A/N: Hello everyone! Another chapter to this story just added! Pretty much the next chapter is going to be the big one. I'm not telling you, so you might want to take a guess on what is going to happen near the end of the next chapter in the works. Even the ending of this chapter symbolizes the return of a villain. But no more spoiling... Review Response Time!
Owldusk: Thank you for the review? Coco a stalker? No... but it'll all be revealed in the next chapter. And the vision? Well, it's possible that it could be a warning to Brayden about the future. But is there something powerful deep inside him? *wink*
TheSteelPegasus: Thank you for those two reviews ^_^ More Twilight in this story, you got it! And no worries about putting pressure on me, I just have school summatives and an exam. Green Day, eh? I like a couple of their songs, but I'm not so much a fan of them. You should consider checking out Black Flag and Nirvana as well. Brohoof to you too.
godzillafan1: Well, it's not really explained about Coco in this chapter, but the next will bring it all up why she kept running away from Brayden. An ability to see the future? Well, it was probably just a warning that was sent to him as a vision. Who knows, he might have powers and he doesn't even know it. Lord Tirek making an appearance in my story? Less likely, but I'll most likely mention the incident that happened at one point in order for Twilight to get a new castle. But it'd probably be brief. You never know, anything's possible.
P.S. I'm attending a graduation ceremony this week, because in September... I'm going to college! But that won't stop me from writing this story! I'm going to continue writing it, except the wait for a new chapter may possibly be longer if college work goes up the charts. But nothing should stop me from writing this and keeping you all entertained. Anyways, enjoy the new chapter.
Tonight was the night! Which night you might be asking? Well, it's still sunset, but it's the right timing for me. Tonight is when I'll be going out with Princess Twilight. Although I had everything planned carefully for the date and knew what I was planning to do with her this evening.
What was the plan? Well, I was planning to take her to dinner first by the lake that my good friend Pinkie Pie had set up for us, because you know her, even from a far-away range she'll do what she can to make sure it's perfect. After dinner, we'll be spending some fun time at an amusement park for the fun of it. Just a simple first date for both me and her. I only just hope it goes off without a hitch.
I wasn't planning on wearing anything formal for tonight. It would seem a little bit too classy, so I would just wear my normal clothing. It's not like if I did, it would impress Twilight to think I looked amazing. Either way without the formal clothing, Twilight would still be happy to see me.
With the sun setting in the west, the stars could be slowly seen peeking one by one into the forming night sky. Barely a cloud was occupying them in the sky, minus a few tiny bits of cloud. Luna's moon was slowly rising in the east, to join in with the rightful night, but it was shining brighter than I usually have seen it. It must have been a super moon night, kind of like back on Earth where it seemed slightly larger, but brighter.
I was walking across the small bridge of stone over a small stream of gentle flowing water into Ponyville. Most of the townsfolk were outside, talking among their friends. I could see very few fillies out at this time, because it would usually be their supper time at home, or they were already done and had gone off to bed.
I could see a few of the townsfolk that I would see just about every day when I came into town. Lyra, Time Turner and Bon Bon were the most recognizable I could see. As usual, Lyra would be chatting with Bon Bon about humans actually existing. And the usual response coming from Bon Bon was either an annoyed look, or just smiling while she was rolling her eyes. For Time Turner, he was just walking by like every other background pony that I came across in town. No offense to those who love those characters.
I could see the Golden Oaks Library in the distance, with its lights on inside. I figured that Twilight must be home, aware that I'm coming up to see her. I wonder if Spike is in the house, every time I come visit, I either see him finish cleaning the library or just chilling away on the staircase talking to Twilight's pet owl, Owlowicious and being annoyed in a quick argument because Owlowicious only responds with "who?"
I approach the Golden Oaks Library and give a friendly knock on the door. After I have knocked on the door, I take a step back and wait patiently for somepony to get the door. "Coming!" I could hear Spike's sort of muffled voice from inside the tree-house.
After a couple of more moments, I could hear the door-knob click and the door opens, and I can see Spike opening the door. He first off seems annoyed, but when I enter his sight, a smile enlightens up on his own face. "Oh, hello Brayden." He greets me in a happy tone.
