Ch.3
Both Shining Armor and Cadence were together in their daughter, Flurry Heart's room. One of them was holding the baby alicorn while the other was the special book that they were about to mention to her. Cadence started by saying…
"Once upon a time, there was a young little pink pony who was the niece of Princess Celestia, the princess of the sun and of Equestria. She and the pink filly would always do a lot things together. They went through so much fun activities as a family, and out of all of them there was this one that the filly loved doing the most. It was getting ready for bed, so she could listen to her aunt read a very emotionally loving story. All about these two little newts who brought together because they were believed to be the last of their kind. So with every moment they had together, they became friends and went an enormous adventures in order to stay together. Then they had children, and went through even more. So many beloved adventures about family and romance.
The story was always a thrill to the filly, and Princess Celestia never mind reading it to her every night. And what the filly loved about the story so much was that it made her believe that one day she would grow up and find just like that. To find the love of a boy who would always care for her so selflessly, go on many adventures, and having to a family. To have something to be grateful for forever."
Cadence finished, remembering those memories, images, and desires made her shed tears and look directly at her smiling husband. "That's how I remember it went." Shining Armor said with gladness. "Cadence, do you mind if I tell the rest?" "Not at all." Cadence sniffled a little. Then Shining shared the rest.
"And as the years went by, she actually got her wish. She met a stallion who, like her, went through so much to earn the affection that he wanted as well. So from there, they worked and set it up until they got together. They came, had a special chat, and the most special dance that they could ever ask for. Leading to the beginning of a very admiring relationship.
The filly, who was then a mare, became really happy because of her wish. It was all she could think about as well as the stallion, and it lead to her doing something that kind of helped made it even bigger. She was alone in her room, and when she found the book she decided to read it to herself. And it made her realizing something new: she read the book and it wasn't anything like how Celestia read it. In the book, the newts did love each other but they also couldn't stand each other sometimes. They hated the how they eached lived their lives differently and weren't always honest with each other. But it lead to them going through the adventures that did lead to them falling for each other and starting a family. Their life seemed perfect from there until they found a whole new tribe of their kind, realizing that they weren't the last ones. It was amazing for the female newt but the boy believed it to be too overwhelming. So he tried to give it a chance, but then with some much problems that he dealt with and the lack of honestly that he and the female had, they believed that their love for each other was no longer real. So thought that they would leave each other. But then when they realized how sensitive and honest they should have been to each other, they came back together, wanting to do better and show more love than ever before.
And they soon learned that their tribe was trouble due to invaders. The newts together gave their tribe the courage to fight in doing so, they nearly won but not until they noticed that the invaders had another way to fight them back. It was a dangerous weapon, and the two newts…all they could do was save their tribe and sacrifice what they needed to to destroy it. Once that act of love and selfless was done, the tribe and children of the two newts remembered their parents as heroes forever."
Shiny finished, and he didn't want Flurry to think the newts actually sacrificed themselves, so that was why he worded it like that. Which made Cadence smile since she noticed how careful he was being with his storytelling. Then Cadence continued,
"But despite how the real and good the story was, the mare felt terrible after reading it. She felt like she was lied to and her knowledge of love was totally diminished. So she felt like that for days, and couldn't let anypony speak to her except for her new boyfriend the stallion.
She tried to smile and be happy around her, but the stallion wasn't foolish. He knew something was wrong so with her. So one day, the stallion came to her home to visit her and Celestia. It was a surprise but the mare had a thought on why he came.
Once they were alone, they spoke with consideration and gave each other important words to the bottom of their hearts, making the mare smile and felt like she was protected, and then she brought up the book to him. She thought it was too much of a bad experience discovering the truth about it but when the stallion looked at it, he understood it more and explained it to her. Even though the newts weren't always tolerant with each other in the best way, they still loved each other and learned how to care more about their family than anything else.
When the stallion explained it more, giving a great clarification, the mare realized it. She understood the moral of the whole story much better, and in doing so, she thanked the stallion so much, that she kissed him and…promised to always show love and gratitude to him…no matter what."
