Chapter 3

Gold Dust looked at himself in his mirror. It was Friday, the day of the Ponyville High prom. His black, mid-length mane was curled upward at the bottom and smelled of fruit. His teeth were sparkling white. He had gone tuxedo shopping with Silver Star two days ago at Rarity's fashion shop. A rainbow-colored flower was above his shirt pocket. It represented his gay pride.

"Although…" Gold Dust thought, "Did I rush things? I met Silver four days ago in the hospital, gave him one kiss, and, four days later, I'm in a relationship with him and taking him to the prom? I don't know…" Just then, his doorbell rang. He trotted on over and opened it. Silver Star stood there, also with a tux and a rainbow-colored flower on. They nuzzled for a few seconds, before Gold Dust brought his head away and asked him, "Silver, do you think I rushed things? I mean, we've only known each other for a short time, and I'm taking you to the prom?"

"It's alright. I'm happy you were so eager to try something new, relationship-wise." He brought his hoof up and raised Gold's head with it. "Now, come on. We have a dance we need to get to." Out the apartment building they went, towards the direction of Ponyville High.

The prom was located in the gymnasium. When they got there, about 200 other ponies had already arrived, as well. It was your average pony prom, with DJ P0N-3 blasting some beats, decorations all around, and as many cupcakes as you could eat. "So, this is the senior prom…" Gold Dust gazed around in amazement. "Damn…"

A sharp pain erupted from his shoulder. When he turned, there were Coal Miner, Buzz Saw, and Goalpost, along with a few females. Gold Dust recognized one of them as one who had falsely claimed he had tried to rape her back in his junior year. That earned him a beating from Coal Miner and his friends. "Oh, um, hello…" he tried.

"Yeah, yeah, hello to you, too, you bastard. So, where's your 'date'? Oh, right you don't have one!" he started laughing. His lackeys followed suit.

"Yes, yes I do, in fact." He put his arm around his prom date. "This is Silver Star."

They all gaped for a few seconds before Buzz burst out laughing. "Oh, that's a good one! Hah!" he started tearing up. "You? A date? With a stallion? A nerdy one? HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"There was a joke? I'm sorry, because I thought I just mentioned that Silver Star here is my prom date." He brought his lips together with Silver's.

Look at those jaws drop. They stayed that way for a few seconds before Miner's snapped back up. "You're a dirty son of a bitch, Rust. We don't need any homos in the Prom."

"So, I'm the dirty son of a bitch here? Even though your 'girlfriend' there is a lying whore who accused me of trying to rape her?" Gold almost spat with anger. The 'whore' started to tear up. A crowd had gathered.

"That's it! You're going down, you fucker!" he reared up and charged towards Gold. He simply stepped to the side, and Miner smashed his skull into the wall behind him. Howling in pain, he wobbled straight into a potted plant and took it down with him. The audience burst out laughing while he struggled to get up. "Shut up! All of you! You're all garbage!" he shouted. They just continued laughing. He quickly made a break for the door, but not before turning to Gold and saying "I'll remember this, asshole!"

He barged out the doors. Goalpost and Buzz Saw were half-scared and half-shocked. "Wow…that was…so unlike him…" Goalpost mumbled. "I know…" Buzz Saw looked at Gold Dust. "Damn, how did you do that? Miner is a tough stallion."

"Oh, it's all in finding weak points." He smiled as he glanced at Miner's girlfriend, now being led off to the bathroom crying by two other ponies.

"That's awesome." Goalpost smiled. "My respect for you has grown."

"Same." Buzz Saw said.

"That's…that's pretty cool." Just then, a slow song started playing. Silver looked at Gold straight in the eyes. They both nodded and trotted over to the dance floor. Silver's hooves went around Gold's neck while Gold placed his across Silver's back. The slow movements of the dancing were easy, and they were doing it like pros in no time. Gold looked around, and noticed that other pairs of ponies didn't seem to care about the gay couple. He remembered, at the junior prom, the other guests wouldn't go anywhere near the same-gender couples. Now, no one seemed to care. It felt so serene to Gold.

"I love you, Starry." He whispered lovingly.

"I love you too, Dusty." They brought their lips together in another embrace as the song finished. Coincidentally, a shower of balloons happened as soon as they kissed. They could have never felt happier.

[[I know someone's going to ask this, so I'll say it now; NO, IT'S NOT OVER. I plan to have at least two more chapters.]]