Chapter Four: The Wonderful Wonderbolt

ONE DAY LATER...

After the whole fiasco that happened on my sister's birthday, I still came down and visited Ponyville every now and then like I promised I would.

I started off getting to know everypony better by helping Applejack on the farm a little bit. I also met some of her family this way, and man, does she have a big family! A big brother, a little sister, a grandmother, cousins, aunts and uncles, and thousands of other relatives that I haven't even met yet! I think she told me all of their names at one point, but she just went so fast that I couldn't even keep track!

Next stop was Pinkie Pie's place, or as I like to call it, 'insanity'. Why do I say this? Well for starters, when I walked in and she noticed me for the first time, she hands me a 'Welcome Back' cake trimmed in dark and light blue frosting (to match my body colors), and then runs right back to what she was doing; making a pie. "I'm also making a pie just for you! Do you like blueberry? 'Cause I'm making a blueberry one! Do you even like pie? I hope so, 'cause I LOVE making stuff for all of my friends!" She rattles off this entire tangent to me in one continuous breath. I really didn't know how to respond, so all I said was "Well, hello to you, too!" in a laughing manner.

"You know, the sweets really aren't necessary, since my mom is a baker herself." I added. Then, Pinkie Pie stopped in her tracks. "Your mom is a baker, too!? Oh, we have got to get together one day for a bake-off!" She gasped. "Yeah, maybe one day." I replied, then felt something scaly touch my leg. It was an alligator.

"AAH!" I shouted and jumped in fright. "Wh-? What is that!? You have a pet alligator, too!? Then again, why does this surprise me!?" I added, while clinging on to Pinkie for dear life. "Oh, don't be scared, silly. It's only Gummy! He won't hurt anyone." Pinkie picked up the alligator and put him right in front of me. He kept looking at me with this blank look on his face, blinking his eyes one at a time, whilst never unsheathing his razor-sharp teeth once. Like a…normal house pet would. "Huh…doesn't look harmful. In fact, he looks…kinda cute." I said to Pinkie. "See? Told ya!" She replied. Then, Gummy walked away from me and climbed on top of the sofa that was in the living room and sat on the armrest. Then, he fell asleep.

"Aww…" Me and Pinkie both adored the tiny critter snoozing away. "I should probably get going…" I said quietly to Pinkie, trying not to wake the sleeping gator. "Okay. You can just pick up the cake tomorrow, no biggie." She replied, also in a quiet manner. "Alrighty, then. See ya." I said farewell, closing the door quietly behind me, and left.

After that, I found Fluttershy's cottage. I knocked on the door, and trust me when I say I was not expecting what I saw behind it. A giant grizzly bear opens the door. "AAH! What the heck is it with me and deadly animals today!?" I shouted in fright once again. "Harry, what did I say about opening the door?" Fluttershy said in, I guess a stern voice, but since she's so quiet and nice nearly 100% of the time, I couldn't tell. "Hmm…" The grizzly bear let out a disappointed growl.

"Blizzard! It's so wonderful to see you again!" Fluttershy turned her head back around and gave me a hug. I hugged her back, and I couldn't believe what I was feeling. She had the same kind of soft, warm feeling that my sister would have whenever I gave her a hug. "Would you like to come in?" Fluttershy asked. "Hang on a minute…" I replied, hugging her just for a little while longer. "…Okay, now I'll come in.".

I walked inside the cottage, and once again, did not expect what I going to see. Animals, were, everywhere. Bears, rabbits, chickens, birds, raccoons, pretty much every single animal you can think of was inside this teeny little cottage. "Wow…I mean, I knew you loved animals, but…these are a LOT of animals!" I said to Fluttershy, amazed at all of the ones she had. "How do you keep track of all of them!?" I added. "Oh, it really isn't that hard once you get used to it for a while." Fluttershy replied. "Friends, I would you to meet my new friend, Blizzard. Blizzard, this is Angel Bunny, Harry, Elizabeak, Constance, Smoky, Softpad, and Smoky Jr.." She introduced me to all of the animals that were in the cottage. The animals twittered, chittered, clucked, and growled greetings to me.

