A/N: Hmmm, I've been experiencing a writer's block for some time.

Other than that, I've seen Jurassic World today and will be seeing Loverboy perform tomorrow afternoon.

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Guest: The Season 5 episodes are a maybe on my end as well, but they are in mind for me as mentions. Still, never say never.

It is a beautiful evening with Celestia's sun hanging low over the western horizon to end another glorious day as I knew what was in mind for me. I didn't have too much planned for tonight, so I figured that I could get outside of the cottage for a while after helping Fluttershy clean up around the cottage.

At one point while getting outside, I nearly ended up forgetting that I had my next date with Twilight and that it was tonight as I had promised her. I didn't want to take too long to get to her castle as I have that fear of being late. But nevertheless, I am hoping for sure that she would be okay if I was only a few minutes late or even a few seconds. But if it's a couple of minutes late, there is no doubt that I really panic right there.

I can feel the dirt below my bare feet as I walk the trail from the cottage all the way to Ponyville. In the trees, I could hear only a bit of small chirping as it was most likely the birds bidding good night and waiting for another new day to rise. The mothers, all nestled in with their babies that were waiting for the best amount of food to feed them, now full from the worms fed to them.

Only a few animals could be seen roaming in the fields close by the trail and not a single hostile force from the Everfree Forest was seen as of yet. I'm pretty sure that creatures like the timberwolves were sticking in the forest territory as it was more suited as their home. But what Fluttershy had told me, the deeper into the forest you go, there are more hostile creatures just waiting to strike. Cragodiles, manticores, cockatrices, basilisks… you name it, roam into the deepest parts of the forest. In case I do venture deep inside, I'll have the Song of Order with me to defend myself at all times.

I could see the town of Ponyville coming right up with that usual stone bridge to cross over from the river boundary that separated the fields of green and the town. I continue forward and I can feel the hard stone below my two bare feet after all that soft and dry dirt was no longer felt.

Lights were coming on slowly on these townhouses and even then, I could still see a couple of my friends just trotting about in the evening chatting amongst each other about how their day was. I could see that post mare named Derpy just resuming with her job of doing evening mail delivery service to anypony in the peaceful village. Besides the distant sounds of them talking, I could hear the crickets chirping at night.

Taking a stroll through the town, I could see that a few of the shops had closed up for the night with the lights still on in the houses, figuring that it was probably dinner on the table for them and the families gathered inside each individual house outside of the shops. I could rarely see a few fillies or colts wandering out in the streets during the evening, as I knew they were probably heading home to share the evening with families for supper. At this rate, I could sense the Sugarcube Corner was also near closing time as well, for Pinkie only goes until a specific time of night. It's probably 9 in the evening, when I estimated that she locks up shop until the next morning.

I could see Twilight's castle in the distance and I take that small trail of dirt all the way past a few of the townhouses, to make the approach to those golden castle doors. As usual, I would probably knock on the doors and wait until somepony answers the door.

My feet climb up onto those small crystalline steps and I approach the large double doors. I form my right hand into a fist and use it to knock on the right side of the doors at least three times before releasing the fist and letting my fingers dangle again and to let the waiting game begin as it would be either Twilight or her assistant Spike respond to the knocking I made. Even then, it should be loud enough in there for both to hear.

I listened carefully as the sound of hooves trotting could be heard coming down from the stairway towards the doors from the inside. I couldn't really tell if that was Twilight coming right down to say hello to me as all hooves sound the same whilst they trot. But again I could be mistaken and that it is Spike coming to answer the door.

I can hear the door's clang and then open up slowly. I turn my head towards the opening of the door and I could see that out of the shadow I could see the familiar form coming out into the sun's light as it descends down the horizon.

My special somepony Twilight herself, trotted right there and she bear a warm and loving smile upon her face. Like every other night or any other day, she still looked very beautiful no matter what. Her eyes had a gleeful look to them and I could tell that she was happy to see me. I can feel my own smile grow and share a loving gaze between me and my love. I don't really care if someone corrects that term as marefriend, to me it will always be 'special somepony'.

"Good evening Brayden." Her voice greeted me while she stood there by the doors on all four hooves.

I pause right there for a few moments, but I have the same courage I had to say hello to her. "Good evening to you, Twilight." I had said to her with that warm smile enlightened.

She trots forward towards me sharing the smile and gaze with me. She's a little closer to me and I can feel her right front hoof take my left hand and gently hold onto it. I get down on one knee, lowering myself just like any other time, though I'll admit I think I am the same height as Princess Celestia or Luna. I did kind of estimate that because humans normally are taller than the ponies of Equestria.