"Hey Spike." I greeted him, waving a bit.
Spike looked about for a bit outside briefly, and then he turned back to me whispering "Is tonight when you and Twilight… well, you know."
"Yes," I whispered back to him. "I seem to have everything planned out for such a great event we'll be doing tonight together."
"Well, in that case, I'll go get her down here." Spike said, and walked back into the tree-house. "TWILIGHT! Brayden's here to see you!"
I waited outside patiently, looking at the dark-purple coloured sky forming up high. The stars were now starting to form up there with Luna's moon rising in from the eastern horizon of Equestria. My thoughts quickly think about her. I wonder if she is still okay after the second attack from Nightmare Moon. Sure, she's one of my favorite princesses, but she was one of the characters that I really cared for in third.
"Brayden?" I could hear Twilight's voice from my left.
I turn around to my left, and could see her standing by her door. A smile lights up my face once again. She looks absolutely beautiful tonight. I mean, she wasn't wearing anything fancy or that. But she looked just how she preferred herself. Except her mane was sparkling like it had been placed into water and taken out.
She trots towards me in a graceful manner. I stand there and watch her approach me with a soft smile glowing on her face. I move my right hand forward a bit, offering it for her left front hoof to hold onto softly. She moves her hoof forward and it touches my soft hand, beginning to hold it gently, rocking it back and forth slowly.
We cannot take our eyes or our smile off each other. We are both gazing deeply into each other's eyes, feeling the presence of love all around the both of us. One of us had to speak out and start the conversation; we needed to break from this beautiful silence.
"So…" Twilight spoke out first, before I could think of doing that. "Have you thought about it Brayden?"
I nodded and gently moved my other hand to gently stroke her silky mane. "Yes Twilight," I said to her in a relaxed voice. "I have everything all planned out, for the first time we plan to spend together."
"So what's the plan for tonight?" She asked me, sounding patient and happy.
"Well…" I said, preparing to see how Twilight would react about my plan. "I'm planning for us to have dinner by the lake, and then have fun together at the amusement park."
"That sounds great, Brayden!" She said. "What do you think will be for dinner?"
I jokingly put my thumb and index finger onto my chin to play around with her thoughts. "Well, I couldn't exactly tell you, it's a bit of a surprise." I said.
She lets a soft giggle. "I love surprises. I can't wait to see what it is." She tells me.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" I said to her, gently stroking her hoof that held onto my right hand. "Shall we get going, princess?"
"Let's do so, Brayden." She said to me, her cheeks a bit pink. "But first I have to do something."
"What might that be?" I asked her.
"Open up your arms a little bit." She requested to me. I did what she told me to do, and I wondered what she wanted me to do as part of what she had to do.
She finally approached me, and seemed to look up at me. I just looked down at her wondering she was smiling at me. "Your special somepony demands you to carry her." She flirted to me, lighting up my cheeks when I finally see why she wanted me to open my own arms.
I lower myself down to almost one knee and allow her to slide on her back from her neck all the way to my other hand. I lift back up onto my two legs and begin to walk with her, carrying her in my arms. I begin to walk that distance from the treehouse, carrying her as she requested.
"So, why did you decide you wanted to be carried?" I asked her. "I mean, I'll keep quiet if you don't want me to ask why."
"No, it's okay. I'm happy to speak and talk to you." Twilight said. "I have been on my hooves all day, and I figured that because I was going on that date with you, I decided to have you carry me. Make me feel comfortable, as you always do."
"I still remember first meeting you. I was so nervous that I hardly spoke to you at first, until you were trying to know my name and I told you it." I said. "And I'm glad to make you as comfortable as possible."
Twilight wraps her front hooves around my neck and gently moves forward, giving me a hug while I walked, carrying her. Everypony that saw us together would stop for a few moments, pacing to see what was happening. I didn't really hear any "aww" coming from them, they'd just go back to what they were doing, giving me and Twilight time together. Of course, the fillies would be indoors at this time, so there wasn't any playful teasing from them.