"Uh…hello, friends! It is I, Blizzard, and I…am happy to meet all of you." I said to them, awkwardly realizing that I was talking to civilized outdoor animals that were inside this mare's cottage. Then, all of the animals came up to me in a big group hug. Constance was on my head, Smoky and his family were hugging around my waist, Elizabeak was on my back, and Harry hugged all of us at once. "Aww, you guys are getting to know each other really well." Fluttershy adored the group hug I was trapped in. Thankfully, Harry let me go, since I was starting to suffocate. Then, I noticed that one animal didn't give me a proper introduction. And that animal was Angel Bunny.

"Hey, what about your little rabbit friend there?" I asked Fluttershy. "Angel, say 'hi' to Blizzard." She lightly nudged the (supposedly, friendly) rabbit companion over toward me. "Hey there, little guy." I said to him. Then, he stuck his paw out for me, waiting for me to shake it, then stabs a carrot into my hoof. "OW! What the heck is HIS problem!?" I yelled in pain, doing everything in my power not to swear. "Angel Bunny! That was not a nice thing to do to Blizzard! You apologize to him right now!" I actually got to hear Fluttershy angry for the first time. It rarely ever happens, but it's so weird when it does.

After she yelled at the source of my pain, he turned his head away from her with his paws crossed (kind of like a spoiled foal would) and hopped away. "I am so sorry for that, Blizzard. Angel just likes to get into his moods, sometimes." The kind mare apologized to me, as if it were her fault my hoof got stabbed. "Do you want me to patch that up? I know I have some bandages somewhere." She added. "Nah nah, that's okay. My mom can patch it up. I have to head home anyway." I replied. "Oh, okay. Well, um, goodbye." She said to me, not knowing that that word would trigger me. "No! No…just say 'see you later'." I tried saying politely. "Um, is there's somethi-" I interrupted Fluttershy's question. "JUST PLEASE SAY 'SEE YOU LATER'!" I yelled, trying so hard not to cry. "U-um, o-okay…see you l-later…I'm…sorry…" She whimpered timidly, shaking in fear at my lash-out. "Oh no. No-no-no-no-no, I'm sorry…" Now, I felt extremely guilty, since yelling at her was pretty much the equivalent to yelling at my sister. I really never meant to yell at her. Honest, I didn't.

"Hey, hey, look…I'm really sorry for yelling at you. You didn't deserve that…no one like you deserves that. But…when my father passed away…the last words he ever said to me were…" It took me a minute having to repeat those words again. "…'Goodbye, son.'." This was when I finally broke. "And now, ever since that happened, I wanted my family to promise me that they would never say that word again. Ever." I finished what I had to say, and started crying. "Oh, Blizzard…I'm sorry…" Fluttershy hugged me, followed by the rest of animals enclosing us in a group hug again.

I stayed at the cottage for a while to cool off, and then it was time to head back home. During my walk, I met up with Spike. "Hey, Blizz. Where ya goin'?" He asked, walking beside me. "Just heading back home, that's all." I replied to the dragon. "Oh…Whoa! What happened to your hoof, dude?" Spike noticed the hole in my hoof. "Ehh, it's a long story. Don't want to get into it." I answered. "O…kay…?" Spike said, confused about the situation. Then, I saw Rarity walking down our way.

"Hello, Blizzard." Rarity greeted me. "Hey." I replied. "Hiya, Spiky…" Rarity said to Spike in a baby voice, scratching his chin. "H-hey, Rarity! Heh…" Spike twisted his foot around and giggled, and then Rarity went out about her business. "What was that all about?" I said with a questioned look on my face. "What? What was what all about?" Spike said to me, as if he didn't know what I was talking about. "Does she-? I mean, do you and her…have, like…a thing going on?" I asked him, almost laughing a little bit in spite of myself. "What-who-what-!? Me and her!? Pfft, nah! We're just friends. Really, really good friends. Yup…100%…yup." Spike babbled with his entire face apple red. "Really now?" I said with a smirk. "What? Yeah, totally!" Spike replied, still in his nervous state. "Mm-hmm…" I said sarcastically. But little did I know that that dragon had a card of his own to play. Turning the tables around, if you will.

