beau, which Twilight in turn glared at him, with Beau saying ‘Well don’t look at me like that. I told you tons of times that we needed to remind the students, but whenever I do, you go “Yeah, sure, I’ll get there”, in every single one of our conversations. Or do you want a repeat of what happened when Shining Armour and Cadance wanted us to look after Flurry Heart a while back?’
‘He’s not wrong.’ Said another voice.
Now they were surprised to see three certain faces. One on the left was Twilight’s brother, Shining Armour, the one in the middle, was Princess Cadance. And the one human in the right, was the human Blade.
‘You guys too?’ said Rainbow Dash surprised.
‘Well, duh.’ Said Blade ‘We are Royalty. And even Royalty deserves to take a break every once and a while from their royal duties.’
‘When Princess Celestia told us about this place, we made sure our schedules were cleared and we came straight here.’ Said Shining Armour.
‘And this place is amazing.’ Said Cadance ‘I can’t believe we’ve never been to the Harpy Kingdom before. It’s more amazing than anything I’ve ever seen here.’
‘Twilight?’ said another familiar voice.
Everyone looked and to their surprise, it was Sunset and her husband Ignis, both of them wearing their new swimsuits to enjoy their time at the beach.
‘Sunset’s here too?’ said Beau.
‘What are you two doing here?’ asked Twilight ‘Not that I’m complaining cause it’s always good to see you. But I thought you and Ignis were planning to visit your friends near Canterlot High this weekend.’
‘Oh, all of them had to reschedule for next week on our monthly get together.’ Said Ignis.
‘The girls were held up with a few things so they couldn’t make it.’ Said Sunset as she listed them down ‘Applejack is helping Braeburn at his farm at Van Hoover, Fluttershy is attending the Animal Sanctuary Reserve to see how the animals are doing, Pinkie Pie is stuck at work because of a baking rush over there, Rarity is attending Applewood for her latest fashion release, Twilight is at a science convention to help find an alternate source of energy, and Rainbow is currently busy attending a marathon to raise funds for the disabled.’
‘Wow, all of them must be busy.’ Said Rainbow, whilst also amazed by what her counterpart was doing.
‘Also,’ said Beau, gaining Sunset’s attention as he said ‘Are you still taking it under consideration?’
Sunset thought for a bit and said ‘Would it be okay if we talked about it back home? We’re here to have fun and all.’
‘Talk about what?’ asked Twilight.
‘See, a while ago after she got married, she didn’t have many job offers in Ponyville,’ said Beau ‘Even with the kind of job Ignis is doing, so I asked her if she’d like to become a teacher for the School of Friendship.’
‘Wait,’ said Twilight ‘You consulted her without me?’
Beau then rolled his eyes and said ‘Again, I tried to get your attention, but…’
Twilight groaned once more and said ‘I really gotta start paying attention to what’s going on.’
‘Well we have been trying for years.’ Said another voice.
Everyone looked at the one direction and saw someone they had not expected; Princess Celestia and her husband Platinum, along with Princess Luna and her husband Nebula.
‘Princess Celestia?!’ exclaimed the surprising ponies.
‘What are you doing here?’ said Ignis.
‘As Blade pointed out, we royalties also needed to take a break.’ Said Nebula.
‘Indeed,’ said Princess Luna ‘When we spent the entire Hearts and Hooves day together on a romantic evening, our husbands had arranged for us to come here.’
‘Though our wives still raise the sun and moon,’ said Platinum ‘They at least get to take a break from their royal duties.’
‘But who’s looking after the kids?’ asked Sunset.
‘Discord.’ Said the royal husbands, much to the others’ shock.
‘Our husbands are correct,’ said Princess Luna ‘We heard all the commotion in Ponyville, but we did not know what went on there.’
‘So Beau and the others told us what happened,’ said Princess Celestia ‘We issued a royal decree that Discord is to watch over our kids for the whole weekend or face a dire consequence that not even he could weasel his way out of.’
‘That’s right,’ said Platinum ‘We made doubly sure that Discord won’t be able to get out of the contract, otherwise the moment it’s broken, it’ll automatically give him three options as a form of punishment.’
‘Like what?’ asked Chance as he got intrigued by this, considering that the last time
‘There are three different punishments.’ Said Platinum ‘Option 1, banish him to the moon for a week.’
