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I was walking back towards Ponyville from the Everfree Forest and I noticed ponies seemed a lot more romantic today. Huh. That's odd. Wait. OH NO! I forgot today was Hearts and Hooves Day. Bleah. It's basically the equivalent of Valentine's Day which I never did like because of my heart getting broken all the time as a teenager and it didn't help when they would have it advertised in the stores because it would make me feel sad and jealous because it seemed like everyone but me had a significant other to be all "romantic" with. Although, it was probably worse for people who went to Parkland over a half decade ago back home in Florida. That was even worse. So my troubles were nothing compared to what happened there. Anyways, I had to stay away from Twilight for now. Now you're probably wondering, "Why the heck would you stay away from your own girlfriend?" Well, since it's Hearts and Hooves Day today, I can't be around her because I'm planning something special for her. I only have one problem though: I have no idea what to get her. But I'm sure I can find something before sundown. I think I'm going to go to the store first to see if I can find anything. I know it's kinda odd to be going there, but I'm really desperate and I don't have any better ideas, so yeah.

I was on my way to the store when I saw Big Mac, Spike, and Discord hiding in the bushes eavesdropping on Mrs. Cake and Sugar Belle. She said something along the lines of "We're finished" or something, and poor Big Mac fainted. Oh boy. Hopefully things get sorted out for him. I don't have time to deal with this right now. I took off and sprinted towards the store. I went inside and began looking down every aisle I could. I suddenly heard familiar hoofsteps and I went into my shadow form and hid in the floor. Hey, I gotta do what I gotta do man in order to say hidden. I heard Twilight say "Hmm. I thought I heard Zach walking around in here. I haven't seen him all morning. Oh, maybe he has something special planned for me! But maybe I should get something for him as well. I think that would work. Hopefully, he doesn't see me considering the fact that he can pretty much hide in anything and not be seen by anybody. Oh well. I doubt he'd be here." She continued trotting along and I went back into my lion form. That was a close one. I thought I was screwed for a second, but she continued moving along. I kept looking around, and then I found something. It wasn't exactly useful, but I think I could make something out of it. I just need to figure out what though. I paid for it and went to the next place. I'm thinking the jewelry store. They have a lot of good items there and I can think of something for that. Plus, I still have that huge gem I got when Starlight and Sunburst were hanging out with Maud near the Magic Mirror Pool back over 10 chapters ago.

I went into my shadow form and dashed through buildings and whatnot until I got to the Jewelry store. I went inside and began looking for some jewelry. I looked around and something caught my eye. It was a nice necklace that had a giant red ruby in the middle in the shape of a heart and I immediately knew this would be perfect for Twilight. You might raise your brows at that, but I have a plan to make it perfect. The salespony came over and said "Hello. How may I help you today?" I said "I'll take that ruby necklace sitting right there." She said "Okay. That will be 5,000 bits." If this was USD, that would be the price of a private yacht. But that's no problem. I pulled out an entire sack bag of bits and put it on the counter. The slaespony went wide eyed but took the bag and processed it. She said "I didn't think that you would go all out for something like this. You must have something pretty special for somepony special." I said "You would be right. When you're dating the Princess of Friendship, you kinda have to go all out." The salespony went wide eyed again and said "You're dating the Princess of Friendship?!" I said "Yeah. It's really not a big deal. Don't tell her that I'm here though otherwise everything will be ruined." The sailespony said "Oh, okay. I promise not to tell her. Well, I hope things go well for you." I said "Thanks. Have a nice day." The salespony said "You too" and I headed out. I was about to go to the next place, but I saw Twilight again, so I hid in the nearest building in my shadow form so she wouldn't see me.

She said "I thought I saw Zach through here. He seems to be such a ninja today." Well, I kinda do that quite often. "Well, since I got this thing for him, I should probably head to the jewelry store to go get something nice for him. I did see this nice ruby necklace in there, that is if somepony else hasn't already bought it." Uh, oops. Please don't get mad at me Twilight. I was the one that just bought it. Anyways, I have to keep moving on. "Oh well. Better go take a look." She trotted off and I went back into my lion form watching her walk away and I took off. Another close one yet again. I went to my secret hiding place where no one in Equestria, not even Discord would know about. I took the necklace I had purchased and the gem I had stored in here and began working on it. I took the gem and forged it inside with the ruby so it was half red and half purple while still in the shape of a heart. Then I began working the scepter's magic and put both myself and Twilight stamped in there with both of our heads resting against one another and smiling at each other. Yeah, I really was going all out with this. Once I finished the necklace, I hid it in my secret chest so that even if Twilight were to discover this place, she wouldn't find it. I went into my shadow form and took off towards Ponyville. It was already noon and I was starting to get hungry. Hmm. I need some red meat. Be right back.