"Oh yeah? Well…Hearts and Hooves Day is coming up, and, well…you know…" It was now Spike who was smirking at me, and I who was getting nervous. "What? What do I know?" I asked with a patch of sweat starting to form on my forehead. "Well, I just figured that maybe you would want to…I dunno…ask Rainbow Dash out on a date?" He said in a quieter tone with that devilish grin still on his face. "What!? Pfft, no…me and…me and Rainbow Dash? Nah…I mean, I-I-I barely know her!" I started laughing nervously. "Alright, then. If…that's how you really feel, then…you can't say I didn't try to help. Well, I thought it'd be perfect, anyway. I mean, you'd get to know each other better, what kind of things you're both interested in, the inner love connection-".

"Okay, you won. Are you happy!?" I yelled out of sheer embarrassment. "Ha ha ha ha ha!" Spike starts laughing at me. "What? What's so funny?" I asked him in aggravation. "Oh, it's…it's not you, man, ha ha. It's just- It's just that you have no idea how long I've waited to finally stop being constantly tormented about Rarity for once!" He wiped a tear from his eye, laughing at my embarrassment. "Ahh…revenge is sweet, isn't it?" Spike added. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it." I replied bitterly.

"Well, Twilight's probably wondering where I am. My stop's this way." Spike said pointing to the right. "See you later, Blizz." He starts walking in the direction he pointed to. "See ya." I waved farewell to him. "Ha ha ha ha ha! Someone else is getting teased about their crush, and it isn't me!" I heard Spike laughing faintly as he was walking toward the castle. I growled to myself, and went home.

ONE MONTH LATER...

A month passes by, and it is now February, otherwise known as "The Month of Love", otherwise known as "The Month of Hearts and Hooves Day", otherwise known as…truly, the weirdest day I ever had.

Today felt like any other day in Ponyville, minus the fact that it was covered in a myriad of pink and red hearts. I saw that everypony was happy, hanging out with their boyfriends and girlfriends. I, however, was the only one there with a different kind of emotion: nervousness. Why? Because today was the day that I was going to do it. Today…I was going to ask Rainbow Dash on a date.

And sure enough, there she was, just simply standing there. And then, there I was, standing in a pool of my own sweat. The next thing I know, I was walking towards her. Slowly, but surely, I was walking toward her! I was going to do it! I really was! And then, being the idiot I am, I turn away…and then she walked away.

"Hey, Blizz!" Spike's voice yelled from behind, scaring the heck out of me. "AAH! Huh? Oh, Spike! 'Sup, man…?" I said to him nervously. "Mmm…you have got to try these chocolates I got for Rarity! They're delicious!" Spike said with his mouth full of the chocolate for his beloved. "Um…I'm no expert on this kind of thing, but aren't you supposed to actually, y'know, give the chocolate to her?" I asked him nicely, trying to make his realize what he did wrong. Spike was silent for a minute, and looked at the empty heart-shaped box that was once full of chocolate. "…Aw, man!" Spike said in frustration. "Hey, can you lend a couple of bits? I'm out…" He then asked me for some bits that I was oh-so saving for later tonight. "Oh. Well, I was…kinda saving these for something special…" I replied, starting to blush a little bit. "No…way." Spike said with his mouth agape.

"What!? Can't a colt have a certain amount of bits set aside for something without having to be questioned for it?" I yelled. "…Not if he's saving it for his girlfriend!" Spike said to me like a smart-aleck. It was then that my face glowed red, and my eyes grew fierce. I didn't even come up with a clever comeback for him. I just ran as far away from him as I could. I wasn't necessarily mad at him or anything. It was just that I had a lot of pressure on my mind, and didn't know how else to express it. "Wait! Blizz! Come back! I was just joking around, dude!" Spike yelled for me to come back, but I kept running. That is, until I bumped my head into…something.

I couldn't even describe this thing to you if I tried, but trust me when I say that he was not normal. He was incredibly tall, and had the wings of a dragon, the foot of a bird, the paw of a lion, the mane of a horse, and the face of a goat. I gasped in fear at the sight. "Now, I don't mean to sound rude, kind pony, but do please watch where you are going. Thank you." The weird figure spoke.

