Alright, with school done and over with, let us enter an entire new era for this story. I have all morning to write when I'm not sleeping. So with an entire 3 months of me having 8 hours to write, we should be able to get a lot more done. By the time this story is a year old in a week or two, I should have a new ark started. This chapter is also going to have a lot of 'Several blah blah blah' moments throughout it, since I suck at segways.

After 7 years in the making,

We hope it will have been worth the wait.

-Gabe Newell; Hoping the chapter does well.

This chapter will be in third person, due to it being awkward to write from Will's perspective.

"Yup...uh huh...yeah...you too, mom...bye," Will said on the phone with his mom, not really paying attention to her. As he hung up the phone, he got shot from behind on TF2, causing his match against Rainbow to be a loss.

"Ha ha, this is too easy!" Rainbow scoffed, "You shouldn't be calling yourself Windy Writer, you should be calling yourself Losedy Writer!"

Will rolled his eyes at her horrible pun, "Right, whatever you say Rainbow Crash," he said with a sly look as he pulled the power cord out of her laptop, causing it to crash.

"Hey!" she yelled as it powered down. She plugged it back in and said, "As soon as I get back on, I'm going to kick your fla...er, ass!"

Will laughed as she mixed up her dimensional terms, "Whatever you say."

Several swear-filled matches later

"Victory," the Administrator in the game said.

"Well, I reckon that's that," Will said getting up from his chair.

"I'll have you know, we only won, because I was on your team," Rainbow light-heartedly said.

"Of course it was, I mean it was, only me who sapped those five sentries placed in the intel room, so you could go in and get it," Will joked, "It was totally you."

"Whatever," she snorted, "Got anything else entertaining? What's that game Fluttershy is playing?" They looked over to said pink haired girl. She was playing 'Minecraft' on an extra laptop they had lying around.

"Oh, Minecraft? You wouldn't like it. Sure, you get to kill stuff, but it's also about survival in nature," Will explained.

"Survival? Nevermind. Unless I'm trying to survive getting shot at, survival does not sound like the funnest style of gameplay," she said with a slightly disgusted face.

"Well, I still got something funny. It's a party trick I've been working on for several years, but I haven't gotten to use it yet," Will said excitedly, "I'll be right back with it."

Might I recommend using this YouTube link for full effect? : watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=gy1B3agGNxw#t=41s

He came back in a pair of white shades and a white-striped sleeveless shirt and a saxophone in hand. He started playing it in a repeating song, while doing various motions.

Rainbow fell to the floor in laughter, as Will continued playing. After about 10 seconds, she spoke between laughs, "No, stop! It hurts!" She said gasping for breath, with tears in her eyes.

"What's all the ruckus out here?" Rarity asked, entering the room, "Oh, it's a saxophone."

"I hear catchy music!" Pinkie said bouncing up the stairs.

"That is a rather good song. Repetitive, but good," Luna stated, as her head came in sight from the stairwell. Will took the sax away from his mouth, took a breath and laughed.

"Oh, man, that's going to make a great 4th of July video," He said chuckling, "Epic Sax Guy going at it while fireworks are going off in the sky!"

"Huh? What do you want?" Firework said getting up from his bed in the corner of the room, behind some boxes.

"How on Earth did you sleep through all that?" Rainbow asked, catching her breath.

"Through what?" Firework asked.

Everyone stared at Firework in surprise. Will finally answered with, 'Nothing,' and walked away.

Several boring hours later

Will yawned as he put the last block together of his house on Minecraft, "Well, I think it's time I hit the hay. Thanks for the help on that, Fluttershy," he said nudging the girl at his side. She groaned and it seemed she was asleep. Will sighed and took the laptop from her lap and placed it on a nearby table, then he went back to her, and picked her up. Will had to admit, when Flutters was sleeping, she was down right adorable. He took her into the bedroom and placed her on the bed. He then went over to the other side and crawled in.