I appeared in the Whitetail Woods and summoned a hippo that I could crouch down and attack it. I went into my crouching position and attacked the hippo tearing it apart and killing it. Once it was finally dead, I dragged it to the furnace I had set up and began to cook it. Once it was done cooking, I devoured it and got rid of everything. I heard ponies coming towards me to figure out what was going on, but I disappeared before they could see me. I teleported back to Ponyville and immediately hid in the bushes. I peaked out and saw Big Mac walking down the street all saddened. Oh dear. I think I know what happened. You should never eavesdrop on ponies and assume things that just aren't true. I'll admit, I've been guilty of this before, but I learned my lesson the hard way several times and that was not fun. It must have gone really bad. I wish I could help him, but I'll just let him have his space for now. I know that some of you might say "Why didn't you help him? He's in despair!", but one, sometimes giving ponies space to think is the best thing you can do, and two, I won't bring comfort to him. That's for Sugar Belle to do, not me. Both of them have got to set things right. I took off as I looked for my next thing. I was constantly looking around all day to find things, but I guess my brain must have gone dead or something, because I couldn't think of anything. This is stupid. I was getting off to a good start, and now things are derailing. I hope I can figure something out before sundown otherwise, I'm screwed.

A couple of hours have passed by and still nothing. I'm starting to freak out because sundown is approaching. Twilight is going to be so mad at me if I don't have everything I had planned for her today. She might not want to look at me or even worse, she'll break up! Oh no. I can't let that happen. She means everything to me and she's the only family I have right now. If I lose her, I have no one else to go to and I'll be all alone and sad and probably go back home to Tampa so maybe I could revive my YouTube channels because they've probably been dead for years and people are probably wondering where I had disappeared off to since they never heard from me again. I think my mane was all messed up at this point because I was constantly trying to look for something while at the same time trying not to be seen by Twilight. It left me so exhausted I didn't know what to do anymore. I think I might have gone a bit crazy on the CMC's, what I mean by that was acting funny that's all. I said, sighing "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to act crazy at you. I just don't know what to do anymore." Apple Bloom asked me "What do you mean?" I said "I had everything going well at the start of the day, but then my brain stopped working and everything completely derailed." Scootaloo said "I'm sure it's not that bad." I said with a deadpan stare "You'd be surprised." Sweetie Belle said "I'm sure you could figure something out."

I said, turning away "I appreciate you guys trying, but I don't think anything will work." I hung my head down and continued walking. I went on the mountain that's above the School of Friendship and sighed heavily. What a disaster things have been. I mean, at least I had something, but after the necklace, I didn't have any more ideas. Suddenly, I heard wings flapping and I knew it was Twilight. I didn't even care anymore. It was the least of my worries. She sat down next to me and asked me "Why do you look so down?" I said "Everything has turned into a disaster. I had good things going, but once noon had passed, my brain suddenly stopped working and I couldn't think of anything." Twilight said "Really? I could barely find anything either. There was this really nice ruby necklace in the jewelry store and apparently, somepony else bought it." I said "Oh, that's a real shame. Well, I guess this year has been a disaster." Twilight said "I wouldn't say that." I said "Why's that?" Twilight said "Because both of us didn't find much to give to each other and we're bonding right here above the friendship school." I said "I guess that's true. Well, since that's the case, I guess I'll show you what I got for you this year."

Twilight said "I'm sure you got some wonderful things for me." We'll see about that. I said "Go inside the castle. Let me grab the items for you and I'll meet you there." Twilight nodded and flew off to the castle. I went to my secret hiding place and put the items in boxes. There were only two items. I know. That's pretty petty. But it's not my fault that my brain stopped working. I think the author may have done that. But I won't jump to that conclusion for now since I don't want him to make me completely powerless. I went inside the castle and sat across from Twilight. I said "Well, here's the first gift for you." Twilight took it with her magic and opened it. It was a gift of some of my magic so Twilight could turn into a shadow too if she so desired. Twilight asked me "What is this exactly?" I said "It's some of my magic given to you if you ever wanted to turn into a shadow to travel to places quicker. You don't have to use it if you don't want to,." Twilight said "I love it." Okay. Next gift. The big one. I said "Here's the one I've been working so hard on." Twilight took this one with her magic and opened it. She was left speechless. I said "I understand if it's not that great. I did put a lot of hard work into it, but I don't know what you would even think of it. You probably think it's stupid."