I and Twilight can't stop staring at each other. Those eyes of hers though, look just like I was staring at heaven like the many times I wouldn't stop gazing at her. I move my right hand towards her cheek and gently caress it softly and slowly. Her cheeks glow a bit pink at this and if she feels comfortable with what I'm doing and happy with it, I am happy as well.

"I'm sure you already know what tonight is, right?" She asked me, with only a question filling into that happy, beautiful voice of hers.

I nod to her. "Yes," I say to her with a gentle tone. "Our next date together…"

She lets out a happy giggle and says "Of course Brayden, I had already made plans ahead for tonight on what we would do together so you don't have to worry or stress that neither of us planned anything. I thought tonight would just be of the basic. We'll eat out at the nearby restaurant in Ponyville and then take a relaxing stroll through the Ponyville gardens before I take you back to Fluttershy's cottage for the night."

I nod in agreement to her, moving my right hand to the back of her head to stroke her silky and soft mane. "That sounds like you've come up with a great and basic plan for our date tonight." I said.

While she was holding my left hand, I begin to slowly rock it back and forth. "I'm sure dinner will be quiet between the both of us tonight." I said to her.

"It'll be quiet indeed," Twilight said, with a giggle emulating from her before continuing to speak. "It's the one restaurant that has a different instrumental quartet every night. I think you like that music because Fluttershy told me you listened to this kind of music called jazz."

I nod my head to confirm the truth. "It's true, I do listen to jazz." I remarked.

I got up onto my two legs and begin to walk beside Twilight whilst the both of us head down the steps and away from the castle. "I figured that you would because I can tell you are always open-minded to everything and willing to give it a chance when you feel like you could." She tells me.

"That may be true, but if it is something like food, it just doesn't come to me yet if it looks different. I'm a picky eater, but you knew that already." I said to her.

"Yes," She says. "But I just noticed soon enough that you are getting a little bit skinny."

"Fluttershy also pointed that out to me," I claimed. "She sounded a little worried about it, but I haven't felt anything yet and it hasn't affected me in any other way."

"If she worries about it, I have to worry about it too," She said to me with a concerned tone and I can feel her soft hoof touch the top of my right hand. "It's not normal for something like this to happen. Have you been eating the right amount?"

I gulped silently when she asked me this. Besides Sunset, I fear of how Twilight would react if I told her that I was an omnivore, someone who eats both vegetables and meat. The meat part could immediately turn her off and she would think that I was trying to eat her. But again, if Sunset understood then I do hope that she would understand as well.

"Twilight," I take and hold onto her left front hoof that had been touching when I began to speak again after that few silent moments of concern. "I've been eating the right amount. It is a mystery to me as well about why I get skinny. I was also this skinny back on Earth."

"You were?" She asks. "Was it all part of that disability you have?"

"That's what I think it might be. I do not really know." I said to her, sound a little down when she meant my mental disability.

I could hear her with concern in her tone ask me "Are you okay Brayden?"

The both of us stop and I turn towards her, getting down. I still sound a little down when I speak with her. "I could be, but at the same time I'm not. I mean, I have been through a lot," I said to her. I could feel myself let out a silent sigh from my mouth. "It felt like I never belonged there and that I've always been meant for another place."

"You do though Brayden," I looked up at Twilight, seeing her trot towards me. She opens up her wings and I can feel them move around me as she is hugging me with them and her right front hoof around my chest gently, rubbing my back. "As long as you are here, you have us. It'll take a long time until everything bad that has happened there is long gone and you're happy again. I promise… no. Me, your best friends will help you out if you are ever this troubled."

I move my left arm around her neck and share this tender moment between the both of us. "I always knew you'd always be there for me even in my heart." I told her.

"You'll always be in my heart too no matter what happens to you," I could hear her say while her soft warm face gently nuzzles my right cheek. "I did tell you this, but I'll always be there if something is bothering you."

I nuzzle her cheek in return for a bit and then our heads move and we separate from the hug. I still hold onto her same hoof that had touched me. She plants a kiss on my cheek to assure that everything would be alright I get back up onto my two feet and we both begin moving again into town.

Most of our walk was quiet, but I and Twilight would turn to look at each other and smile on occasion. I guess that both of us were still checking up, well mostly her to see if I was feeling any better. Well I do for now, but I really hope that I can stop putting myself down about my disability being a curse towards me and to think more positively about it.