"Wha-? Wh-wh…who are you? What are you?" I corrected myself, despite how scared I was. "Oh. Well, the name's Discord, formerly known as 'The Lord of Chaos', local pony Fluttershy's number-one bestie." He says while somehow making a tinier version of Fluttershy appear. "Here's my business card." Discord snaps his fingers to make the card appear and hands it to me. I look at the card. "But…this is a playing card." I said to him. "I know." He replies back to me…on the face side of the playing card! "Huh? Aah!" I yelped, while the thing laughed. "Oh, aren't I a card? Ha ha ha!" Discord said before magically poofing back into his "normal" form.

"Say, friend. You look a little thirsty. Want a drink?" He offered. "Uh…sure, I guess." I accepted. Discord makes an empty glass appear in my hoof, then makes another glass full of chocolate milk appear. He then somehow drinks the glass part and liquifies the chocolate milk to pour it into my glass. "I was a bit parched, myself." He added whilst clearing his throat. I tried the chocolate milk. "Hmm…say, that's pretty good!" I said while admiring how delicious it was. "Quite right." Discord agreed. "And it's the freshest kind of chocolate milk you'll ever find!" He added. "…Which is?" I asked. Then, the weird figure snaps his fingers again to reveal a giant brown-colored cow that looked like a candy bar (despite all of this, it still mooed like a real cow). "From chocolate cows! What else?" He replied. Discord then snapped his fingers again to poof it away.

"Hmm, you still look a little red, friend. What seems to be the trouble?" He asked me while poofing up a table and chairs (that we were both somehow sitting on), noticing my embarrassed, emotional state. "Well, uh…I dunno. I don't think you'd understand." I responded to the creature. "Um…hello!? You are talking the 'The Lord of Chaos' here! Of course I wouldn't understand!" Discord said, making a valid point. "Hmm. Fair enough, I guess…of course you wouldn't understand girl trouble…" I said dejectedly.

"Wait. Hang on a minute. Girl trouble, you say? I know all about girl trouble." He said, lightening up my spirits for a minute. "You do?" I asked. "Well, of course I do! I mean, I've had to deal with Celestia for centuries, and then there was the whole 'Elements of Harmony' thing with Twilight and her friends." Discord replied, listing these completely different things from the subject matter that I brought up. "Not that kind of girl trouble! I mean, hello!? Hearts and Hooves Day! You know about that, right?" I asked the creature in desperation. "Oh…that kind of girl trouble. Well, I'm no expert on that." He answered. "Great. That's all I needed to hear…" I said while I was about to leave the table. "Though I do remember wanting to ask Celestia out on a date at one point." Discord added. "But, I thought you said-".

"Never mind about that…" Discord squished my two lips together, interrupting my sentence. "We need to focus on you. What is your problem?" He asked me. "Well…it's about Rainbow Dash…do you know her?" I asked him, hoping he would be some form of help. "Does she fly really fast?" He responded with first. "Yes." I answered. "Is she icy blue with ruby red eyes and a rainbow mane?" Discord asked again. "Yes…" I replied, with a dreamy sigh. "Then, yes. I do know her." He answered. "That's great! Do you know what she likes?" I asked in excitement.

"Well, she's into those…what are they called? Uh, 'co-mics'." He replied while making two giant hands do quotation marks. "You mean like the Daring Do comics!?" I said, almost squealing in excitement. "Uh, yes! Those are her favorite ones." The creature replied once again, finally remembering the name. "Mine too! Oh man, the latest issue came out not that long ago, and I haven't bought it yet! I HAVE TO GET IT FOR HER RIGHT NOW!" I said in a Pinkie Pie-like manner, and was about to leave the table and run off. But then, a giant paw grabbed my head and stopped me. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down there, friend." He picked me up, turned my head to face him, and sat me back down in the chair. "What? Wh-wh-what's wrong?" I was confused. I thought getting her something she loved would have been a nice gesture. But instead, this is what the creature told me.