Both I and she descend out from the town into the valleys of Equestria, where I know the lakeside is. I had to thank Pinkie for showing me all around Ponyville and the valleys near it. Every scenery around was very beautiful and I considered the lake where I confessed to Twilight, the best lake throughout all of Equestria, no matter how small or large it was. I still remember Pinkie telling me that I had still yet to see the rest of Equestria like: The Crystal Empire, Manehattan, everywhere else and especially where she lived. That sort of got me excited to show me around where she grew up as a filly on a rock farm. Goodness, she must have gone on about her sisters and parents: especially Maud. Though I will be interested in meeting Maud myself, no matter how serious she greets me.
Walking down the path, I could see the lake coming up over the low hillside. Excitement and nervousness starts to pound inside of me, just about ready to spend my time with the most beautiful princess and mare in my eyes. But why I was nervous, I had some thoughts that this first date could go wrong with her, which could result in her breaking up with me.
I step down from the path and step onto the grainy sand close by the water. I continued to walk forward, paying both attention to holding Twilight in my arms and the table for the both of us ahead a couple of feet away from the both of us.
The table looks absolutely great and clean when I approach and stop. I slowly place down Twilight carefully onto one of the two chairs. She lets a light blush, saying "Thank you Brayden."
"You're welcome Twilight." I said, returning a large smile on my face.
I walked briskly over towards the other chair, scooting it a bit to the side. I move forward and lean backwards, moving the chair forward and taking a seat next to Twilight. Both me and her start to exchange gazes at one another. Crickets sing and frogs making their unique sounds fill in for the ambience, scenery of us together by the lake. We are surrounded by only the sounds of nature and soft gentle waves, calm to not bother us.
"It's a beautiful night." Twilight speaks out, breaking the ambience of nature.
I nod to her, continuing to gaze into her violet eyes. "Yeah…" I said, too distracted by Twilight to notice everything else around me. That is… until a waiter that almost looks like Pinkie Pie shows up with a mustache and suit with a tie. Both of us stop gazing at one another and take a look at this waiter.
"Good evening, princess and sir!" Pinkie said in her best disguised accent that I could tell almost sounded very much like a cross between an Italian and Swedish accent. "Can I interest you in your favorite kind of dinner meals tonight? I have the special known as: Lover's Bite!"
"Pinkie?" Twilight asked, curious to why Pinkie was here helping with our date. "What are you doing here and why do you look like a waiter?"
"Oh, I just decided that you were both sitting here by the lake and guessed you might have both been hungry." Pinkie said to her, putting on a smile like she usually did. "So I will honestly be your host for tonight. Or is it hostess?"
I gulped deeply and began to sweat only a tiny bit. I feared that Twilight might have figured out that I might have set this up.
"Why, that sounds good Pinkie." Twilight said to her friend, smiling back at her. "But what is the special like?"
"The Lover's Bite is a meal for two, a garden salad made by me! The one and only Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie said, trying not to have that sound like an achievement. "I collected most of the ingredients from the marketplace."
"Sounds delicious Pinkie," Twilight said, sounding rather delighted to hear about the special. She turned her head towards mine. "What about you Brayden? Are you interested as well?"
"Sure, I don't see why not." I said to both Twilight and Pinkie, getting Pinkie jumping a bit from excitement.
Pinkie jumped up into the air and floats fast down like a balloon. "Well alright! Two Lover's Bite meals coming right up!" She of course, sped off into the distance, leaving a bit of a small dust trail, which faded quickly after she sped off like the Roadrunner from Looney Tunes, a cartoon I watched as a kid.
"Well, that's Pinkie Pie for you." Twilight said, giggling a bit.
I smile and giggle with her, but in a soft kind of giggle. We pause for a moment, and then I completely realized the meaning of Pinkie speeding off like that, and began to laugh. Twilight was silent for the first few moments and then finally began to laugh with me. It was probably the funniest thing that I had seen this evening.