Turning from the nearest house standing in Ponyville, my own eyes could see the restaurant there with the sign's lights on and I could hear the soft sound of jazz music playing from both outside and inside of the building. I could see a few of the pony folk enter in from the front entrance. I could hear the tenor sax playing a mellow tune with the slow brushing of drums softly playing with the classic fingered double bass just starting low after hearing the solo of the sax.

I allow Twilight to go first into the building as per usual with my kind ways. She seems rather delighted by this and I follow into the building behind her after she has gone first.

I take a look around the entire restaurant from the inside. I could see that there was an aquarium on display near the private booths where anypony there could have dinner as long as they managed to snatch the VIP experience at a pretty expensive price. In other news, if it was an Equestria celebrity or a alicorn made for or of royalty then they would be able to have that. I would certainly suspect that the restaurant staff will recognize Twilight being an alicorn, so they would most likely let her in. Still, I should suspect that they won't let me join up with her because of how different I am.

I take a look out into the dining area. I could see a couple of families eating away and chatting to their families about the ordinary lives they've been living and what matters they were going through from the days they live in. On their plates were the everyday meals that I could see them eat just about every day, though it had varied on what they were eating or drinking from their plates or glasses.

I could feel Twilight's hoof take my right hand and hold on it. I turn to look at her and she is looking at me. "I've only been here to this place one time with Princess Cadence when she came to visit Ponyville," She is telling me with a happy tone. "It'll be your first time as well. If the staff give you trouble. I'll talk to them and let them know that you are with me."

"Don't get angry at them like what happened with our first date," I said to her and notifying her at the same time about what happened last time. My right hand lets go of her hoof and I place it onto the side of the face by the cheek. "I felt really bad for what happened for the consequence of them calling me a thing."

I watch as she looks downwards with a sad sigh and looks at me with her eyes tilted and forming a sad look. "I guess I'm just being a bit protective of you being called different because… it's because I've seen you cry before and I don't want your feelings to get hurt." She explains to me while I am gently stroking her mane.

"Twilight," I said to her to get her full attention. "The words that others say because they do not approve of me being among all of you will not hurt me. I know this, because back when I was on Earth I had teased about by my own kind. But then came the betrayals of many friends I had there and I thought I would be lost without friendship until I discovered the magic of it."

"I understand now, and if you ever want to talk more I will listen and understand." She says to me while I grow an easygoing smile upon my face once again. I might not be able to find a way to let these bad memories go away, but she and the ones I love will be there to help me in my need.

There is the sound of somepony's throat being cleared and I turn my head away from Twilight to take a look at who it is that had made the sound. To our relief it wasn't anypony considered bad, as it was just the waiter standing there at the podium that both of us haven't noticed had come back from possibly being in the kitchen calling out an order for the chefs to start cooking away or just serving a customer the promised meal intended that had been ordered for them.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your moment," The waiter apologizes to the both of us with a smile underneath his mustache. He wore a professional black bow on his suit as I usually did see waiters pictured like. Now I am reminded of British comedies. "But I am available to help you out."

Twilight trots past me and gets in front of me to face the podium the waiter was standing there before. "Thank you kind sir," She greets the waiter standing there and she sounds ready and eager to make the reservation for us. "Tonight, I and Brayden would like to take a seat indoors and have a table ready for us."

"Brayden, hm?" The waiter asked her, and turns his head and eyes to look and observe me for a moment. She turns back to her with a smile. "I'm sure that I can get something arranged for the both of you. What is on your mind your highness?"

"I was wondering if any of the private booths were available." She asked.

The waiter nods to her question. "Of course there are a few available, this way please." He told us and to follow him is something we both did.

He takes the both of us by the other private booths that weren't occupied to look for the right one that would be best for the both of us. I take a look to my right past Twilight who was beside me again. I could recognize a few faces at any random table as we went along. I could see that cello player Octavia Melody eating away at a salad while talking to the Ponyville music scratcher, Vinyl Scratch or rather DJ P0N-3 as it stated.

The funny thing is whenever I see Vinyl Scratch, surprisingly besides opening her mouth: she has never spoken a single word ever. Though from the stuff I read back then, she would speak so I guess it's all part of canon that she hasn't spoken unless I take off her headphones she is wearing and begin to talk to her and see if she'll say anything, even the basic 'Hello' to me. But right now she is eating her dinner and 'silently' talking to Octavia. Looks like I will have to talk with her another time.