"That's no way to attract a girl!" Discord said, shaking his head. "It's not?" I asked again in confusion. "Of course not! Mares like to go for the big, strong, and cool type…" He said while poofing muscles on his arms and shades on his face. "…especially with somepony like Rainbow Dash." He added. "But…I don't understand. I mean, Spike bought chocolates for Rarity, and they look cute together. And plus, she's a pony and he's a dragon, for crying out loud!" I said, trying to counterpoint his statement. "Just, come with me." Discord said before snapping his fingers. "Whoa!" I exclaimed. He seemed to have teleported us to a closet of some kind full of cool, expensive-looking clothes.

"Hmm, let's see…" Discord looked through the rack, and found one of his own suits. It was orange, and came with a top hat and cane. "…Ah! Here's one of my own party suits! Let's see how this looks on you." He poofs the suit on me, with the top hat on my head and the cane in my right hoof. "Hmm…hmm…" Discord clicked his tongue. "…I don't know. Orange doesn't seem to be your color. Eh..." He snapped his fingers to poof the suit off me and back on the clothing hanger from whence it came. "How long is this going to take?" I sighed annoyingly. "Oh, a while yet. We need to find the perfect suit that matches your style. Girls love style, you know." He replied nonchalantly. "Yeah…I figured." I said with my head against the wall, looking straight up in exasperation.

"Hmm…no." Discord poofs a white coat on me with a blue trim around the right arm piece and a blue undershirt inside of it, complete with a silver glove on my right hoof and a white top hat with black lace around the rim of it. "No…" Then, he poofs up a weird-looking pony costume on me.

"Hating it…" Next, he poofs up some kind of light blue jersey on me with the number 57 on it and white braces trimmed in blue around my hooves, complete with a weird looking wig (which was half blue and half red) and white shoes with light blue laces. I, indeed, hated that one myself. "No…" Then, he poofs up a green monkey costume on me with a purple cape and a tall metal helmet.

And lastly, he poofs an icy blue suit with a darker blue tie and diamond-trimmed shades. "Perfect!" He clapped in excitement, and then teleported us back to where Rainbow Dash was. "Go get 'em, tiger!" He pointed toward her, and then hid behind a bush. I started walking a little bit quicker than last time, just in case she would run off again. She turns her head back, and notices me.

"Hey, Blizzard! Haven't seen you in a while." She gave me a quick hug, which felt really nice. Then, all of a sudden, I felt my body twinge (and no, it wasn't out of nervousness). "Yeah yeah, long time no see, hot stuff." I said in a sleaze bag kind of voice, and popped out my collar and put on the diamond shades. I had no idea what I was saying, nor doing. I felt like my body was being taken over by something (and, it was). "Uh, Blizzard. Is there something wrong?" Rainbow Dash asked me in a confused manner. "What? What are you talking abou-?" I felt like my normal self for a minute, then I was taken over again. "Baby, just call me a ground cup of coffee, 'cause I sure am fine!" I said once again in a sleaze bag tone. "What is happening to me!?" I thought to myself. "Heh…can you uh, can you excuse me for a minute? Thanks…" I said to the pretty mare nervously, and walked angrily toward the bush Discord was hiding under.

"What are you DOING!?" I said in a quiet, but furious manner. "What? This is how you're supposed to talk to girls. I'm just trying to help you." Discord replied. "You are COMPLETELY blowing this for me! Do you have any idea what she probably thinks of me now!?" I kept whisper-yelling at him to not attract Rainbow Dash's attention, but it was too late. She was standing right behind me.

"Aah!" I turn around to see her and jumped. "So…I see that you finally met Discord." She peeked behind the bush. "Why, Rainbow Dash. What a- What a surprise to see you here! Heh heh…" Discord rose from the bush and cleared his throat nervously, knowing that he was caught. "…So, you're probably wondering what I was doing behind this here bush, well…see, I-I was giving old Blizzard here a helping hand. Being a-a-a-a wingman, you know? Heh…" He put his left arm around me. "Don't play dumb with me! I knew what you were doing! You got Blizzard dressed up in this ridiculous outfit and made him say all those corny lines!" Rainbow Dash called him out. "Yeah! What the heck, man!?" I added. "I thought you were just here to help me go on a date with-!" I realized what I was about to say and stopped myself, but it didn't matter. Rainbow Dash knew what I was going to say.

