At Sweet Apple Acres, Big Mac impatiently watches a baking pie. And right it's only half done.

He groans impatiently, and Spike and Alex are with.

"You said it, Big Mac." Said Spike. "This is taking forever! I know it's wrong to cut corners when it comes to gifts from the heart, but this an emergency, right?"

"Eeyup." Big Mac nodded.

"Why not." Said Alex.

"Discord? A little help?" Spike called. "Discord!"

But nothing happen. Spike sighs in defeat. Then Big Mac had an idea, whispered to Spike.

"Yeah? Oh! Good idea!" Spike agreeing and cleared his throat. "Captain Wuzz! Are you prepared to enter the world of Orges & Oubliettes?"

Then suddenly Discord appear in his Guy's Night costume. "Huzzah, fellow adventurers! Shall we storm the ramparts of Squizard's castle to reclaim Calico's Ring of Imperceptibility?"

Spike and Big Mac glance uneasily.

"You did summon me for a rousing Guys' Night of Orges & Oubliettes, did you not?" Discord asked.

"Uh, sort of." Spike uneasily. "But do think you could magically hurry up this pie real quick first?"

"You seem to be mixing up" Discords turns of wearing a royal crown and cape. "the Lord of Chaos" turns back to his Guys' Night costume. "with a second-rate clown magician for hire." Discord prepares to snap his fingers to leave.

"Eee... wait!" Big Mac stopping him.

"This needs to go in the mail today, or it'll never get to Sugar Belle in time for Hearts and Hooves Day!" Spike explained.

Big Mac giggled in embarrassment.

"Please. Can't you see that that holiday is a commercialized ruse pushed on you by the greeting card industry?" Said Discord.

Big Mac then cleared his throat irritably and had puppy eyes.

"Fine." Discord groaned. "You owe me for this." With a snap of his fingers, he is now dress as a clown. And made a pie appeared.

Spike and Big Mac hi fived.

"Keep your eye on the pie. It's magic time!" Said Discord.

Soon the pie was on the table.

"This smells... uh... palatable." said Discord.

"Well, pies really are Sugar Belle's thing." Said Spike. " But I think that makes this all the more special. It shows you're interested in what she cares about."

"Eeyup!" Said Big Mac.

"And he's planning a big romantic Hearts and Hooves dinner. It was my idea to bake the invitation inside."

"Really? You can do it?" Alex asked.

Discord snapped his fingers to it for himself. And reads the note.

""Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Sugar Belle. Meet me in my barn at sunset for a surprise.""

"Pretty clever, huh?" Spike raising a eyebrow.

"Wait a minute. Won't she choked on that?!" Alex said.

"Oh, relax, she'll be okay." Spike assured.

Discord snapped his fingers, and the note is back in the pie. And Big Mac wraps it up, and there was a sticky note with 2 sugar cubes and a bell.

"Awww. "Sugar Belle". See?" Said Spike.

"Well, you two certainly have bought into this romance nonsense hook, line, and sinker." Discord crossing his arms.

"For a formerly friendless immortal despot, you're pretty cynical." Spike said bluntly.

"Ouch." Alex said.

Discord took that as a compliment. "I'm a realist. And love, like all things warm and fuzzy, isn't real."

"Aw, come on. You act tough, but deep down, you're a softie." Said Spike. "I mean, you don't have tea with Fluttershy every weekend because you like tea."

"But I do like tea!" Discord said. "Every tea! All the teas!" Then Discord appeared on a television set. "Chamomile, Earl Grey, green, white, yellow, mate, lemon, ginger, chai, spearmint, peppermint, hibiscus..." He inhales. "...cinnamon, pumpkin spice."

The television disappears, and Big Mac just groaned and leaves to get the pie delivered.

"Tell you what." Said Spike. "While Big Mac mails his incredibly romantic gesture, I'll show you the splendors of Hearts and Hooves Days in Ponyville. I bet I can prove you believe in love."

"Fine." Said Discord. "Call it a gentleman's wager. Loser mows my lawns for eternity."

Discord held out his left lion paw. And Spike looked concern, and shakes it.