The waiter stops at a door into a private booth. I stop walking and begin to wait patiently as the waiter presses some numbers under the booth's doorknob. I can hear him twisting a knob underneath many times as if it were a locker combination code just like back in school. There is the sound the latch being unlocked and the waiter moves his hoof onto the doorknob and allows it to slide open like in those kung-fu movies.

"Here you both go," He says to me sounding really bright. "Somepony will be with you in a moment to take your orders."

Twilight allows me this time to go first just like I let her go first into the building. Taking a look inside of the private booth, it was just… wow. The light on top of our table was designed beautifully and emitted a dim, but well-lit glow from its centre. It was almost like it was something that resembled a Welkynd Stone from The Elder Scrolls games I played back on Earth. I just wonder if anything happened with the series while I am gone at the moment.

I proceed forward towards the plush seats with Twilight right behind me. Taking a seat on them, I slid slowly down to the other end, but make room so that Twilight could sit right there beside me. She hops onto the seat and moves to the end, taking a seat and making herself more comfortable as she was sitting beside me again. The door remained open so that the waiter could come back to take our orders and be on our way to get them.

Around the booth's oaken planked walls, I observe the pictures closely. These paintings I can see before me are various different landscapes of places around Equestria and beyond such as sight of the Everfree Forest surrounded by the light of Luna's moon that shines onto the green and wild leaves of the forest.

The other paintings are environments like the Griffon kingdom: Griffonstone, or the desert badlands hidden fortress of the Changeling Empire. Whoever made that picture must have had a lot of courage to enter or at least sneak onto their lands without bringing alert to the changelings or their queen. Anypony would have had their love leeched out of them immediately, for they were just starving without it. I don't really show any concern for the Changelings at the moment, but don't care to since they caused the attack on Canterlot.

"You were looking at those pictures, right?" I could hear Twilight ask me. I turn my head to look at her and she is smiling at me. "There are many places in Equestria that may look dangerous, but they are also really adventurous to take part in a journey."

"I have a thing that I have never been to other parts of Equestria by the cities or wondrous sights." I confessed to her. "I'm hoping I'll be able to go somewhere soon besides Manehattan being the only place outside of Ponyville and Canterlot I have been to."

Twilight places her gentle hoof onto my left hand. "There's nothing stopping you from travelling anywhere in the wide world of Equus, though I will admit the train doesn't exactly sail across sea to the Zebra Kingdom." She tells me to be informative as usual which I was very fond of and would listen to her advice every time. "I need to ask you to be careful when approaching dangerous places, besides the Everfree Forest. There are other dangerous environments such as: Flame Geyser Swamp. Applejack told me that there's a wild chimera on the loose in there."

That's funny because Discord was basically like the representation. Still, I should be careful and to make sure I wear fireproof boots should I go marching in there. "What other dangerous places should I never try to go through or into?" I question to her.

"Besides that, be careful when in the caves or mines for Diamond Dogs will try to capture you and use you for their own good." She tells me. I want to smile, but I cannot in front of Twilight. But I am happy that it reminded me of the episode where Rarity got captured by three of those rowdy and arrogant dogs. She did find a way out of that though as she had been stalling time. "I also do not suggest that you at any circumstances try to enter the dark lands of…" She leaned in a little closer to whisper it to me. "…Mortem."

"Why are you whispering it quietly?" I whisper back to her.

Twilight moves closer towards me. "I have to say it in a hushed tone if I want to even speak of it," She whispers to me. "Mortem is a dangerous place and once somepony enters the land, they are never seen again. It's across the desert plains far from the Buffalo lands and they can only go a certain length until they cannot go any further near that dark land's gates."

"Fluttershy told me that there are creatures of darkness who roam inside of Mortum," I begin whispering to explain more from what I remember. "They say that the air is foul and reeks of a deathly filth that can kill anypony within the next two hours of being in there. There are non-Equestrian born dragons and other monsters of the unknown. There is also a dark presence that watches over the land."

Twilight whispers back. "I only read it out of a geography book while I was still Princess Celestia's student and I had read that the author states that there might be a fortress that lies inside by the mountain cliffs that are made of rock and stone," She releases a bit of breath before continuing. "But by his estimates, the air is breathable for all life when a group was to head inside of the fortress, but who knows what awaits them. Other than that, a large river of water comes out for the buffalo to gather. I sense a connection that the author missed though."

"What connection?" I asked quietly not to raise any alarm.