"You-you wanted to…go on a date with me?" She asked me. "Well, I mean, I wouldn't call it a date, but-" I stopped myself again, and sighed. "Yes. Yes, I did want to go out with you. I've liked you since the first time I saw you, and…I really care about you, and…I want to know you better. And, I hope you'll do the same…but if not, it's fine…" The truth had finally come out. My face was entirely red, and I felt incredibly embarrassed.

"You see that?" Rainbow Dash pointed to me. "See what?" I asked her. "I think that's what I like most about you. Your honesty. Almost all of the colts I've come across were always just like the way Discord was controlling you: selfish, stuck-up jerks who just want to have a girlfriend to say they have one. But that is what I think makes you special, is that you're different. You're never afraid to show your emotions, you'd do anything for a pony in need, and…you'd especially do anything for the ones you love. And that's what friendship is all about." Rainbow Dash concluded what she had to say. I didn't say a word, since all of it was true. All I did was just start crying at the beautiful statement she exclaimed. "Plus, I kinda knew the whole time, anyway." She added. Then, I heard Discord crying.

"…That was beautiful. I wish I had somepony to be like you two…" He sobbed. "Well, I guess I'll leave you two to go, and…have fun for the rest of the night." Discord snapped his fingers to make a wormhole appear. "Oh, Discord…" I started to feel bad for the guy. "No. It's okay. You don't have to worry about me. Just go. You can keep the suit, too." He sniffled and walked inside the wormhole, making it disappear.

I look to my right to notice that all of the gift shops were closed…again. "Aw, crud!" I said angrily. "What's wrong, Blizzard?" Rainbow Dash asked. "Oh, it's just that I was…gonna get you a nice gift they had in there." I almost gave away what I was going to get her. "Oh. Well, it's okay! There's always my birthday or next Hearth's Warming Eve, y'know!" She said, trying to cheer me up. "Besides, I have a better idea. Come on!" She took a hold of my hoof and started zooming really fast. "WHOA!" I exclaimed. Eventually, we landed on solid ground again.

"Huh? Where are we?" I asked, feeling dizzy from traveling at such a high speed. "Pinkie Pie's throwing a Hearts and Hooves Day fireworks show, and I though we could sit together on top of the highest hill and watch them go off." She said while sitting on the edge of the cliff, tapping her hoof on the space next to her for me to sit down. "Oh…okay!" I replied excitedly while blushing. I walked up next to her and sat down.

"Wow, look at that!" I pointed to the fireworks going off that were forming tiny pink and red hearts in the sky. "Man…this sure is nice." I added in a relaxed tone. "Nah…" Rainbow Dash scoffed. "Hmm?" I gestured questionably. "This is nice…" She came toward me slowly until her lips met with mine. I couldn't believe what was happening. Her hot passion was melting my frozen heart. Eventually, I closed my eyes and put my hooves around her, taking it in. The last of the fireworks were going off all the while, forming a giant red heart for the finale. Even when the fireworks were done, we were still kissing. Then, unfortunately, we let go.

"Wow…you were right…that was nice…" I said in a daze and fell backward, thus rolling down the hill. Rainbow Dash was laughing at my goofy, lovesick state. The next thing I knew, Pinkie Pie was in front of me. "Hiya, Blizz! Did you see the firework show? Huh? Huh?" She asked me excitedly. I didn't respond, since I was still in shock after the kiss. "Say, Blizz. Why are lying down on the ground, covered in dirt, with a goofy look on your face?" She said to me in a childlike manner. She just so happened to look up the hill to see Rainbow Dash still sitting at the cliff. "Hey, Pinkie!" She yelled. Pinkie Pie looked down at me once again. "Oh…" She started to figure out the situation. "…OOOOOOHHHHHH!" Then screamed, slapping me out of it. "Wait-what-who-where-what's going on?" I got up and shook my head, feeling normal again. "You know exactly what's going on, you sly DOG!" Pinkie kept repeatedly nudging me. "You and Rainbow Dash decided to get on top of the highest hill to watch the fireworks and sneak in a little smoochy-smooch." She added. "Huh?" I felt so dizzy, I didn't even remember what she was talking about at first.