My hand unexpectedly lands onto Twilight's hoof in the middle of my laughing fit. I slowly stop laughing when I turn to look at Twilight again. She has stopped laughing and is now just smiling with the top of my hand on her hoof. Gently, I turn my hand around and being calm, start to hold onto her warm and soft hoof.
I and she just stare at one another once again, swinging both her hoof and my hand back and forth softly. The gentle sound of the breeze accompanies the evening air, bringing in the warm night. While I continue to look and gaze at my special somepony, I start to notice something funny occur. But what had become funny, was just a reflection of my past and what had happened.
A thought just came into my head and I was flashed back to when I first tried to convince my friend back on Earth to just accept the ponies for how they were and that they didn't mean no harm to her. That of course, was my friend Rebecca. She hated the ponies with a passion and swore by her life that she'll kill anypony that she saw if she came to their world.
"My Little Pony is for little girls!" Rebecca states out loud. "I won't ever watch anything as shitty as that!"
I approach her, but not too close. "Come on Rebecca, the ponies are friendly and could be a great asset to help out with your small problems."
"No!" She shouted, making me jump back a bit. "It's my damn opinion. I will never love those stupid rainbow ponies and never will!"
I slowly teared up while she told me this. "If you could only just give it a chance! Lauren Faust, the creator of Powerpuff Girls made this show!"
"Well, then I've lost complete respect for her." Rebecca said, anger growing in her eyes with a large amount of hate seen. "I hope a dragon comes in and burns up everypony in Equestria."
"There are friendly dragons though, like Spike." I told her.
She just mocked laughter and said "He is way too friendly a dragon. He doesn't even breathe fire!"
"Yes he does!" I argued back, trying to defend the character Spike.
"If I was in that world, I would gather enough dragons to smite down every single pony living there, and their beloved princesses!" Rebecca said, finally losing her damned temper. "I would make a much better leader than a pony princess!"
I literally threw myself forward and pinned my friend forcefully to the locker door. "Don't you ever say that about Princess Celestia! You are a complete monster!"
I threw her off from the locker and even seeing Rebecca's face made me so angry because she swore to kill everypony. I had stormed off from her and she still continued to harass the ponies even though I wasn't in Equestria at the time.
After the flashback was done, the whole thing wasn't over yet. I was receiving an image that moved and ran through my own head. It was Rebecca with a sword and a couple of the anti-bronies finding and somehow creating a portal to find Equestria. Most of the other anti-bronies had guns and all sorts of weapons they would use to destroy all of Equestria. Fear managed to grip a hold of me and I tried to run forward to stop Rebecca from entering, but to no avail.
I was stuck watching as Rebecca and the others with her entered the portal. Of course, the vision didn't stop there. The next image was all of Equestria on fire, dragons breathing towards every single building in Ponyville, setting each home ablaze. I tried to help stop this madness, but it was no use. I was forced to watch as the vision made me watch Equestria continue to burn endlessly.
"Brayden? Brayden!" I could hear Twilight's voice call out in worry.
Her voice manages to snap me back into reality and I'm still sitting where I was the whole time. Twilight however, seems to have a look of concern on her own face. I'm still holding onto her hoof with my hand. The night continues to go by seemingly without trouble.
Twilight scoots forward in her chair and wraps her right wing around me to keep me warm, I feel a bit shaky from the experience with the visions and flashback. "Brayden, you look frightened out of your mind." She tells me, sounding concerned. I didn't have any choice, I just couldn't lie to Twilight again, so I had to tell her what happened.
"I… I had a vision." I told her, still a bit shaky. "It was just horrible."
Twilight brings herself closer towards me, wrapping both wings around me. "For what might happen in the future? What did you see?" She asks me.
I sighed and kept my eyes on her. "It was Equestria… it was being attacked by dragons. My friend back on Earth somehow managed to create a portal there that could allow her and the other people that hate your kind to attack. I'm not sure how she brought the dragons in though." I said to her.
"Well, I didn't expect anything like that as a vision," She said, placing her soft hoof onto my hand and holding onto it. "But I am still having a bit of those nightmares about Nightmare Moon."