The sound of hooves catches our attention though. I turn my head back away from Twilight once again to see that same waiter coming in with the both of our menus and bringing it to the table. I put on a smile once again as if to this waiter the whispering hadn't been happening.

"Your menus." The waiter says with a smile.

Twilight giggles a bit and says "Thank you very much. I think I'm ready to order immediately though."

The waiter gets out a pen and notepad. I take a look down at the menu to see what is on for today's special or anything else while she is explaining what she would like to have. Well, I can see that they have the Lover's Bite on the list that I remembered having before with Twilight. I'm not really going to get that at the moment, so probably another time. There are other foods on the list such as tomato soup, daffodil or cucumber sandwiches, garlic bread and too many others that I didn't really know about but I assumed I would probably go for the basic since I still find myself a picky eater and it would be a while until I try something new.

I move my finger across the large menu and place it onto a main course that I would be interested in having. I lower the menu to take a look at the waiter who has just finished taking Twilight's order at the table. "I think I am ready to order as well." I commented to him, sounding easygoing about this.

The waiter nods in understanding and proceeds to use the same pen and notepad's paper to write down my order. "I would be very interested in having garlic bread on the side with vegetables included. For the main course I will have the tomato soup because why not. Last, for a drink I will have a good amount of apple cider."

"Alright my good sir," The waiter says to me, finishing up on writing the order and placing it right into his suit's pocket after that. "The both of your food and drinks will be right on the way."

I nod to him with a bit of understanding on what was going to happen for a couple of minutes. I can sense that Twilight was also nodding as well with that sweet and beautiful smile upon her face. The waiter turns towards the opening of the door, and trots out back into the dining area, closing the private booth's door behind him to give us some privacy together while the food was being prepared.

All was quiet again except for the jazz music that quietly plays from the small speaker inside of the booth. I still felt like the both of us still had to whisper as we were still conversing about what lie indie the dark land of Mortem. Twilight's smile grew serious once again and she moves closer to me once again.

"There is probably a connection between that river flowing, and the fortress entrance on the side of Mortem's mountains," She suggested as an idea to me. "If I can predict myself, I think that there would be a long drop from a bridge that lies inside of the fortress that would be like a deadly escape through the underground cavern of Mortem."

"Do you think something lies inside of that fortress's dwelling corridors and chambers?" I asked in question while remaining quiet about it. "Does the fortress have a name?"

Twilight sighs quickly. "I don't know," She states before continuing. "But according to the book I read, it is said to be home to the various gold that non-Equestrian dragons collect and store in there. A guardian is said to be asleep in what they call the hall of dread, but should somepony manage to get inside the fortress on time, stirring the guardian awake would be a bad thing to do."

"I trust there is no depiction on what this guardian looks like then." I said to her, trying my best to imagine what the sleeping guardian would look like in there.

"There isn't unfortunately," Twilight comments. "Plus if you were thinking of trying to go there, you know that I would do all in my path to prevent you from entering that place unless it was all part of something that by the authority of Princess Celestia with the proof as well that she has asked you to go there."

"And you are right there Twilight," I said to her to get back off-topic from Mortem. I move my left arm and gently place it across the both of Twilight's shoulders. "I shouldn't be worrying or even thinking about dangerous places like that. As long as you are here with me, that's all that matters the most. Never would I try anything dangerous and stupid behind your back or my other friends' backs."

The color of pink appears for a bit on Twilight's cheeks. She was really happy when I had put my arm around her and I watch as she scoots up towards me, wrapping the both of her hooves gently around my neck and placing her head onto my chest like it was a soft pillow. She feels relaxed and has her eyes closed.

I close my eyes and use my right hand to start stroking her left fuzzy cheek softly. All remained quiet between us as I could feel the essence of our love for each other fill in the air. I can hear the quiet sounds of her breathing and it felt very calm like the gentle warm water that you would sometimes find at a spring as long as it wasn't too hot below as they were usually discovered by volcanic ranges.

I lower my head whilst my eyes were closed and move closer towards her head, gently pressing my lips onto her forehead and planting a kiss there. I can hear her sigh slowly in a relaxed state by the sound of her releasing that bit of breath. I can hear my nostrils breathing in and out softly as well. This was the first time in my life that I've ever felt this happy in my lifetime with her by my side and keeping me close between the both of us.

"Thank you for treating me to this place," I said to her in a gentle tone that sounded almost like a whisper. "It's always a pleasure to be having dinner with you."

