Chapter 1

How Shining Armor met Cadence

Shining Armor was surprised to see the mare at the door. A pink alicorn with pink purple and yellow hair was not something you usually see on a Saturneigh night, even in Canterlot. The alicorn looked back at the stallion the same way.

"Are- you the one I'm supposed to foalsit?" she asked

"What? No!" Shining replied, a bit offended she would even think he needed a foalsitter.

"Oh, Cadence, there you are!" Shining's mom called out to the alicorn.

"Mom," Shining asked "Why do we need a foalsitter? I'm not doing anything tonight."

"Twilight needs friends, dear."

"I am her friend."

"Other friends, dear. She can't grow up to be anti-social."

"Well there's Spike and- there's Spike."

"Cadence here will be fine. Besides, you can make friends with her too. Or you can go out, you have a free night now."

Before Shining Armor could protest any further, his mother was out the door.

"She could be a changeling!" Shining Armor shouted to his mother. She didn't hear him, however.

He turned his head.

"Hello, Cadence." He said bitterly.

Well that's our story!

No, it isn't Clumsy, the rest of the night is still a tale worth telling.

Twilight was surprised to meet a new pony that she had never heard of. However, she soon warmed up to Cadence. Shining Armor was another story. Spike was with him for a bit of the night, mostly because the two girls had been talking and doing girly things. Though Spike was raised by Celestia, once he was old enough to walk, talk, and send messages with green fire, he was given to kept to themselves most of the night. Except when they didn't.

"Well, I don't care if you're a princess!" Shining yelled. "That doesn't mean I have to like you!"

"Well, mister guard wannabe!" Cadence shouted "You don't have to be possessive with your sister!"

"Cadence?" Spike tried to talk to the princess.

"Not now, Spike." Cadence told the dragon.

"I'm not possessive, I just hate you!"

"Shining?" the dragon tried.

"Spike, the big ponies are arguing." Shining said.

"Why? What did I do?" Cadence asked.

"Little Miss Cupony doesn't know what she did? Making people fall in love with each other? It's unnatural, unholy even!"

"What? My magic fixes love, not creates it!"

"Sure say that to keep me off guard, and use your weird magic to make me fall for you! But I'm prepared!" Shining put up his forcefield around him.

"Twilight's in trouble!" Spike yelled.

"What?" The two ponies shouted, causing Shining to put down his forcefield.

They followed Spike into Twilight's room.

"We were playing tag, and since Twilight thought she might break something if we ran around, she teleported instead, and well..." The baby dragon pointed towards a wall, where Twilight's front half was stuck, crying.

The dragon has a good vocabulary at such a young age.

"Twiley? Are you hurt?" Shining Armor shouted.

Twilight shook her head.

"Are you scared?" Cadence asked.

Twilight nodded.

"Don't be, we'll get you out of here." Shining reassured her.

"We?" Cadence asked.

"I can't do this myself!" Shining admitted.

Cadence nodded, knowing she couldn't either.

"Okay, we've got a pony who makes forcefields, one who is good at soothing and coaxing, and a dragon who can breath fire." Shining analyzed. "I have an idea."

Shining whispered his plan to the two others.

Cadence walked over to Twilight.

"Now, Twilight," She coaxed "Don't cry okay? Anything we do is just to help, so stay calm, okay?"

Shining Put his forcefield around Twilight, in a way that was her exact size and shape.

Spike, now knowing he wouldn't hurt Twilight, burned the wall around Twilight. Twilight walked out of the wall.

"Wait, couldn't you just have teleported out?" Shining asked.

"Of course, Silly!" Twilight answered.

"Well, why'd you wait for us?" Cadence asked.

"Because you two were fighting," Twilight explained "And I can't have the greatest foalsitter in the history of all foalsitters and my B.B.B.F.F. fighting!"

"'B.B.B.F.F.'?" Cadence asked.

"Big brother best friend forever." Shining explained, "And I would be pretty mad if not for the fact that I actually like Cadence now." Shining blushed. "As a friend of course!"

"Me too." Cadence said.

"Yeah! I'm glad everything worked out!" Twilight said.

"Well, except one thing." Cadence said pointing to the hole in the wall they made.

"Spike did it!" the unicorns said in unison.


Well, can't wait until next story with my great great great great granddaughter Twilight was sweet and funny, but don't expect every story to be that way. The next one's a little sad