As he slipped into unconsciousness, he felt someone wrapping their arms around him and saying, 'Goodnight, William.'

An hour later, elsewhere in the house

"I'm bored," Twilight said, her hand on her cheek, as she and Heart were watching Mythbusters.

"Me too," Heart stated bluntly, as she nibbled on a carrot-her third one in ten minutes.

"You sure are eating a lot of carrots," Twilight noted, "Why?"

"Because Friendship is carrots," Heart sneered.

"What?"

"Oh, nothing. A joke from a friend of mine."

"Well, either way, have any idea what to do?"

"Actually...," Heart started, "I do."

"What is it?" Twilight pondered, as she shut off the TV.

"A prank," Heart said getting a little devious look in her pink-colored eyes.

"What kind of prank?"

"I was thinking we combine a little of my magical knowledge with your magical expertise," Heart explained, "plus a little something I learned from Princess Cadence on last year's 'Spend a Day with a Princess' Contest, to cast a love spell on two people in this house."

"Any idea on whom?" Twilight asked, liking the idea.

"Well, considering this is a kind of love spell, it'd be safe for anyone, though so it's not at all creepy, there's only one set of people we can put it on at this time," Heart thought, her smile growing larger.

"Hmm, it's not April Fool's, but a prank is still fun!" Twilight said with a great, big smile.

The two of them crept down the hallway, and nodded to each other, as they put the prank in action.

The Next Morning

Will woke up with a slight headache. His sleep had been troubled by the most peculiar dream. He couldn't say he didn't like the dream, however, it was still odd that he had it, in his opinion. He woke up a small bit later than normal, about fifteen minutes. However, it seemed it didn't matter, as nobody else was awake either. So, he decided it normal to start up an early breakfast. Nothing too fancy, as it was just breakfast. He just decided on the works.

Give a half-hour, everyone else was awake, minus Shy, Twi, Rarity, and Heart. They missed breakfast, then again, Shy was wiped out when she went to bed, and all the others were up half the night.

At about 10:00 the doorbell rang. Will answered the door. All he saw was a swift motion of blonde.

"Hey, William!" the person at the door said, as she lunged forward in a hug.

"Huh? Diana? Where have you been? I haven't seen you since I left for college," Will pondered on her sudden reappearance.

Diana "Golden Eyes" Muff, a girl who had known Will since high school. They became friends the day she arrived at the district. Much later, she was Will's date to his school prom. She had a very noticable disposition: Her eyes. Unlike most people, who have blue, brown, green, or even the very rare red, Diana had a naturally colored golden iris-hence the name, "Golden Eyes."

After graduation, she took work from the local post office. Though, because of a house on his block, no postman would dare take the mail down his street. So, it only makes logical sense that the only postwoman would. Besides, for her, it was just an excuse for her to come see him. He was the last stop on her route, so she just saved him time and energy by taking the mail straight up to his house.

"Well, when you told me that you were going off to college, I decided to just keep working the route, showing that I'm braver than any male at that place," she boasted, puffing her chest out, "Though eventually, I worked up a whole bunch of vacation time, so I just decided on going on va-ca!" she smiled at him.

Will laughed, and she continued, "Though that was only about a month ago. This is my first day back on the job, and I remember you telling me you'd be gone for about two years, and on my trip, I remembered that two years ended on June 12th. I was silently cursing myself for making my trip last until the 25th."

"Well, either way, it's great seeing you again!" Will chuckled.

"That it is, however, I have my job to do first, then I can come back. So, I have some mail for you," she said reaching into her bag, "Some bills, a sweepstakes entry, junk mail...," She said handing him the envelopes. He threw all but the bills away, "And one from me!" She smiled.

"Hm?" Will asked with a quizzical look.

Diana reached over next to the door, and pulled up a basket.