"Is it, like a riding mower or...?" Spike questioned.

Discord brought a pair of... "Tweezers!"

Spike gulps hoping he didn't made a mistake.

Meanwhile, Big Mac arrives at the post office and drop his package off.

Meanwhile Apple Bloom and the crusaders are having a meeting at the Sweet Apple Acres barn house.

"Hear ye, hear ye! This special Hearts and Hooves Day meetin' of the Cutie Mark Crusaders is now in session!" Apple Bloom announced. "First order of business - helpin' my big brother decorate the barn for his big date with Sugar Belle tonight, and... " Apple Bloom notice that Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo are distracted with the decorates. "Hello?"

"It seems like everypony's got somepony special but us." Sweetie Belle disappointed.

"When's it gonna be our turn?" Scootaloo as well.

Then there was a knock on the door, Apple Bloom went to the door. And she found a packarge.

"Huh?"

She then brought it inside.

"Who's it from?" Scootaloo asked.

Apple Bloom place it down. "Can't tell. It's all smudged, but it looks like it's addressed to... "Belle"? Hmmm..."

Sweetie Belle then gasped with one thought. ""Sweetie Belle"!" She then tears and opens the package. And found a pie in it. "Somepony certainly went through a lot of trouble for me! On Hearts and Hooves Day!"

Scootaloo gasped. "You don't think..."

"Could it be...?" Sweetie Belle said.

"Hang on a minute." Apple Bloom getting between them. "Mysterious package, smudged address, no idea who it's from... Hm. I know what this is. You've got a secret admirer!"

The 3 then cheered and laughed and prance around.

Meanwhile in town, pony couples are enjoying themselves.

"Another Hearts and Hooves Day." Spike sighed in happiness. "Love is in the air, Discord. Look at all these happy couples."

"This looks like a enjoyable sight." Said Alex resting on Discord's horn.

"How can they be happy if they aren't playing Orges & Oubliettes?" Said Discord.

"As a great dragon poet once wrote to his beloved, "I love you with the utmost clarity. I love you, dear. My sweet, sweet Rarity-" Are you even listening?!" Spike sees Discord working on a model ship in a bottle.

"Of course. "Love is... something-something, and Discord is great." I don't know." He said. "Can we play O&O now?"

"Sure, after you admit you believe in love and... Sugar Belle!" Spike then leaps into the bush.

And then pull Discord in with Alex as well. And Sugar Belle trotted passed them without knowing their even there. And the 3 poke their heads out and saw her entering Sugarcube Corner.

"Who is that?" Alex asked.

"Big Mac's girlfriend." Spike answered. "What's she doing in town so early?"

They went for a closer look, and see Sugar Belle talking to Mrs. Cake.

"Well, Sugar Belle, I'm sure Big Mac won't be expecting it." Said Mrs. Cake.

Spike gasped. "She's planning her own romantic surprise for Big Mac? What if she goes to Sweet Apple Acres before Big Mac's ready with his surprise? We've gotta warn him!"

Spike begin to run off, and Alex takes off flying.

But then Discord snaps his fingers. And they disappeared.

Over with Big Mac, he's working on a dessert.

Then Discord, Spike and Alex appeared but both are still moving. And Spike crashed into the oven, and Alex dived into the dessert on accident.

"Whoa!" Big Mac in surprise.

Alex was soon able to dig himself out. "Oh, great my feathers are all mess up!" He held his wings out and tasted the batter. "Hm, tasty."

"Mig Bac..." Spike completely dazed. "Mig Bac...!" He then shakes his head to get his senses back. "I mean, Big Mac! We just saw Sugar Belle! She's at Sugarcube Corner! But I think she's on her way over here now! You gotta keep her away from here until the barn's finished!"

Big Mac gasped in horror. "Eeyup!"

He then ran off hoping to keep Sugar Belle from the barn till it's ready.

"I wonder what she has planned for him." Spike thought.

Discord chuckled. "We don't have to wonder."

He then snaps his fingers.

And their back at the bush. And Spike fell in the bush.

"Will you warn me next time you do that?" Spike poked his out of the bush.

