A/N: well, here's the next chapter, enjoy everybody, like I said, this is where things get interesting.
The New Generation: chapter 3: the big surprise
As Twilight and Flame, led the three younger unicorns back to the library, they all decided to talk, mainly because Twilight and Flame, had questions to ask, Crystal.
"So, Crystal, when did you meet our son?" Twilight asked, looking over at the younger mare, Night Gale gave an annoyed sigh, but Crystal just smiled, "oh, Night Gale and I met on the first day of school, and we started dating later in the year, and we've been together ever since" she said looking back at the blushing stallion.
Twilight and Flame smiled at each other, as they continued walking, "what is it that your parents do Crystal?" Flame asked, as they came into town square, and walked across, again she smiled, "well, actually my mom and dad, are part of the royal court" she said proudly, and Twilight and Flame were both completely surprised.
"Well, that is something" Twilight said, as they turned another corner, and saw the library, "well, here we are, come on in" Twilight walked up to the door, and when they did they were greeted only by darkness, "what happened to the lights, Flame I thought you said you fixed that?" Twilight said trying to find her way in the darkness, "but I did" Flame said with the faintest hint of a smile on their faces.
"Mom, dad, did you forget where the light switch was?" Night Gale said, reaching to the side, and flipping the switch, and filling the room with light, they were completely shocked by what happened next.
"SURPRISE!" came multiple voices, nearly giving the three of them heart attacks, Night Gale fell on his back, and covered his heart, when he looked up, he saw multiple familiar faces, standing in front of him, was not only his parents, but every other member of his family.
He got up, and calmed down, he looked around with a broad smile, and saw the entire main room, decorated with balloons, and confetti, he saw a certain pink pony, jumping around, and she ran up and hugged him tightly.
"Welcome back, how's are little university students?" Pinkie said as she pulled the two siblings into a tight hug, "Ugh, it's good to see you again too, aunt Pinkie" Night Gale said, as he tried to breath.
She let them go, and walked to the other side of the room, while they caught their breath, the rest of their family members came up to them, from his uncle Shining Armor and aunt Cadence, to his uncle Dark Star and aunt Applejack, everypony from his family was there.
"Now this I didn't expect" he said with a smile, and turned and saw his parents laughing, he received hugs and presents from all of his family members, he turned to Crystal, which was pushed to the side, by the other ponies.
He believed it was time for Crystal to meet her family; he grabbed her hoof, and brought her over to his aunt and uncle, he cleared his throat, "uncle Shining armor, aunt Cadence, this is my mare friend, Crystal, she is spending spring break, with me, while her parents are away" he said, Shining Armor extended his hoof out, and shook hers, which she didn't mind.
He them gestured to the younger filly, "this is my cousin, Melody" he said, she came up to them and said hi, despite being in the royal guard; she was still some times shy.
He then brought her over to another group, of ponies, a stallion, in a special service uniform, as well as two younger ponies, and even a younger filly, "Crystal, this is my uncle Silver, and his son, Comet, and his wife Meadow Dawn" he said, Silver smiled, "well, it is certainly nice to meet you, my you are beautiful, you remind me of my wife, before she passed away" he said with a smile, Crystal frowned, "I'm sorry to hear that" she said in a sympathetic tone.
"It's okay, you two enjoy yourselves, it's your party after all" Silver said as he walked away, and Night Gale spent the rest of the time, introducing Crystal to his family.
Soon, the night began to fall, and everypony went their separate ways, as the party was cleaned up, Twilight and Flame walked up to Night Gale, who was talking with Crystal, Night Gale turned to them with a smile, "mom, dad, thank you, the party was a blast, we really enjoyed ourselves" Night Gale said, as he wrapped his hoof around Crystal's shoulder.
They both smiled, "think nothing of it, we just wanted to make your return home, special, but there is something else we need to talk to you about" they said as their smiles disappeared, by this time Star Dust walked over, "what is it, did something happen?" Night Gale asked with a hint of curiosity, in his voice.
"oh no, nothing like that, it's just that your father and I, have been called to Canterlot, on important business, us as well as the other adults, will be gone for a few days, but we will be back in time, to celebrate your return" Twilight said with a cheerful look, Night Gale frowned, and looked from Crystal to Star Dust.
"Oh, when are you leaving?" he said, with a small hint of sadness in his voice, "our train is scheduled to leave early in the morning, probably before you get up, but don't worry, we'll be back before the week is out, sorry to tell you this now, but we wanted to know if you could watch everypony for that time" Flame said, with a serious look.
This surprised Night Gale, "yeah sure, but where will they be staying?" he asked with a surprised look on his face, "well, we were planning on letting them stay here, in the spare room, plus I'm sure, you can let them stay here, Solar Glaze, will be staying at the farm, so no worries, you two can stay in our room, when we leave" Twilight said.
Night Gale sighed, he had a bad feeling about this, but he pushed that feeling aside, and looked up at his parents, "yeah sure, I can do it, no problem" he said with more enthusiasm, Twilight and Flame smiled, and looked at each other, "excellent, we will be gone before you wake up, so we need to get to bed now, don't stay up to late you two" they said as they walked up the stairs, and were gone.
Soon after, everypony came back, with their own sleeping gear, Star Dust offered for Melody, and Aurora, to stay and her room, which they quickly agreed, much to Night Gale and Crystal's relief, so it would give them more time alone.
Well, into the night, Crystal and Night Gale, finished up the cleaning, today had been a busy day, Crystal tuned to Night Gale with a smile, "I really enjoyed meeting your family, it was a blast" she said in a happy tone, Night Gale turned to her with a smile.
"I'm glad" he said and was stopped by a loud yawn, "oh, I'm beat, let's get some shut eye, tomorrow, I can give you the grand tour, show what it's like growing up in the country" he said as they walked up the stairs, and crossed the hall, until they came into Night Gale's old room.
He opened the door, and was surprised, "wow, they actually kept it the way I left it" Night Gale said surprised, he took their bags and set them near the closet, he turned and saw Crystal leaning against the bed, a sly smile on her face.
"now that we have some alone time, maybe we could have a little fun" she said with a seductive tone, Night Gale smiled, and walked over to her, "but, may parents are in the other room" he said with a sly grin, she leaned over and kissed him quickly on the lips, "yeah, we're not 'doing it', we're just going to have some fun" she said, and Night Gale smiled.
He leaned in a kissed her passionately on the lips, they stayed like that, before Night Gale pushed her up on the bed, and landed on top of her, they both laughed as they continued to kiss each other.
After about few minutes, Night Gale looked over at the clock, "we should get to bed" he said with a smile, as he rolled off her, "oh, you're no fun, anymore" she said with a pouting face, he chuckled to himself, and leaned over and turned off the light, leaving them in darkness.
A/N: well, that was definitely interesting, told you so, anyway more will come in the next chapter.