Will took them and read the note attached, "For my favorite gun, a basket of muffins! From Muff to Barrett." Will chuckled at the humor in the note. It reminded him of one thing that started their relationship back in 10th grade. He had taken her to a shooting range, and let her fire his dad's custom-made Barrett. The joke at the range was that all men that had blood in the Barrett family had top-notch aim, hence their name. Will just happened to be part of that family, his name being William Barrett.

The joke at school however was that a gun and muffin were in love. Diana's last name was more of a self-made joke, as she loved to bake muffins, and was good at it. Will reached in and took one.

"Mmm, blueberry. It's good to know you still know my favorite flavor."

Diana giggled, "Anyway, before I go return the mail-truck, mind if I go to the bathroom?"

"Not at all. Go right ahead," Will noted to the hallway.

As she walked away, AJ poked her head around the corner and walked into the lobby, "Who was she?"

Will spat out his muffin as she spoke, "AJ! Don't sneak up on me like that!" He said, calming down, "That was Diana Muff, she's the postgirl for this route, and my ex..." he stopped in mid-sentence.

"Ex-what?" AJ asked him.

"Actually, nevermind I said that, because, technically it's not true," Will noted out loud.

"Huh?"

"Well, to put it bluntly, she's my girlfriend, since we never broke up," he stated rubbing the back of his head. As he finished his sentence, AJ whom was taking a drink of water, took a spit-take.

"What! Are ya'll crazy! If Rarity sees her, yer' in hot water," she quietly yelled at him.

"Why?"

"Two chapters ago," AJ put bluntly.

"Oh, right," Will remembered, blushing slightly.

As the two thought of how bad that could be for him, the sound of dirt being driven over was heard, and a few seconds later, a car door opening and shutting.

"Oh, who is it now?" Will muttered, turning to the front door. Though, before he could get up, he saw a boot walk through the door anyway. His mouth fell a small bit a-gape, and then the rest of the figure walked through the door.

They were distinctly male, wearing an army uniform and his hair cut down to near non-existent lengths. AJ quietly crept back into the kitchen. The figure quickly turned to face Will.

"Hey, hey, hey, guess who's back!"

"JJ, what are you doing here?"

"Army trainings done," He put bluntly, "So, I came to give my best friend a quick 'hello.'"

"Well, I guess that was nice of you."

"Yeah, well, as I pulled in, I noticed the mail truck in the driveway," he said with a sly look on his face, "You fucking the mailgirl again?"

As Will got an agitated look on his face, JJ was hit in the back of the head by a glass of cold water. He quickly turned to see Diana.

"Hey, fancy meeting you here, princess!"

"Oh, quiet," Diana muttered.

"Heh, see I still have a nerve I'm able to hit on your guys' relationship," he shrugged, "Either way, I got what I came for, I'm off."

He stepped out the door and drove off. As he pulled out, Diana spoke, "Well, I'm going to head out too. I'll be back at a later date."

"You're not coming back today?" Will asked a little saddened by it.

"Nope, I got shit to do," she shrugged.

"Alright," he sighed. She pulled herself up to his height, and gave him a real quick kiss.

As she pulled out, he wondered what chaos could be caused by this (as she's also known) "Girl of Gold."

"Good morning, Rarity," Fluttershy's voice sounded from the hallway. Will turned as the two girls exited the hallway at the same time.

"Morning, girls," Will smiled at them as he closed the door. The two seemed to snap their heads up to look at him. They both quickly blushed.

"Um, yes, good morning to you too, W-Will," Rarity stuttered.

Fluttershy simply squeaked something, and hid behind her hair.

Will raised an eyebrow and ignored it, "There's some breakfast in the kitchen if you want it," Will stated, pointing his thumb over his shoulder, "I'm going to go fix something out back. AJ, care to help me?" he yelled out to the girl.

"What is it?" AJ asked coming around the corner.

"The fence bordering the neighbor's yard is faulty and their dog keeps coming over a taking a crap in the yard," Will said, disgusted.