"Actually, that was my idea." Rainbow Dash came down and said to Pinkie. "Ooh…! Rainbow Dash, you DOG, you…" She gasped. "Well, I think I should head home now…" I said, starting to blush again. "Hey, Blizz! Wait!" I heard Rainbow Dash call my name as soon as I was about to turn to go home. "Thanks for being honest with me." She quickly kisses me on the lips again. "Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Blizz...".

"And to all…a good night. Say, y'know…I-I should prolly go home now, since…my mom is prolly worried 'bout me or somethin'-" I slurred, bumping my head into a tree. I shook my head again, getting back to my normal state. "U-Uh, good night!" I said to the both of them, and ran off. I could hear both of them giggling at me distantly.

At last, I finally arrive back to my humble abode. I honestly can't remember the last time I came home with a smile on my face, but today really made an exception for me. I open the door (still wearing the icy blue suit Discord gave me) to find Mom serving up dinner as always. She entered the living room and saw me come in.

"Well, well, well! Look at my handsome colt dressed up all fancy-like!" My mom gushed at my outfit, as one mother does to her son. "Yeah…a friend of mine said I could borrow it, and he let me keep it." I replied to her statement. "Hmm…" She nodded. "So…what was her name?" My mother added, figuring out that I went on some sort of date. "Aww…Mom!" I started blushing out of embarrassment. "Alright, alright! If you don't feel comfortable talking about it in front of your sister, you can tell me after dinner…" Mom compromised. "…Okay, I will…" I replied. We both started walking to the dinner table, and Mom decided to sneak in one more embarrassing question before I sat down. "…unless you already had dinner. Did you have dinner?" She asked. "Mom!" I shouted in response. "Okay, okay! Sorry…" Mom said, getting progressively quieter as we sat down to eat.

Then, as Snowdrop was getting ready for bed, I told Mom all about Rainbow Dash. She told me that she sounds nice, and wants to meet her one day. "Hmm…okay. But the one thing I ask you to to please don't be so…Mom-ish about it, please?" I wanted her to promise me this. "Oh, don't worry, Mr. Man. My lips are sealed." She replied, calling me an embarrassing name. "Yeah, I can see that this is going to go over well…" I mumbled while walking up the stairs. "I'm sorry, Blizzy. What were you saying?" My mom asked in a strict tone. "Uh, I said...'Good night! Love you, Mom'!" I replied while nervously running up the stairs. "Mm-hmm…" She mumbled.

I entered Snowdrop's room to wish her good night. "G'night, sis." I kissed Snowdrop on the forehead. "G'night, big brother…" She replied back to me. "…I heard about what happened tonight. I just wanted to let you know I'm happy for you." She added just before I went to close her bedroom door. "Thanks, sis." I peeked the door open a little bit, starting to talk to her. "I can't wait to meet her…in fact, I'd love to meet all your friends." She said with a smile. "You will, don't worry…I love you." I said just as soon as I was about to close the door, when all of a sudden, I hear a "Mrow". It was our cat, Snowball, standing next to me.

"Oh. Hey, girl. Wanna sleep with Snowy tonight?" I said to the innocent cat, very down-to-Earth-like. "Brrp" Snowball trilled in agreement. "Okay. Go on, then." I widely opened the bedroom door to let the cat in, and she ran up onto my sister's bed as quick as she could. Then, she got up as close to Snowdrop as she could, and laid down beside her, purring. "Alright. See you in the m-" I was about to finish what I said earlier, but I look up to find that Snowdrop had already fallen asleep as soon as Snowball got on the bed. "…You're a good girl, Snowball." I whispered to the cat, thanking her for protecting my sister for me. "Love you, sis…" I added before finally closing the door.

Then, I made my way to my own bed. I put my white, teal-striped PJs on, flickered on my lamp, and read a little bit of the Daring Do comic that I had laying next to the photo of me and my dad from 5 years ago on my nightstand to the right of me. After a while, I felt tired. I put my comic book back on the nightstand, turned off my lamp, and went into the deepest sleep my body hadn't felt in quite a long time. Sleeping…and dreaming…and couldn't stop thinking about how wonderful tonight was, and how much of a wonderful impact it had on me as a living pony...

...The only thing I wish was that it had lasted forever.