Twilight Sparkle was walking down the path from her library, when she heard a rather peculiar racket. Whereas the sound of hammering nails into wood was not so odd around the fair town of Ponyville, it was usually in the other end of the town, where many of the older buildings in town and Sweet Apple Acres were located. Her library and most of the buildings around it were all in fine repair, so it couldn't have been a need for repairs there.

She looked around, raising an eyebrow. "What in Equestria is that racket?!" she shouted as the hammering seemed to increase in speed and volume. She trotted towards where the sound was, and her other eyebrow rose as well. There were a couple of familiar figures walking around and slamming nails into what appeared to be a booth.

Suddenly, one of the yellow unicorn stallions turned to the approaching mare. "Well, will you take a look at this, Flim? We're already drawing in customers."

The un-mustachioed brother took a look from behind the rather simple booth and smiled. "Ah-ha! Indeed we are, brother of mine."

"Flim and Flam!" Twilight Sparkle shouted. "I thought we ran you out of town."

"Not true," Flim affirmed. "You have to remember that we left town on our own accord, after foolishly opening a waste barrel after the contest."

"Precisely," Flam nodded to his brother. "Besides, we did win the rights fair and square. Certainly, not all of the product was usable, but we did win the contest fair and square. We didn't bring in outside help halfway through the competition."

"But you guys said that was okay!" Twilight stomped her hoof. "That's not the point, anyways! What are you two, of all ponies, doing back here? You have no business here. There's no way the Apples could give you any apples after the stunt you tried to pull last time."

Flam held up a pot of paint with his magic. "That's not why we're here at all, Miss Twilight," he remarked casually. "Do you see our cider maker anywhere?"

The purple unicorn looked around for the rather obnoxious vehicle the brothers always seemed to be driving around in. "No…?"

"Exactly, my dear mademoiselle," Flim acclaimed as he dipped a paintbrush into Flam's paint and began writing on the top plank of the booth.

Twilight's eyes widened as she saw what was being painted. "A kissing booth? Are you guys nuts? What do you plan to accomplish with that?"

"The fourth season, my good mare." Flim smiled casually.

"What?" Twilight's mouth dropped. "We're not even halfway through season three. What makes you think that you can get anywhere 'planning' the fourth season already?"

"You take it from here, my brother," Flam replied as he put the paint away.

"Right. Right." Flim turned from his brother and walked up to Twilight. "Now, to pontificate on my point, your brother partook in matrimonial affairs towards the end of season two, right?"

"Yeah," Twilight replied, catching all of the vocabulary. "Make your point."

"Well, season four will be the next even-numbered season. Now, during this season three, you have converted Trixie to good and are rapidly on your way to making Discord a good guy in this upcoming episode. If you take in Babs Seed as a conversion from evil to good, that means that Gilda or Queen Chrysalis will be the next on the list for conversion, before the season ends with the second half of thirteen episodes."

"I guess you're getting somewhere." Twilight sat back on her haunches and crossed her forelegs. "However, what does this have to do with season four?"

"Well, I take it into consideration that Chrysalis is not going to convert automatically in this season." Flim nodded knowingly. "I take it that there will be five seasons of our humble little series in all. That will be one hundred and thirty episodes. This is the big turning antagonists into good guys arc. Seeing how as I doubt Discord will really marry anyone besides Celestia, I think that season four, being an even season, will be the big pairing season."

"You're making sense." Twilight Sparkle nodded casually. "But what makes you two think you're quality candidates?"

"Because we were antagonists once, too." Flim wriggled his eyebrows at the mare and winked. "Plus we're male. This makes us prime pairing potential. That, and the fact that our return could teach a moral lesson in forgiveness and cooperation."

Twilight rolled her eyes. "Yeah, right." She quickly shut her mouth as a blue minotaur carrying lumber in his arms. "Iron Will!" she shouted. "You're with these guys, too?"

"Iron Will is not going to miss out on a chance for a second appearance," the minotaur proclaimed, placing a hand on his chest. "Iron Will is ready to attend to his duties as a dedicated character to the series."

"Okay, wisecracker," Twilight shot a look at Flim, "If you're so sure about this, then what are your plans for the fifth season you allegedly claim will happen? What's the plot in that? Everyone knows that a series is nearing a close, when the characters are officially paired up."

"Well, it may be that King Sombra isn't completely dead," Flim pointed out. "He could be the whole season arc villain as Equestria is freed from evil for eternity, or a thousand years. Whichever happens first, I suspect. This will be especially true, if Queen Chrysalis is made good during the fourth season finale." He shrugged.

Twilight Sparkle was about to retort, when a purple dragon ran past her. "Spike! You, too?"

Spike turned to his long time best friend. "Hey, what do you expect? I think teaming up with these bozos would give me a better chance at getting Rarity's attention than just playing lackey all the time. She and I have some actual chemistry going, now, after the whole greed thing happened." He smiled. "Besides, it'll be nice to get some guy time without the threat of being burned to a crisp."

"Indeed, it will be." Iron Will smiled as he laid the lumber down. "After all, 'A guy's on top of the world, once he gets his girl'."

"Wow." Twilight turned and trotted away. "You guys are all nuts!"

The four males just turned to each other, ignoring Twilight's skepticism. They continued on their little project with excitement.

…

That is right. I will be discussing the concept of pony romance in this little collection. At first, it will primarily be my thoughts upon the various forms and observations of possible pairing material. Then, I will begin writing quick one shots about various pairings. I'll mostly be doing heterosexual pairings, as it is a children's program, and I would like to be relatively realistic in my predictions. However, I am open to suggestions, once the one shots begin.

Have a nice day!