Twilight suddenly had tears in her eyes and hugged me to death. I said, jokingly "I guess you do like it." Twilight said looking at me with glassy eyes "No. I love it. This is the best gift somepony has ever given me! Thank you so much!" I said "Are you sure it's not stupid or anything?" Twilight said "Of course not! I don't know why you would ever think that. This is the best gift I have ever received in my entire life! I could never say something like that." I said "Oh. I thought that because of the lack of gifts, you might not want to be around me or worse, break up." Twilight looked at me with shock. She said "What? Of course not! I never want to do that. I like everything about you just the way you are and I could care less how many gifts you could give me. The only thing I want is you and nothing else. Besides, how could I break up with my most handsome prince? There's no way I would do that. I never would want to break up with you. I like you too much." I let some tears flow down and said "Thank you Twilight. You always seem to know what to say to me. I don't know why I would think something so stupid like that." Twilight said "It happens. I'm not going to break up with you because you didn't bring me enough gifts. I don't want to be that way. I only care about you and your personality. No amount of presents could ever change that." I said "That makes me feel a lot better to be honest. I thought that if that did happen, it would leave me hollow and empty since you're the only family I have and I wouldn't know what I would do with myself." Twilight said "That will never happen. I will always be with you." I guess I hadn't thought of it that way. I said "And I'll always be with you as well." Both of us embraced each other and stayed close to one another for a few minutes.

Then, Twilight presented her gifts to me which I was quite surprised but impressed at. I'm sparing you the details because that will be boring. I said "I just remembered that I have something else I can give you." Twilight said "What's that?" I said "You'll see. Follow me." We both went up to the balcony and I had one of those high stools that have no backs and a guitar behind it. I said "This is my final gift." Twilight said "I don't understand. How is this a gift?" I said "Wait and see." I charged up my scepter and turned into my human form back on Earth. I was 6'4 and only weighed 150. I said "This is me as a human in case you wondered what I looked like. 6 foot 4 and 150 pounds." Twilight was left speechless for a moment but said "You're amazing!" I said "I'm glad you think that way. Just don't experiment with my human anatomy." Twilight blushed a bit and said "I promise." I said "Good. Now allow me to present my final gift to you."

[Insert The Well by Casting Crowns]

I sat down on the chair and began strumming on the guitar. I wasn't exactly the best at the guitar, but with the help from the scepter's magic, I was able to nail it pretty well. I began singing the song and of course not only changing my voice to match the song, but also having the instruments playing in the background and modifying it so it could be more like a love song. I know it's not the best idea to modify Christian music to fit your tastes, but I had good intentions with this and this was the only music that I could find that would match and I also like. I could tell Twilight was loving it, so I kept singing until I finally finished. I said "Well, what do you think? I'm not exactly the best, but I tried my best. Also, I've been kinda practicing that for a while." Twilight said "That was beautiful! I loved it! I've never heard you sing that well or even play any instrument that well!" I said "Well, it's something I used to do when I was young, but gave up on when I was older. However, when I became an adult and was living on my own, I began practicing the guitar again specifically the electric guitar because that's by far my favorite guitar. So yeah. That's the story." Twilight said "You should do that more often." I said "I don't know. Maybe. We'll see. Anyways, I'm not quite done yet." Twilight looked confused, but I changed things up a little bit.

[Insert Every Time I Breathe from Big Daddy Weave]

I changed my guitar to electric and plugged it in while also tuning it properly and began strumming again. Once again, I began singing to Twilight with my voice changed and the song modified to fit this romantic environment. Twilight was loving every second of it and I smiled as I continued playing the electric guitar and singing my heart out to her. Once I was done, I said "That one was honestly one of my favorite songs growing up. Of course I had to modify it a little bit just so it would fit. What do you think of that one?" Twilight said "Awesome! You really should do this as a hobby." I said "Nah. I rather not. I'll be just fine singing to you." Twilight said "Why's that?" I said "I suffer from stage fright. I hated doing solos and I still do. That's when I was ever in a concert, I would just blend in with the rest of the group and not be the loudest one singing. Thankfully, I never had to do solos because if I did, I would be sweating blood because of the amount of nervousness I would feel." Twilight said "I understand. But can't you do it with at least our friends? I'm sure they would be just as impressed." I said "I'll think about it. I'm not making any promises. Hopefully you understand that." Twilight said "I do. Now, hand me that guitar. It's my turn to play something for you." Okay.