"You're not the only one. She told me everything when she was in my dreams and tried to get me to side with her. I would never side with her, even after she had called you pathetic." I said to her. The shaking was slowly starting to leave, which was a relief.
"Well don't worry; they're all just bad dreams. Princess Luna guards the dreamers and the night to make sure that nothing bad does happen to anypony." She told me, before nuzzling her nose with mine.
I gently smile and wrap my arms around where usually the waist would be, and began sharing a gentle and romantic hug with her. The hug lasted for a minute and the both of us let go of the hug, still holding onto one another with both our hand and hoof.
"Um, Twilight? Brayden?" I could hear Pinkie's voice from beside the both of us, snapping us out of our romantic moment. "I brought in your food."
I turn to my right to see Pinkie Pie standing there, holding each of our food on two plates in two hooves. She gently sets them down on the table, revealing the delicious garden salad. The look of the greens already seems to have my mouth filling up with saliva on the inside. It came just on time.
"Thank you Pinkie." Twilight commented happily and used her magic to conjure up the both of us some iron forks.
I was surprised to see that Twilight had the ability to conjure up forks. "Wow Twilight, I didn't know that you could bring in forks for the both of us." I told her.
"Oh it's nothing," Twilight said, blushing a bit. "I learned that spell while I was browsing with Spike around the old library at the Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters deep in the Everfree Forest."
"But isn't that castle going down slowly by each piece?" I asked her.
"Exactly." She agreed. "Which is why Princess Celestia wanted me and the rest of my friends to help out in restoring the castle into the shape it used to be a thousand years ago, but who knows… Rarity herself might improve on the castle's design like she always does."
I reach forward with my right hand, picking up the iron fork. My goodness, it felt so real even though it was conjured. I dig the fork into the salad and take out the couple of green strips of leaves. I place the fork full of salad leaves into my mouth and close my mouth, sliding the fork out of my mouth. I slowly chew onto the leaves for a bit and swallow. It was so delicious, especially with the strawberries shaped like hearts scattered loosely in the salad. Twilight began to dig into her salad, so I just decided to save conversation for later. Supper was ready for me and I needed to keep healthy.
It's a good thing that Twilight didn't know that I was an omnivore, and if she did find out that I ate meat when I was back on Earth, she would have been really disgusted. Either way, she was bound to laugh it off thinking it was just a wild story that I was telling. Fluttershy, on the other hand… well, she'd most likely cry if I told her that I ate meat like: Chicken, cow and bacon. Though I will admit that bacon is the most delicious thing I've ever tasted.
But enough talk about this meat business, I had a meal to catch up on.
"My goodness, that salad was incredible!" I said, really happy that I ate the best meal ever served to me by Pinkie Pie. I move the wooden bowl of salad over to the other side of the table and watch Twilight finish her last bite and move her bowl over close to my empty bowl.
Twilight turns back towards me and smiles. "I had the most wonderful meal with you." She tells me in a gentle voice. "I'm glad to share it with somepony like you."
I place my hand onto her hoof and look into her violet eyes. "Well, anything for that beautiful princess like you. You're my special somepony." I flirted.
Twilight's cheeks lit up brightly once again when she heard me flirt to her like that. She gently moves her hoof towards my right cheek and gently gives it a stroke down. My head leans towards her forehead, gently placing my forehead against hers, looking into her eyes. Her face is surprised at first, but then turns relaxed and calm, with a soft giggle coming from her.
"So…" She says while the both stared into each other's eyes. "That amusement park?"
I completely forgot for a moment about the amusement park during dinner, and it snapped into my mind more quickly than somepony saying 'cutie mark bonanza'. "Oh yeah! We should get going!" I told her and got up out of my chair.
Twilight gets out of her chair and approaches me while I'm pushing my chair back in. I do her the honor and push in her chair for her. She continues to smile while she watches me finish putting her chair back in place. I finally turn to the direction that the amusement park was, and begin to walk beside Twilight to make our way there.
