Ch.10: Winning the Tom-Colt and Light Knight Over

A short while later, Peter came out of the infirmary wing, his broken arm in a cast. Wolfurio came out too, his stabbed leg wrapped in bandages. Applejack, Shining Armor, Virizion, Zekrom, and Marvin were the first to approach them.

"Wolfurio, are you alright?" Zekrom asked. "You fought like a devil back there." Wolfurio smiled grimly, despite the sharp pain still present in his leg.

"Well, I couldn't let Razenoid or Discord get Applejack or Virizion now, could I?"

"Hey," Shining said to Peter. "How's your arm feeling?" The doctor from the Ponyville Hospital came out to answer his question.

"Peter's going to be just fine," he answered. "The X-rays show that he broke a bone in his arm, but it's not too serious. However, I'm afraid he'll have to keep his arm in that cast for some time. I'll expect him to keep off of it in the meantime and come see me two weeks from now so that we can check to see if his arm has fully healed."

"Understand, Doctor," Shining replied. "Thanks." The doctor also turned to Wolfurio.

"Wolfurio will be fine too," he added. "As a Haos Guardian, Light guardians always heal the fastest."

"Understood, Doctor," Zekrom said. "Thanks." The doctor then handed Wolfurio a bottle of medicine.

"As long as you take one of these per day for the next week, you'll be right as rain. I assure it, Wolfurio; These were personally made for me by your friend from the Everfree Forest Dusknoir, from a certain brand of plant that could heal broken bones in little time." The doctor then handed Peter a medicine bottle.

"While you are waiting for your arm to heal, Sir Peter," he added, "I recommend that you take one of these after each meal for the next two weeks. They're special calcium pills that Zecora made to help your broken arm heal a little faster."

"Merci, Doctor," he replied with a smile. As the doctor then left, Peter then turned to Shining Armor.

"I apologize for what happened, Capitan Armor," he replied. "I was only trying to help Princess Celestia."

"The same with me, Commander Zekrom." Wolfurio admitted. "I was being too headstrong and charged right into the battle."

"No need to apologize, you two," Zekrom replied with a smile. "You only did what you were asked to do."

"But just do us all a favor and take it easy for a while like the doctor asked, alright?" asked Shining.

" Sorry, sir, but that's a order I have to disobey," the skunk replied, gesturing to Wolfurio, who grinned and made a knife with his finger across his throat. Shining grimaced and turned to Wolfurio.

"Wolfurio, you have to call off that mad battle! My knight is wounded and is in no shape to engage a guardian in combat." Wolfurio shook his head.

"Sorry, Shining, but I can't," he answered. "That will be breaking Lady Arceus's laws." Big Mac then went up to Peter.

"Thanks fer savin' my sister," he said, shaking his good arm.

"Well, I couldn't let any harm come to her, now could I?" he replied humbly as he turned to Applejack, who blushed and looked away with a small smile.

"Hey, guys," Twilight said with a strange tone in her voice. "Don't we need to be somewhere else for a bit?" Marvin, Shining, and everypony and every-guardian else immediately got what she was talking about. Well, almost everypony…

"Not really," Pinkie Pie answered happily. "I can stand here all—"

"Let's go, Pinkie," Big Mac and Trister said, ushering the pink Pony down the hall with everyone else.

"Aww…" the pink filly whined. Soon Applejack and Peter were alone in the hall, just outside the infirmary wing, along with their guardians. Wolfurio grinned as Virizion came up and wrapped her hooves around his neck.

"Thank you for being such a great guardian, Wolf..." she whispered, nuzzling her head into his neck.

"Anything for you, Viri," the Haos Knight replied.

"So…Doc said yer gonna be fine," Applejack said to Peter shyly.

"Yes, he has," Peter replied, looking down at his arm before frowning. "I'm sorry…" Applejack turned to him with confusion.

"Fer what?"

"For getting hurt on you. I gave you my word that I'd be careful, and I got hurt in the end."

