Shining Armor was in his room, lying in his bed. Morning had passed, and Shining Armor was hit by the warm summer sun that shined through his bedroom window. It's honey glow lit the walls of his room, making it more revealing.

His parents had already left home and gone to work. And his sister Twilight, who was now old enough, had left and went to the library to do some reading. The only pony that occupied the Sparkle residence was now just Shining Armor.

Upon realizing that, Shining Armor got up from his bed and began preparation of getting ready to go meet Cadence for their scheduled small date down at the arcade. She had been the one to purpose the Armor couldn't refuse the offer, he loved the arcade and wouldn't dare object to his love.

"Out of all places, lucky me." he happily said.

Both Cadence and Shining Armor have been seeing one another for months after Cadence was no longer needed for foalsitting Twilight. But to be honest, during those times when Cadence was taking care of Twilight. Shining Armor had developed a small crush for the young foalsitter. Whenever he would meet her, he would always exchange a look of embarrassment and leave immediately to whatever he was doing. He wanted to tell the young alicorn his feelings. Whenever the moment came, he would always doubt himself and quit on the task and up sulking to himself all day. It was the fear of rejection that scared him. But one day, Shining Armor built and collected enough courage to admit his love for Cadence. But it was to late, Cadence had beat him to it. She was also been fond of him. Both ponies realized their love for one another that day and decided to sign the imaginary love contract with their unforgettable first was their first stepping stone to a life of unfathomable love.

But that was long ago. Shining Armor now needed to get ready to meet his marefriend Cadence. As he was getting ready, he thought to himself. He started thinking why Cadence had first scheduled their little date to be at the arcade. Why would a beautiful mare like Cadence wanna hang out in such a "anti mare attracting" place? He knew that arcades weren't exactly the best places to meet mares. Let alone any mares.

Shining Armor then learned that time will tell and continued getting ready. First he walked up to his bedroom mirror, which had been surrounded in self memorabilia such as pictures of him and Cadence or him with his loving family, or movie ticket stubs he kept. With his magic, he levitated a comb and glided it across his mane. After he was done, he did the teeth inspection, and from the looks of it, his teeth was as white as his coat. And finally, Shining Armor completed self inspection and found himself Cadence ready.

Shining Armor grabbed his money bag and exited out of his room. He then entered the hallway and walked, passing the hanging family portraits of his family as he did, and finally reaching the staircase that connected the first and second floors. After going down the staircase, he made his way to the main door. After using it, he then set out to the direction of his destination.

To the arcade. To the love of his life.

There it was. In between a flea market and a pawn shop stood the beautiful building in all of Equestria. Seaside Galaxy. A fitting name for a place where one could indulge in electronic bliss; or settle a dispute with a rivaling pony using wit and cunning. It has been known to give ponies bragging rights as an award for their small victories for dominating with high scores, or by simply destroying the same pony that was standing next to you as you both used the same arcade machine.

Shining Armor had a lot of memories of him being here. Memories of his dad bringing here when he was a young colt started flooding back to him. His father had been the one to introduce gaming to him and had shown him the ropes. Mr. Sparkle couldn't have been happier to pass his once favorite thing to his son. And to him, he saw it as another bonding opportunity to further his love for his son.

What had seemed long ago now felt as if it had been yesterday for the now teenaged Shining Armor. He then realized that all of this reminiscing could wait and decided not to keep himself waiting. He began walking to the entrance of the building and entered the sentimental structure.

"No way." was all Shining Armor could say.

A tsunami of nostalgia gave him an uppercut to his face. He couldn't believe it. Nothing had changed. All the arcade cabinets hadn't been removed or been replaced. His personal favorites haven't been taken down, but instead, have been repaired and are now being occupied by other ponies. Shining Armor then took a glance at the floor he was standing on. It was the carpeting. It had been the same rainbow themed design that stretched across the room like the first time his father had brought him. It was cushioning as it was magnificent looking. It's alluringness even had the same effect on him as it did when he was a young colt.

Shining Armor knew all this could wait and began walking in search for Cadence. He hoped he hadn't kept her waiting to long. She was probably going to yell at him. He scanned the rows of machines for the pink princess. And as he did, he started to enjoy the familiar sound sayings emanating from the arcade aisles. Sounds like: "Action!", or "Heavy Machine Gun!", and "Live Or Let Die, Fight!"

Shining Armor could easily identify the games that were affiliated with those sayings. They all somewhat eased his anxiety. He continued walking, only to stumble upon a sight in which he'd never thought he'd see in his life. There in the distance was Cadence. And she was aiming a gun at a big video screen. And much to his amazement, he discovered that the gun she had been holding had a cord that was connected to none other…..then Pega's Castle of the Dead.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN "MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC"

"MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC" IS ALL PROPERTY BY HASBRO

Authors Note: I really hoped you'd enjoyed my first fanfic. I'm new at this, so please, don't hold back in your reviews. I really enjoyed writing this and I will write future chapters. And also, the main reason why I wrote this was because some writers like to separate this couple in their fics. Believe me, I don't hate the writers, I just hate seeing an awesome couple be torn apart. Their all very well written and should be reviewed respectively. Anyway, I started writing this to counter act all SAxC seperation fanfics. I know, it's crazy. But their both my favorite characters. AND I WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO DEFEND THEIR LOVE! …..Also, did any of you get any of the videogame references? No? Oh, that's okay. Anyway, I should shut up now.

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