Even from the lake and not too far, I could see the lights on the Ferris wheel from that distance and that did give me the most basic idea on which ride I wanted to go on with Twilight first. It's because I've heard all kinds of stories that I've been told for years as a small child. If me and a girl rode the Ferris wheel to the top and both of us kissed there, it would mean that is the girl that I will be in love with as long as I live until the day I die. And the girl I happen to love is right beside me.
I gently grab and hold onto Twilight's front left hoof and slowly walk with her in the night towards the park. The both of us would gently swing both my hand and her hoof back and forth slowly with a gentle and tender wind. Our feet trended by the dirt path towards the fence walls of the amusement park, revealing its name to be "Ponyville Funworld".
We continue to walk along the large fence walls of the park to find where the entrance could be. "Don't they usually place maps around the park?" Twilight said sounding a little irritated that she couldn't find the entrance into the park.
I took a look around to help her out and find the entrance into the park. I could notice a little light up ahead from the fence and point it out to her. "I think it's over there Twilight." I told her.
She looked at me for a few moments and then began to trot forward towards the light. I followed close by to see if my prediction was correct on finding that entrance into the park. I of course, could see the ticket booth in front of the park, so I could assume that was the entrance after all. There was a huge lineup for the ticket booth in order to enter the park, so I could assume that it wasn't going to be easy entering.
But then the thought of Twilight just struck me. She was a princess, therefore she didn't have to pay to enter the park. So that probably means that if I accompanied her, security would let me into the park for free with her. I walked forward with Twilight by my side towards the entrance of the gate and passed the ticket booth.
"What are you doing?" The nearby security unicorn asks me, looking very suspicious at me.
I gulped deeply, thinking that I'm in deep trouble for not buying a ticket. "Entering the park?" I told him out of the basic.
"I'm sorry, but you cannot enter without a ticket or proof of royalty with you." The security guard strictly said to me, striking a look of disappointment onto my own face.
Twilight came in front of me and the security guard, confronting him. "Don't you see these wings?" She told the guard, sounding very angry towards him that he didn't notice Twilight first before looking at me.
"Oh my goodness. I apologize your highness, but why is this… 'thing' with you?" The security guard said, sounding very apologetic.
This really blew a fuse on Twilight's anger when the security referred to me as a 'thing'. Her face was literally close to his with a scary looking face that couldn't even beat any other. "BRAYDEN IS NOT A THING!" She shouted as loud as she did before when shouting Pinkie's name in the episode when everypony kept trying to get a ticket to the Gala off of her.
Her shout really got everypony's attention in the area range that also included the line at the ticket booth. Even the ticket seller looked so dastardly surprised to see the Princess of Magic just burst like that in front of security. Even the security was shaking themselves like scaredy-cats.
I gently place my hand onto the enraged Twilight's shoulder. She turns to me first with that angry look, but upon the sight of seeing me is surprised that I even saw the whole thing. She slowly begins to calm down and lowers her head in sadness for having seen me witness what had happened. I did notice a bit a shine in her eyes though, one of them releasing a tear drop. She was crying.
"I'm so sorry…" She managed to get out of her own mouth. I bent down lower to comfort her and bring her close towards me, gently placing my hand onto the back of her soft mane. "I'm really sorry for doing that Brayden…"
I gently move my hand down the back of her mane, looking at her with so much calmness and care like a boy should have for his girlfriend. I gently shush her to calm her down, and say "It's alright. It wasn't your fault."
Twilight lets out some more tears from her eyes and throws herself forward towards me, giving me a romantic hug and knocking the both of us onto the dirt ground. It was a good thing Rarity wasn't here, she'd be ranting about how dirty my hair was after and sure she was a good friend, but I just didn't need her ants at this moment right now. Especially when Twilight was really upset for what she did to protect me from racism at all times.
"I've ruined our first date. That wasn't supposed to happen. I wanted the both of us to just have a great time together tonight… and I ruined it." Twilight said, turning up to look at me with her tear-stained and wet eyes. It just about tore me from the inside to see my favorite pony crying. "I turned it into a complete wreck."
