"Brandon! Breakfast is ready!" Fluttershy called upstairs. No answer. "Brandon?...Hello?" The one day I make breakfast...she thought to herself. And flew upstairs. "Brandon?" Fluttershy looked around and saw him asleep on the floor. Somehow he rolled out of bed and didn't wake himself up. She smiled at how tired out he was, it was kind of cute, she thought. "Brandon," she said sweetly, nudging him with her nose, "wake up, sleepyhead." His response was a groan. A groan that said "I love you, but go away. Sleepy." She kept trying, "I made breakfast," she smiled. "Wake up, please." He looked at her, "Shy...please..." "I told you to not stay out so late," she started giving him a motherly tone. Brandon had a hangover. Big MacIntosh's birthday was last night, so Brandon, Caramel, Carrot Cake, and Big Mac all went out drinking. He really needed guy friends. The girls were nice, but he can't really go out drinking with them. And Spike wasn't exactly mature enough to follow all of their jokes. "I didn't come back that late." "You walked in an hour ago." "...Ok, but atleast I wasn't drunk." "Oh, sweetie, you passed out as soon as you got in bed." He realized she knew and saw everything. "Fine," he said, "What's for breakfast?" "Eggs and coffee," she smiled sweetly. Bitch move, Fluttershy, he thought. Brandon realized that Fluttershy made that whenever she cooked, so she wasn't meaning to do anything. He formed a fake smile and said reluctantly, "Yum...let's eat...?"
Rarity has been awake for quite some time now, finishing a new dress for a client in Manehattan. These gems will look marvelous with the color! Now, just a few more on the front, and maybe a couple on the side...she thought to herself as she used her magic ability to levitate some gems out of her box, but when she started lifting nothing she realized something. Oh no. All out of gems. So quickly? She then realized that Sweetie Belle borrowed a couple of them. But when Sweetie means "a couple" she usually means "half the box." "Oh, now I've got to go gather more! With all of the monsters near my usual gathering ground, I'll need help. Who will help me? Spike's away to Canterlot, Twilight just bought the newest No More Ponies book, Rainbow Dash is at some flight camp reunion, Applejack's working on the barn, no surprise there. That leaves..."
A few hours later the world seemed to be bearable. It was only a small headache that bothered him now. Fluttershy sat in front of him at the breakfast table the way she usually does: Stirring her coffee with one hoof, don't ask how she does it, and her other hoof holding her head up as she talked to Brandon. There wasn't that much to talk about. The last couple of weeks had been really quiet. Brandon took a sip of his coffee and asked, "Do you want to go see a play?" Fluttershy thought for a moment, "The only thing showing is Daring Do: Live Action, and...we all know how plays based off of books turn out..." Brandon shuddered. Starswirl's Lost Documents will haunt him to the grave. It was at that moment Rarity came walking toward them, "Hello! I hope I'm not interupting anything, but I have a favor to ask of Brandon. It's really important!" Brandon took a sip from his coffee, but not before asking what she needed from him. "I need somepony to gather gems with me. I'd do it by myself but the town bulletin claims that there have been an increase in monster activity, and all of that...dirt...I would be ever so grateful if you could accompany me." Brandon seemed okay with it, but Fluttershy's protective instincts kicked in. By protective, it really means worrisome. "But, if you run into any monsters, they could hurt you! Or worse. What will I do?" She asked, not really expecting an answer. Fluttershy continued her series of questions until Brandon snapped her out of it by grabbing her hoof. "Shy, I'm going to be fine. I've fought monsters before. If I can kill an 80 foot lizard, then I can kill a little goblin or timber wolf. I've got your knife, it's brought me good luck, remember?" She mumbled an "mmhmm" before kissing him. "Ok...just be safe. I love you." "I love you too."
He got out of his seat, and they started walking. Brandon asked Rarity where her usual gem gathering spot is. "Oh, it's near a mountain in the Everfree Forest. It shouldn't be hard to get to, unless we get trapped there at night. Let me just get my things. I wasn't sure you'd come! Sweetie Belle will be so glad!"
Brandon was sort of surprised. Not dissapointed, but surprised. "Oh, cool. Sweetie's coming?" "Yes. She wouldn't stop begging me to let her go. I told her as long as you would go, she can go." Rarity appreciated how much of an older brother he acted toward Sweetie Belle. The little filly always wanted a brother, for some reason, but her parents decided that two's enough. Brandon was probably the closest thing she'd get, and she didn't care.
Rarity continued on, "Oh, Pinkie Pie will be happy, too!"
"Oh, great!...Wait...what...?"