Discord smiled, and then Sugar Belle and Mrs. Cake came out. And then Big Mac appeared.

"Ohhhh. She hasn't seen him yet." Spike said. "Take note, Discord. This is what love is all about."

Discord then appeared in the bushes, and writing in a notebook. ""Spike - Love is about spying in the bushes.""

"Make fun of me all you want. But look at Big Mac's face at tell me you don't believe in love."

Discord glance over to him, and sees Big Mac running with heart shaped pupils in his eyes. And then, Sugar Belle and Mrs. Cake got closer to their hiding spot.

"I hope he'll be okay without me." Said Sugar Belle.

Then Big Mac came to a stop, and then dives into the bushes.

"Oh. Hey. We're just... not spying-" Said Spike.

"Hush!" Big Mac shushing him.

Then they hid in the bushes as Sugar Belle and Mrs. Cake came closer.

"I mean, he has been on his own before." Said Sugar Belle. "So he'll be fine, right?" She sighed. "How should I tell Big Mac tonight? "You won't need to come visit me in my village anymore"? "We need to talk.""

"Just be honest with him." Said Mrs. Cake.

"You're right. Okay! "We're finished.""

Big Mac gasped in horror, and felt that his heart in pieces. And then he fainted.

"You're right. She did surprise him." Discord back to work on his ship in a model.

"Ugh." Spike facepalmed.

Back at Sweet Apple Acres, Big Mac was now drowning himself in apple cider.

"Okay. Things seem bad." Said Spike. "Maybe they're really not. Maybe "we're finished" was about the day. Ponies sat that, right? Like-like, "Hey, remember yesterday? That's finished, 'cause it's today!"

Big Mac didn't seem convinced.

"Maybe not that. Oh, I know! Maybe Sugar Belle has a wacky cousin who's never been on his own, and she has to leave him in charge of her shop while she apprentices with Mrs. Cake, who does that, like two days a week. N-No, no, three. That's why she won't need you to come to her village anymore, because... she'll already be here!"

"Yeah, that actually sounds possible." Said Alex. "I'm sure if you just talk to her, I'm sure it will just be a misunderstanding."

Big Mac did smile thinking it's true.

"Nah. I don't even buy that one." Spike admitted.

Big Mac then breaks down again and stress drinks again. "She takes pie-baking seriously! Why'd I even try?! I bet she thought I... I was making fun of her!"

Then Alex flew over and pecked Spike on the forehead. "We're trying to cheer him up, not make him worse."

Then Discord pops in. "Oh, I hate seeing you this, Big Mac. And over a girl, no less. I'm calling an emergency Guys' Night right now to cheer you up."

Discord then gave Big Mac a handerchief, and then he blew his nose. And he gave it back to Discord.

"Besides, we can't have you ruining any more of my thousand-year-old monogrammed handerchiefs." Said Discord. "These are silk, you know."

Then Discord transports him and the 3, to a casino. And 4 milkshakes appeared, and Discord gave the three fancy hats.

"Class is now in session." Said Discord.

Then Discord appeared behind the bar. "Lesson one - nothing can break your heart if you only love yourself. You've got to show everypony that you're too cool to be bothered with so-called love. Observe."

Then he disappears, and reappeared with a spotlight revealing him.

"This is how cool guys lean against things." He continued. "When you see a guy leaning against a thing looking this cool, you think, "Wow! That guys doesn't have a care in Equestria. Not a guy who leans on things that cool.""

"I don't think leaning's gonna help." Spike said and then tries it himself. "Am I doing it right?" He then slips. "Whoa!"

Discord then used his fingers making a smile Big Mac's face. But it then turns into a frown.

"We're not like you, Discord." Spike getting up. "We can't put a front and pretend not to love. It's impossible."

"Lesson two - plenty of ponies in the pasture." Said Discord. "Right, Big Mac? I know just the gal to make you forget all about Sugar Belle."

"You... said... her... naaaaaaame!" Big Mac cried.

"Oy vey..." Discord snapped his fingers.

And the 4 appeared in their game realm, and in their costumes. And Alex was wearing a wizard hat.