"It's not ruined yet." I told her and gently pushed her head forward towards mine. I gently close my eyes and begin to place my lips onto her soft lips, giving her a gentle kiss. My eyes were closed, but I could tell that she probably had her eyes closed and was kissing me back.
After a few moments of the both of us kissing, we stopped and began to get up off of the ground. This time, we weren't planning on dealing with the security at this point since my special somepony was too upset and really needed me to comfort her. Still, I had plans to get the both of us onto the Ferris wheel and ride it to the top. I felt like this was the only way to make her feel better.
"Come on…" I gently said to her, holding onto her hoof while I helped her up off the ground. "There's something I want to show you."
Twilight didn't object and began following me towards the Ferris wheel. The lights lit on the Ferris wheel at night looked fantastic. Each neon light glowed softly by each metal end corner of the wheel, lighting on and softly off and then repeating again.
It seemed to be a short line to ride the Ferris Wheel, almost a few ponies were in line. But one that I knew was in line was one of the background ponies that I was friends with by coincidence, Lyra Heartstrings. When she turned around in the line and saw me, she started to wave to me with a happy smile on her face. I calmly waved back, but did mouth to her that I was trying to cheer up Twilight, which Lyra understood completely.
Moving forward in line, I decide to check up on Twilight next to me. She still looks both guilty and upset for what she did. I can honestly swear that it was only an accident for the security guard to call me a 'thing'. At least it wasn't Prince Blueblood telling me that, I would've punched his racist little snout into his face so he wouldn't breathe for the next few days.
"You okay Twilight?" I asked her and sounding a little worried about her.
Twilight just sighs and quietly says "No…" with a few tears coming down from her face.
"Hey…" I calmly said, gently putting my arm around her neck gently, not to hurt her. "I told you already, it wasn't your fault. It was only an accident. Surely the guard didn't mean to refer to me as a 'thing'."
She keeps silent and I just decide to just not talk to her until we both got onto a part of the Ferris wheel together. The line moves a bit while we're lined up with Lyra getting onto a part of the wheel by herself. It's not too long until the both of us come upon an empty row of double seats when at the front of the ride's line.
I walk briskly forward with Twilight following behind me. I get into the seat on the left, sitting down on its gentle cushion. I turn to my right to watch Twilight take her step up on the seat right next to me. I continue to keep my caring eye on her while putting the seatbelt of the wheel onto me, keeping me safe and from falling off. Twilight does the same for her, making sure not to extend her wings when she does this. After she finishes, she hangs her head sadly again.
The ride begins to cycle, and I end up deciding that now is my chance to talk to her more and comfort her. Hopefully by then, the ride will stop at the top of the wheel.
"Twilight?" I asked her, getting her attention. She softly turns her head and I scoot a little closer towards her, even though I'm seat belted. Why do they even have these in Equestria? She continues to look sad. "I need to tell you something."
Twilight lets out a sad sigh and then looks at me. "I-I'm so sorry!" She cries out with the few tears left in her eyes.
"Twilight." I gently said to her in a firm voice. I gently place my hand onto her left front hoof and hold onto it gently. "It was just a mistake that happened. We all make them sometimes. And no matter what happens and what you do wrong on every date; I will always love you no matter what."
"That's not true!" Twilight says to me as if she doesn't believe me. "You're probably mad at me from the inside!"
"Me mad at you?" I asked, wondering how she came up with something like that. "I wouldn't ever be mad at somepony beautiful like you. You are special to both me and the rest of your friends."
"But I'm not spe-" Twilight said before I gently placed my index finger onto her mouth.
"You are special. Don't ever think that you're not." I told her in both a firm and caring tone of voice towards her. I move my finger from my mouth and gently place my hand onto her soft mane, stroking it gently to give her more comfort. The seat starts to approach the very top of the wheel from what I could see.
Twilight finally opens up her left wing and moves it around me giving me a bit of a romantic wing-hug. "Thank you… thank you so much Brayden." Twilight says to me, sounding really happy and her eyes still water a bit from the heartwarming thing I said to cheer her up.