"Oh, I fixed that yesterday when I saw the dog," she noted, taking a sip from her soda can.

"Ah, well, thanks," Will put bluntly.

"Hey, Will, up for some 2Fort!?" Rainbow asked, coming in with a Ushanka on her head.

"Not now Rainbow, I'ved played TF2 with you everyday since I introduced you to it. I'm going to give 'Shy a little help on Minecraft," Will briskly explained, "Also, give me my Ushanka back," he said snatching the fur hat off her head. She gave him an innocent smile and ran off.

"Come on Flutters, let's go finish building your house, before sunset hits in-game," Will said wrapping his arm around her. She looked up at him, "We don't want to be caught building when it get's dark out." Fluttershy quickly nodded, but then hid again as her face turned bright red. Will didn't see it, but she didn't care.

As the two walked into the living room, Rarity panicked mentally, 'I'm being too naïve. If I let Will continue to hang out with the others, I'll have no chance with him. Rainbow's probably got the best chance with him, and I don't even think she's ever liked a male like that before. Oh, think Rarity, think!'

Quickly, she got an idea. One she didn't particularly care for, but it could work, she guessed.

"Uh, Will, could I join you and Fluttershy?" she asked a little nervously.

Will kind of stared back at Rarity in amazement, "Uh, sure," he said awkwardly, "I didn't think you'd be one to play a video game."

"Well, you know what they say, don't mock it 'til you try it."

"I guess so."

After about twenty minutes, Fluttershy and Rarity's houses were both complete, however...

"Ugh, I'm sorry Will, but I don't see how you can deal with this, it's very boring," Rarity complained.

"That's okay Rarity, we're done anyway. We were just going to finish the houses, then we were just going to go do something else, probably watch TV," Will said.

While the three discussed what to do, Twilight and Heart were having a conversation of their own, "You, know. Rarity is right, this is boring," Heart said.

"What do you say we make it more interesting?" Twilight said with a smirk.

"You're acting way out of character," Heart noted, "I like that." The two put their hands up, followed by their respective purple and light-pink auras to engulf their hands. Thankfully for them, Rainbow came up at that moment and covered Will's face with his Ushanka. The two used their magic and worked it into Rarity and Fluttershy's heads, their heads becoming enveloped by the same aura as Twilight and Heart's hands. As Will chased away Rainbow, the other two were released from the magic.

At that moment, Rarity got an idea on what to do, "How about something relaxing? Like watching the clouds."

"That does sound a little more relaxing. I like that idea," Will said, smiling, "Come on, there's a great hill we can lay on outside."

The three were there for about five minutes, watching the large white puffballs floating around, the wind in their hair, rolling across the skin. Relaxation-something none of them felt they got on a regular basis.

However, that five minute mark is when something a little different happened. Fluttershy rolled over on to her side, to face Will, and curled up her legs. She then placed a hand on his chest and her head on his shoulder. No more than a minute later, Rarity did the same thing.

"Uh, girls, you comfy?" Will asked, a bit nervous. Both nodded and hummed a, 'Mm hm.'

About a minute later, a cloud turned a small shade of purple, and changed shape. Rarity then pointed at it, "Look, that one's a heart."

Will felt like something was off, he was just relaxing, yet he felt the other two were up to something. He heard Fluttershy whispering something nearby, he looked and saw her petting a bird and it flew off. A minute later, Will stared in awe as hundreds of birds came out of all the surrounding trees, and they all flew up to the cloud that had changed shape, next he knew the were removing parts of the cloud. When they were done, three things remained. W + F

Will blushed. Though, before he could fully react, Rarity spoke, "Dumb birds, they obviously have no idea how to make an 'R.'" She then used her magic to turn the 'F' into an 'R.'

"Hey, those birds did exactly what I told them to do!" Fluttershy said taking her head off Will's shoulder.