‘Option 2,’ said Princess Celestia ‘Turn him into stone for a week.’
‘And Option 3,’ said Princess Luna ‘Him going without his chaos power for a week.’
Fluttershy gasped and said in a worried tone ‘But won’t he disappear?’
‘Don’t’ worry,’ reassured Platinum ‘The spell’s casted on him to make sure he doesn’t disappear. Or go back to that Orderly fellow.’
‘Seriously,’ said Spike ‘Everyone smiling like they had just come out of the madhouse was really disturbing.’
Everyone shuddered at the thought, with Shining Armour saying ‘And Discord had agreed to it?’
‘He didn’t at first,’ said Platinum ‘He was really afraid when he saw something in the contract. Though I don’t know why though.’
‘Oh, I know.’
They looked at Nebula, who for some reason, had a devilish and devious smile on his face. The others were concerned by this.
‘Husband,’ said Princess Luna with a flexed eyebrow ‘What did you do?’
‘I may have added a fourth option in the contract when I was helping Luna covered the other half of the dreamscape.’ Said Nebula whilst bouncing his eyebrows.
‘Like what?’ said Bolt, until he teased ‘Is it chickens or moldy cheese?’
Both Princess Celestia and Luna glared at him, for they were really peeved that the lot with them knows what their fears are.
‘Nope,’ said Nebula as he tried to resist the urge to laugh ‘Something that he hates the most.’
‘Like what?’ asked Twilight.
Nebula then said ‘He has to go without his powers whilst wearing a frilly dress, a pink tutu, womanly make-up, a frilly wig, whilst also being forced to say every ten minutes “Hi bob”, for a week.’
Everyone stared at him with wide eyes at that statement. Then they instantly thought about it and got a mental image. Once they were able to picture it, they couldn’t resist the urge to laugh, and they all did. Even all of the royals began to laugh as they couldn’t believe that the fourth option was added that would make Discord want to choose to go without powers for a week.
‘Oh man,’ said Rainbow Dash whilst she wiped a tear from her eye once they were done laughing ‘Now I so wish I had a picture of that.’
‘Still,’ said Genus ‘I really hope Discord won’t cause any trouble for the kids.’
‘Oh, I’m sure that he’ll have his hands full to even think of causing any trouble.’ Said Fluttershy with a smirk.
At the same time, right at this moment. The children of the Mane 6 were watching with amusement with their own fruit punches, with Ocellus, Smolder, the Cake Twins and the rest of the young six in tow, whilst they watched Flurry Heart, Raging Halbert, the Glimmer Triplets, Searing Shimmer, Dark Void, Sun Gleam and Bright Day, dancing around Discord as he had him tied up, as if they were hunters that caught their pray to ensure that he doesn’t escape. Whilst the not so pleased Discord couldn’t move, for he had no magic when he was forced to take the third option of the contract, and that was being without powers for a week to make sure he didn’t cause any trouble.
He then grumbled ‘I should’ve taken the moon banishment.’
Later that night, everyone was gathered near a balcony whilst they were eating at a restaurant, with a perfect view of the ocean. There were laughter, there were cheers, and there were happiness all around. They looked at the time and realized that it was almost time. They stood at the edge of the balcony when they wanted to make sure that they had a complete view of what was happening.
Soon enough, the fireworks went off, and everyone watched in awe and amazement of the fireworks going off. Beau suddenly felt Twilight’s hand, gaining his attention.
‘Are you okay Beau?’ asked Twilight.
‘I am.’ Said Beau ‘I just wished that the plans we made had come through instead of becoming a disaster.’
‘Hey, it’s okay.’ Reassured Twilight ‘It may not have worked the way you planned, but it still went well in the end.’
‘I know.’
‘Besides,’ said Twilight as she held him close ‘As long as we have each other, we’ll always have a great time.’
‘Agreed.’ Said Beau whilst he wrapped his arm around his wife and pulled her close. ‘I know it’s overdue but…happy Hearts and Hooves day Twilight.’
‘Happy Hearts and Hooves day Beau.’ Said Twilight whilst nuzzling against him.
It may not have gone as planned, but one thing’s for sure, no matter what might come their way, they will always have one another.