And then, Discord made a cardboard pony skeleton appear.

"Sir McBigguns, meet Skellinore." Discord said. "She's a level 18 Bone Warrior in Squizard's mage army, but only to pay off skeleton students loan debts. Get to know each other, why don't you?

He then snapped his fingers, and the 2 were gone.

"Wow. You're really going all out of cheer up Big Mac." Said Spike. "I'm impressed."

"yes,yes, I'm amazing." Said Discord. "Anyway, since we're in the neighborhood, care for a quick game of Orges & Oubliettes? Like I've been waiting to play all week?!"

"I take it back."

"I'm helping our friend first and foremost. See for yourself."

He then handed Spike a cardboard spyglass, and he looks through it. And he can see Big Mac showing Skellinore something. He extands it, and in Big Mac's hoof, there was a picture of Sugar Belle.

"I think he's showing her a picture of Sugar Belle." Spike said.

"Guess he can't get enough of her." Alex said.

"What?" Discord surprised.

"And now he's crying."

"No-no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no. No, he's not. Discord not convinced. "Let me see that." Trying to take the spyglass.

"Don't touch it!" Spike not done with it. "I'm looking!"

"Give me that!"

"Cut it out! Discord, quit it!"

Then they appeared near Big Mac. And he was telling Skellinore about Sugar Belle and then he breaks down like mad.

And Discord snapped his fingers.

And appeared in the barn now all ready.

"Okay. I think we've had enough of the aloof master of chaos remedies for a broken heart." Said Spike. "You know what I do when I have a problem too big to solve! I hide from it! When she can't find out, she'll realize how much she misses you. Plus, if she can't find you, she can't break up with you."

"Eeyup." Big Mac agreeing with that.

And then, he jumps into some hay. And Spike did too, and Discord turns into some hay. And then, the Crusaders came in.

"I don't get it. We asked every stallion in Ponyville." Scootaloo sighed.

Apple Bloom groaned. "There's gotta be somepony we're missin'. Somepony obvious. Somepony right in front of our noses."

"Oh, well." Said Sweetie Belle. "At least the barn's looking great for Big Mac's date."

Big Mac who was listening, did notice that.

Then Discord as big as Alex, appeared next to him. "Too bad there won't be a date."

"Sugar Belle is so lucky to have a non-secret admirer like Big Mac." Said Sweetie Belle.

"Well, she certainly doesn't seem to have appreciated it." Said Discord.

"I bet she's gonna take one look at this barn and say, "What' did I ever do to deserve this?"" Said Apple Bloom.

"Yes, what did she do to deserve this?" Discord whispered in Big Mac's ear.

"She broke my heart." Big Mac finally spoke.

"Well, not yet, technically. In fact, she can't break your heart if you break hers first."

"EEYUP!" Big Mac angrily.

Unfortunately, things went downhill, when he got to Sugarcude Corner. And an arguement started, and when Big Mac was done and left. Sugar Belle was left crying. And when he got back to the barn, he so mad that he accidentally hurt Sweetie Belle's feeling. But he did apologize, and then Big Mac left the barn to talk to Sugar Belle.

Now sunset, Sugar Belle is now pulling a wagon and making the long trip home.

But then, the right wheel of the wagons breaks off. And the wagon tips down.

"Oh. All the rotten luck..." She said.

Sugar Belle holds the wagon up, trying to fix it. But she then slips on some mud, and fell over. And then Big Mac appeared, and helped her up.

"Caught ya just in time!" He said. "We both know I don't like to say much, but I'm gonna say somethin' now." He sighed. "Even though I'm hurtin'. I wouldn't trade this fellin' for anythin'. Bescause it's mean givin' up the good times we had, too. I only broke up with you because you were gonna break up with me. I respect your decision, and you know you'll always be in my heart."

Sugar Belle was a bit confused. "I didn't want to break up with you."

"But... you said you didn't need me to visit anymore. You said I'm gonna be on my own. I-I heard you said "We're finished" when I was hidin" in the bushes."

Sugar Belle raised an eyebrow.

"That sounds worse than it is." Big Mac admitted.