"Well, then what you told them to do was wrong!" Rarity yelled, also taking her head off Will's shoulder.

"How so!?" Fluttershy yelled standing up.

"There's no way Will could ever love a timid forest girl more than a high society fashionista!" Rarity yelled back, now also standing up. The two glared at each other.

Before Will could step between them, Fluttershy snapped a finger and several of the woodland creatures came to her side. A groundhog even burrowed out of the ground beneath Will, causing him to sit up and move away. In total, around seventy animals sat at her side, ranging in size from baby gardener snakes to mighty eagles. Rarity tensed and her hands began to glow with her blue aura.

Will wasn't even aware that Fluttershy could communicate with animals here too, but then again, he guessed it made sense.

"Will, you might want to get out of there!" he heard someone yell. He turned and saw Twilight at the top of the hill. He turned back to the other two, basically staring each other down. Will nodded to Twi and ran up the hill to her. As he reached her, several purple aura beings formed that matched Fluttershy's animals in numbers and size.

"What's going on?" Will asked nervously.

"Heart and I placed a spell on Rarity and Fluttershy, as a prank, but it seems to have gotten a small bit out of hand."

"You don't say!?" Will yelled, "Is there anyway we can stop them from killing each other with animals and whatever it is the hell you conjured up?"

"Of course. However, instead of waiting six hours for the spell to wear off, I say we just make them forget their angry at each other," Twilight said, carefully watching the others, ready to pop in a shield if necessary.

"And how do you suppose we do that?" Will asked.

"Take your shirt off."

"What?"

"Do it now!" Twilight yelled.

Will obeyed and Twilight then whistled. The two tensed girls on the hill turned as Twilight pointed to Will. The two girls were both about to run, but noticed the other's movement and turned back to their opponent.

"Darn, didn't work," Twilight stated, rubbing her chin. Fluttershy then snapped a finger again, and an Eagle flew at Rarity. Twilight sent her aural being and intercepted. The two eagles fought in the air for a few moments.

"Any other ideas, genius?" Will sneered at Twi.

"Well, I have one," Twi stated as her aura beings blocked to more attacking animals, "You've kissed Rarity before, right?"

"Yeah, on our date, Friday," Will stated, "Why?"

"Your going to need to do the same thing to Fluttershy, for the same length of time," Twilight stated briskly as she sent four more out.

"What!?" Will yelled, "I couldn't do that to someone as timid as 'Shy!"

"So you'd rather give Rarity the six hours to kill her?" Twilight said as she sent a few more beings out, "It's now or never William! I can block only one more attack!"

Will gulped and dashed forward. As Twilight's final aura being disappeared, Fluttershy sent a few more birds out to distract Rarity and an Eagle for damage. Will got there in time and caught the Eagle by it's foot.

Fluttershy gasped in surprise, "Will, what are you doing! I'm doing this for us!" she yelled.

Will took the Eagle by it's wing and twisted it, then dropping it to the ground. The bird writhed in pain after trying to fly again. Will quickly approached Fluttershy. She looked at him in confusion. He placed his hand on her shoulder. He briefly turned his head to face the equally confused Rarity and mouthed, 'I'm sorry.' He then turned back to Fluttershy and did what was necessary. He leaned down and placed his lips on hers. The girl jolted in surprise, and a gasp was heard from behind him.

Five seconds passed. A thud came from behind, presumably Rarity passing out. Fluttershy started to fall as well, but Will caught her. He picked the rest of her body up, and motioned to Twi to get Rarity. As the two walked in, Twi spoke.

"Me and Heart are in trouble aren't we?"

"Oh yeah."

Hooray! We got through to the second third of this story! And with almost 4,000 Words, I can easily say this is the longest chapter yet. Sorry for any bad jokes I had to throw in along the way, but this is what we get. One more story altering change, and we're off to a new ark. So with a summer under my belt, I say it's time I go get started on Chapter 22-The Start.