Cadence shedded more tears, and Shining Armor finished it by saying "And then, the two became closer and promised to always love each other and their entire family, and they both lived happily ever after."
Both ponies smiled with tears, Flurry Heart made cute giggles. So they looked at their daughter and made their smiles a lot deeper. Each of them gave her a kiss on the cheek, making her giggle more.
"Hmm…I hope hearing this will have you remember something, Flurry." Cadence said.
Shining, "No matter what, you always need to show love, care, and honesty to your family. Something that I clearly felt like I was lacking lately. Cadence, I'm so sorry." She heard his words, and knew what she needed to say next, "No. I'm sorry. I think I was lacking those abilities too. And I should've realized how it would affect you and our little Flurry." She brought her muzzle straight to his and they rubbed 'em together. They smiled more and gave each other a quick and loving kiss. "I love you, Cadence. I promise you I never meant to hurt you. I really care about you and Flurry. I guess I was just very frustrated, tired, and things went by too fast." "I love you too, my Shining Armor. Nothing is more important to me than you and the rest of our family. Perhaps, even though we've been parents for so long we're still exhausted when it comes to figuring out how to help our girl." "Agreed. But I know we will work to never stop showing love and care." "Agreed." So the three of them together hugged and felt totally comforted.
And at the very corner of the room, they heard a little cough and saw a little glow going off. They turned and noticed that it was "Twilight?" They both said. "Hi guys. Sorry to come at you like this but I wanted to see how the plan would go." "Plan?" They asked, pondering until they got up and smiled at her. "Thank you, Twily." Shining came to her and hugged her. "No problem. I just hope this little event helps out with any problems that you may have in the future." "I think it can. Though there is one thing that now bothers me." Cadence said. "What's that?" "Before this, Shining and I still apologized to each other, why is it that your cutie mark didn't glow then?" Twilight behind herself and noticed her cutie mark glowing and wondered that herself. She only shrugged to that, but the two parents imagined that maybe it was only because deep inside they were still mad then, but after that talk, they looked at each other again and knew that it did help.
"I suppose maybe another part of this lesson would be ti understand to not let a little disagreement ruin a perfect day?" Shining Armor asked his sister, who chuckled and nodded. "Yep." "Then how we head to a nice place for dinner. Something make the rest of Hearts and Hooves Day last for us." "I think that sounds great." Cadence said, carrying Flurry Heart. "Hey Twilight, we take Spike and Starlight if you want." "Thanks. Though I think Starlight is a little busy with something else at the moment."
They chuckled and all of them together headed out of the room, with Spike following. All of them were ready to go and enjoy the rest of the Hearts and Hooves…Night. As for Starlight, she was busy, taking care of her coltfriend Sunburst.
She was at his home carrying a tissue box with her magic while he was in bed still coughing and sneezing.
He sniffled and wheezily said "Thanks Starlight but you don't have to-" he stopped with another cough, to which Starlight back away from.
"Yes I do. What kind of marefriend would I be if I didn't care of my best guy." She smiled in a flirting tone and kissed his cheek, making him blush.
"Well thanks. Though are you sure seeing me like this isn't a little bit disturbing?"
"Of course not. Plus, you're a lot more easy to take care of than little Flurry."
"And you think she and the others are doing alright?"
"Well since it was Twilight who helped take care of the problem, I'd say things are just fine. Now hold still."
She smiled and continued her job by handing him tissues and blankets, while the others were together having a nice dinner, also noticing at outside of the restaurant, the stars were bright, and the Crystal Heart was making a glorious shine for everyone, showing that Twilight's work was a success and that Shining Armor and Cadence really have learned their lesson and have promised to do better for themselves and their family.
The end. Sorry that it was fast but I was already close to the end. Let more know what you think and hope you enjoy what's coming next.
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Also, about the newts thing, that right there is suppose to reference another good story. Can anybody guess what it is?