"Hey, don't beat yerself up," she replied reassuringly. "It's not yer fault ya got hurt; ya just didn't have time to react is all. And…I'm the one who should apologize." Peter turned to her to see her looking down in shame.

"For what? For trying to protect moi? You didn't know Discord was going to pick you up, chere. Beside, it didn't hurt that much when I caught you."

"I know," she stated, "but that ain't what I'm apologizin' 'bout. I'm apologizin' fer…not tellin' ya the truth."

"What truth?" he asked with slight confusion. She gulped with a sigh before answering.

"I never told ya this, but…the reason I was actin' strange when we first me was 'cuz…I get shy 'round French hunks like ya. Whenever I'm 'round a handsome feller with a French accent…I get more nervous than Fluttershy on her first day of school. I didn't tell ya this 'cuz I didn't wanna hurt yer feelin's." Peter just smiled at her before tilting her chin up with his finger.

"I already figured you're shy," he explained. "And I'm not offended; it was my own fault for rushing it. I only took Spike and Marvin's advice and took it slow by better acquainted with you so as to make it up to you. And it seems to me it helped get over your shyness." Applejack looked up at him with a smile before he took her by surprise by wrapping his good arm around her waist, causing her to stand up on her hind legs and wrap her front legs around his neck.

"So you think I'm a hunk, non?" he purred to her suavely.

"Whoa-hoo there, lover boy," she laughed. "What happened to gettin' acquainted first?"

"I thought we did when we had our dance," he teased. She then playfully thought about it.

"I can with that," she replied before starting to press her lips into his...Wolfurio started to walk up to stop them, but Virizion then stepped up and grabbed his hand. She wrenched him away and kissed him passionately.

"Don't you ever scare me like that again, Wolfurio...Or I swear..." Virizion growled before he placed his fingers on her lips.

"I won't," he said before frowning. "But…I want to apologize to you too. I should have told you that I get shy around forest maidens like you. I didn't because I thought it would offend you."

"Oh, I'm not offended, chere," she giggled. "Actually, I think it's cute." Wolfurio blushed with a smile as she went on. "Besides, it was my fault for making you nervous with my flirting. So I took Dialga and Skyress' advice and took it slow for you." Wolfurio smirked at her before gathering her into his arms in a warm embrace.

"You think I'm cute, do you?" he purred suavely. "Well, that's something I can appreciate." He then pressed his lips into hers and kissed as their partners shared their first kiss.

At the other end of the hall, the fillies and female guardians watched them with a simultaneous "Awww…" while Spike, Shining, and the guys watched with knowing smiles. Cadence who's with them just smiled before resting her head against her husband's neck, and Luna and Celestia simply grinned at their friends. Reshiram snuggled into her husband's arms while Arceus and Giratina simply grinned.

While the others aren't looking, Celestia took out her red book and opened it to a blank page. She then place her horn on it and concentrated on her spell. On the page appeared Applejack and Peter sharing their first kiss with his good arm around her waist. The same with Arceus, who formed a picture of Wolfurio kissing Virizion.

Taking out her quill, the Lady wrote down the titles:

Wolfurio's Green Maiden.

Taking out her quill, the Princess wrote down the title:

Applejack's French Hero.

Just then, Wolfurio pulled from Virizion and turned to Peter, who had just pulled away from Applejack. He then levitated Applejack away to Virizion with his Haos Magic before healing both Peter's arm and his leg with it. Peter shook his firmly broken arm, staring at it in awe and guessing the doctor forgot about Wolfurio's special ability. The Haos Knight grinned.

"Well now, Peter. Ready for our courtship battle?" he asked, summoning his lance and shield and cracking a smile. Peter simply smiled back, before drawing his own sword.

"Ready when you are, Wolfurio." The Haos Knight then used his powers to fly them both out of the window so as to have more room. Applejack and Virizion then looked out the window, hoping that their healed injuries will be enough for the battle.