"Oh, Big Mac! I was talking about my cousin!" Sugar Belle said. "I have this wacky cousin who's never been on his own, but I have to let him run my shop on weekends. Which is why you won't be delivering to my village anymore because I'll already be here apprenticing with Mrs. Cake, who does that two days a week. No, three."

Big Mac realize that Spike actually said that. "Wait 'til I tell Spike!"

"I'd never break up with you!" Said Sugar Belle.

The 2 lovebirds nuzzled, and Big Mac fixes her wagon.

"I suppose there's a lesson here somewhere about communication, talking instead of assuming, or eavesdropping is wrong. Wouldn't you say?"

"Eeeeyup!" Said Big Mac.

Sugar Belle giggled and did the wrinkle nose thing that Big Mac likes.

"Hee-hee. Wrinkle-nose cutie-face." Big Mac then kiss her. "You must've been awful confused at my breakin' up with you after you got my pie."

"What pie?" Sugar Belle asked.

"You didn't get the pie I sent?"

"Mm-mm."

"Or the invitation?"

"Uh-uh."

"Well, in that case..." Big Mac lifts Sugar Belle on the wagon. "allow me to escort you to a Hearts and Hooves Day surprise!"

Big Mac begin to head to the barn, and giving Sugar Belle a ride.

Meanwhile, Sweetie Belle was watching the sun being lowered. And sighs sadly of not finding her secret admirer.

"Mind if we join ya?" Apple Bloom and Scootaloo appeared with the pie.

Apple Bloom gave her a slice, and as she took a bite. She then pulls of a piece of paper out of her mouth, and reads it.

""Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Sugar Belle. Meet me..."

"SUGAR BELLE?!" The 3 shouted.

"You have got be pulling our hooves!" Scootaloo said going through the whole day for nothing.

"It was all a mix-up?!" Said Sweetie Belle.

Then the 3 started laughing.

"Oh, it's funny. I've been sitting here feeling sorry for myself for not having a special pony on Hearts and Hooves Day. But remembering all the fun we had, I think I have two special ponies - my two best friends." Said Sweetie Belle.

And the 3 pulled in for a hug.

Now night, Spike, Alex and Discord are out on a night scroll.

"And so ends another Hearts and Hooves Day." Said Spike. "Despite a bumpy start... and middle... and ending... lot of bumps today... love was in the air."

"So was confusion, apparently, and a fair number of assumptions." Said Discord.

"But you have to admit, after seeing everything Big Mac went through, love is a hundred percent real."

He then found Discord humming, and working on his ship in a bottle.

"Seriously?! Discord, come on! I can't believe you!"

"Who do you think broke Sugar Belle's wagon wheel?" Discord raised his eyebrows.

He then placed his ship in a bottle on the table now finished. Except the ship in a bottle, is actually a wagon in a bottle. And the right wheel brakes off.

"You slid dog." Alex smirked.

"Ta-da! Happy and Hooves Day!" Discord said.

"you old softie." Spike laughed. "I knew you had a heart."

"Speaking of how great I am, are you busy for the rest of the night?" Discord then snapped his fingers and now in their Guys' Night outfits. "Calico's Ring of Imperceptibility isn't going to reclaim itself, you know."

"Orges and Oubliettes? I thought you'd never ask!" Spike smiled. "Oh, and... just wondering. No biggie, but... is Skellinore gonna be there?" He smiled innocently and blushed.

Discord stared blankly. "Spike, she's an imaginary one-dimensional paper cutout skeleton."

"Well, nopony's perfect."

"Say, any chance you can included me as your VIB?" Alex asked.

Discord snapped his fingers, and Alex's wizard hat appeared.

And then he snapped his fingers again, and were gone.

After a long day, Blue has arrive home at her nest.

And found Jr peacefully asleep. She smiled as she lied down next to her, and through out the day. She has seen some pony couples together, and they reminded of her being with Jr's father back on Isla Sauro.

She then looks up at the night sky, something she used to do with him.

"I miss you Jay." She said. "Hope we see you again."

Blue then lowers her head, and went to sleep.

Author's Note.

Is Jay a good enough name for Jr's father?