I gently move forward towards her with her wing around my back, giving me that loving warmth. I move my hand around her, bringing her close towards me. The both of us begin to gaze into each other's eyes like we always did and were doing when the date had started. Finally, our heads start to move closer to one another. She closes her eyes and continues to learn forward towards me. I close my eyes and do the same thing. The moment that I'll cherish forever with Twilight: it happened.
The both of us pressed our lips together at the top of the ferris wheel, sharing a romantic kiss that I felt could last forever. Sure, I couldn't see if I was at the top, but somehow I knew that I was at the top by the presence of love in the air. Her wing's feathers give me quite a gentle tickle from the comfort that the both of us were getting. My hand is gently stroking the back of her head, gently stroking her silky and soft mane. For me, if I got the chance and a girl was holding my hand, I'd gently give her hair a stroke. But for Twilight, it felt just right. And I could tell this the whole time: She was the one for me after all.
After a few special moments, the both of us release each other from the kiss and begin to gaze at one another. Twilight begins to perk a happy smile onto her face once again and at the same time, I could see how pink her cheeks were. It was so cute seeing her blush like that. "I love you." I told her, really meaning how much she meant to me when I said that, and when I say that… I am telling the truth.
"I love you too Brayden." Twilight said to me; still have those cheeks lighten up from what had happened. That's when it strikes me from the inside; I should have a little fun with her now that she's happy again. I gently place my hand onto her chest and begin to scratch her in a fun way with my fingers, tickling her.
Twilight begins to giggle a bit. "Stop that!" She says, laughing. I resist against what she has said to me and continue to tickle her. "Oh my goodness, that tickles!" She just begins to laugh. I'm having way too much fun with this.
Twilight just has a look on her face that she's planning something and begins using her hooves to tickle my legs. I begin to laugh and guffaw while she does this. "Okay, that tickles Twilight!" I cried out in laughter. Twilight stops tickling me and lets out a really happy giggle.
The seats reach the bottom of the ride and the both of us take off our seatbelts and get up off of the ride. It felt good to see my special somepony happy again. The both of us walk together again, with me holding her hoof. It seemed to be a beautiful night, and I still wanted to have a little more fun with her before taking her back, so I was thinking the roller coaster would be next.
Suddenly, that mare in the distance caught my eye. I still remembered the other day when I was hanging out with Applejack at her farm. Coco Pommel. What was she doing here? Other than that, she seemed to look very upset. In fact, I see her head lowered to the ground and tears were dripping out from her eyes. I could tell that something wrong.
"Hold on a moment Twi." I said to Twilight, assuring everything was okay. I was still a far but good hearing distance from Coco. "Coco!" I called out to her.
The young earth pony didn't respond except it was different. As soon as I called out her name, she galloped off sobbing and sniffing. I just stood there with Twilight watching the situation, and then approaching me once the dust didn't seem to have settled that easily.
"What happened?" She asked.
I shrugged a bit. "I don't know, but Coco seemed to be really upset about something. I did see her when she came to Applejack's place, but she galloped off when I called to her. Something is up with her." I told Twilight, turning my head towards her.
"Don't worry about her Brayden," Twilight assured me and gently placed her soft hoof onto my hand. "Just give her some time, she'll feel better about what's going on with her."
I nodded to Twilight, agreeing with her. Even for Twilight to say that, she knew what I needed to do as a friend to Coco.
"How about we ride the roller coaster next?" Twilight said, looking excited. "It would get me more information on the theory of speed and wind."
"Alright." I said to Twilight, putting a smile on her face. I begin to follow her towards the roller coaster, but at the same time, my head is turned to the direction that Coco Pommel galloped off to. There was only one question that was in my mind at the time…
Why was Coco Pommel following me and why did she run off crying? I don't know, but my visit to Canterlot is soon, so it will be a great chance to ask her why she acted like that. I'll know by sure to do that.
I just dismiss that question from my mind and join my special somepony to line up for the roller coaster. But little do I know that from far away, a tall, cloaked figure watches over with its cat-like cyan eyes at me in the theme park. What I was unaware of was one thing…
…A danger has returned and was planning the attack carefully.