[Insert Spirit of the Living God by Meredith Andrews]

She strummed with the guitar and began singing and her voice for some reason changed as well and had the rest of the instruments playing in the background. I guess some of my magic that I gave her as a gift did the same thing as it did with me. I was loving it as it was music to my ears at this point. When she finished, she said "What do you think?" I said "I love it! I guess I'm not the only one who's voice sounds slightly different when we sing." Twilight said "I guess so. I thought that gift of your magic only allowed me to turn into a shadow." I said "That's what I thought too. But I guess it does more than just that. Such as voice changing and having other instruments playing as well." Twilight said "I guess so. But since you said you weren't done yet, allow me to do the same. So shush and let me sing." Yes ma'am. She changed the instruments again and shifted in her seat to get properly adjusted.

[Insert Deeper from Meredith Andrews]

She began strumming the guitar again and started singing again. I guess like me, she started going all out which I really did appreciate. Instead of feeling hollow and empty, it made me feel loved and cared for. It was once again music to my ears and began bobbing my head a little bit as I listened to Twilight's voice as she strummed to the guitar and kept singing. I think she could tell that I was enjoying it and put more emphasis into it. Finally, she finished and said "I could see that you were enjoying it." I said "Are you kidding? Of course! How could I not. I'll admit this, but you really do have a beautiful singing voice." Twilight blushed beet red in embarrassment and said shyly "You really think so?" I said "With all my heart." Twilight blushed again and said "You know, your voice was pretty good too." I said "Nah. It can't be that good." Twilight flew up to me and said "Of course it was. I've never seen anything like it." I said "Uh, thanks." Twilight said "You're such a goofball. You know that, right?" I said "Yeah, I do. But you like me for it anyway." Twilight said "I sure do." and kissed me. It felt different than in my lion form, but I could care less.

We both pulled back and I said "Care to go inside? It's getting quite chilly out here." Twilight said 'Of course." We both went inside and sat down on the couch. I said "Well, I guess things did turn out well after all." Twilight said "Yeah. You might say that it was horrible, but I say it was great because both of us got to spend time together." I said "I definitely agree with you. Even if it may have been a rough day, it ended on a good note with me getting to be with my favorite mare." Twilight blushed a bit and then kissed me again. I went to change back to my lion form, but Twilight stopped me and said "Can you stay like that please? I really like it." She was giving me the look where you know, the one women or in this case, mares give before they go and have a makeout session with you if you're picking up what I'm putting down. I can't quite exactly say what it is or else the author's account will get terminated and he doesn't want that happening. But you know what I'm talking about. If you don't, well, go ask someone else and they'll tell ya. I smiled and said "Of course, my beautiful princess. Allow me to take you to my room and have some "fun." Twilight giggled and said "Take me away, my handsome prince." I obeyed and carried her to my room so we could go have some fun if you're picking up what I'm putting down. So overall, another Hearts and Hooves Day in the books. Even though it may have derailed, it ended on a good note which all that matters.

AN: I'm sorry that this chapter is so short yet again. I thought it would be longer, but the majority of the episode had nothing to do with what I had planned, so I kinda had to wing it again. I promise that the next couple of chapters will be long though, so don't fret. I would like to address something that I saw just pop up today. If you're a fan or supporter of this story, please just disregard it because I know you would never do this, but you can read the end if you want. Anyways, let me make something clear to the haters out there. You can hate my stories all you want. If you don't like my stories, that is totally okay. No one is forcing you to read this. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. However, that does not give you the excuse to make death threats against me. That is not okay and there is no excuse for that at all. I'm totally okay with you calling my stories in the past pig s-word, but I'm not okay with you making death threats against me. I understand that in the past, my stories may have not been the best. I'll admit, they were not my best work. They were only experiments just to see how they would look on a website. I guess I should have made that more clear, but that's not the point. There is always room for improvement. Also, your comments won't stop me from producing chapters. I won't lose sleep over it or lose motivation because of it. So you can just accept this or you can go away. I don't care. Anyways, enough of that rant. So hope you guys have a wonderful Thanksgiving and if you don't live in the United States, I hope you have a good rest of your week.

Next Chapter: Dragon Puberty! When Spike suddenly starts getting stone scales, he experiences a whole bunch of changes such as uncontrollable volume shifts, really bad fire burping, disgusting body odor, and overall very itchy. Smolder explains to him that it's the Molt Effect and that parents kick their children out at the first one. Unfortunately, Spike gets the wrong idea and thinks Twilight will kick him out for it. Smolder also said that the odor attracts predators such as Tatleworms, Hydras, and Rocs. Will Spike be able to have his stone scales removed and remain in the castle, or will he get eaten by a giant predator that is equivalent to a hawk or eagle?

Until then, my fellow readers