I can feel her soft nuzzle against my left cheek. "Oh it's not a problem at all," She whispers to me. I open my eyes to take a look at her cute and adorable smile. "What matters to me the most though is being able to get out of the castle for a while to be with my special somepony."

I can feel the both of her unfolded feather wings moves around my back and gently push me forward towards her. I close my eyes once again to feel that enchanted moment of being able to lay a kiss onto her sweet lips. Our lips contact one another as usual when the time was right and really warming up nicely. I kept my lips onto hers for a few moments then release it. The way that it felt like my troubles had all but gone away, but at least for now until it came back out of the blue.

I gently press my forehead against hers while she kept her warm wings cuddled around me. My eyes keep focus onto her violet eyes. She stares back at mine and would blink on some occasions which were normal even for a human perspective of my own. I mean, it always felt like my eyes were like a camera being attached to my emotions and that I could visually view everything, except for the moments when I sleep or just blink in general. But hey, I don't know too much about the human body or its anatomy so I have no idea how it relatively works.

All was now silent between the both of us, but with the ambience of quiet jazz music playing from the small speaker in the booth. This felt really good and it really released these lovely feelings towards the both of us that were of in bloom and had been in bloom before. I knew it wouldn't be easy the first time, but it's something I would have to get used to. My first date with Twilight was the first time I had ever asked out a girl, so I guess you never forget about that do you? Guess not.

We could hear the sound of the waiter knocking on the private booth's sliding door to notify us that dinner would be served to us… rather immediately you could say. By alert, I could feel her wings move away and retract by into a closed state on Twilight and she backs up right to the spot she had been sitting at on the leather and plush-like seats when the door slid open at a moderate speed.

It was the waiter himself and he had brought along our food on a giant tray. He trots into the room and I can already smell the aroma of my delicious main course with the forming of saliva secretly occurring inside of my mouth. But you probably already knew that as I stated it so many times when getting at the table with a single friend to a group of my good friends.

The waiter takes my dishes from the tray and presents them to me, placing them onto the table. There it was lying inside a wooden bowl. The rich and steamed down tomato soup with garlic bread included with the vegetables and my apple cider to drink that was all ready to go.

I watch as Twilight received her meal from the waiter, coming from the same tray that had been carried in. I could see that she had ordered a daffodil sandwich with a side of potato cut hay-fries. Now I wonder why I did not get the extra chance to see that on the menu listing. Oh well, next time I come around here, I'll make sure that I order that as a side. She silently thanks the waiter and can see her take out a few golden bits to tip the waiter.

Once he had gone outside and left us to ourselves once again, I knew that we did have our private time together. But we still had empty stomachs to treat, so it would be best if we began to eat dinner right away to make that all better. Still, this tomato soup should be satisfying.

I let out a sigh and leaned back in the leather seat, feeling rather almost full and relieved at the same time. That was another good meal and another satisfying drink that I have ever had since… forever really. I can't even recall a time where I had a great meal this dynamic.

I take a look at my dishes and empty mug whilst gently rubbing my stomach for a few moments. The tomato soup had all been cleaned out from the wooden bowl and I could see a few crumbs leftover from the garlic bread I had consumed. The vegetables were cleared out leaving only the substances of liquid water that was used to keep them fresh as possible. My mug only had a bit of the bubbly stuff that I would normally see from the cider when it was close to being full, but I am sure that it was normal and they would clean that up.

I turn my head to look at Twilight when she finished taking the last bite of her daffodil sandwich. I watch her for a few moments of chewing it down into mush in her mouth while keeping her mouth closed which I figured was good manners. She swallows it down and takes a sip of the last of the water in her cup. She places the cup down with her magic and lets out a sigh of relief and satisfaction just like I had done, but except moving her head forward a bit instead of leaning backwards in the seat like I did. I guess everypony has a different way, but I like that. It's just who they are.

"That was delicious," She comments. "I've never had a daffodil sandwich that has tasted so good in all of my life."

I move myself closer to her. "Tell me about it." I replied to her with a smile adorned upon my own face.

"I'll pay for the meal by placing an extra tip onto the table," She says to me. She turns her head and pull out and gather a couple of those shiny golden bits into a small bag that should be enough for the waiter that served us tonight. "You don't have to worry about the extra costs, as I think which anypony non-recognizable in the Equestrian species list: you get to eat free if you are a rare type."

"Well, aren't humans a part of the Equestria species list?" I asked with a bit of a shrug from my shoulders.

Twilight shakes her head. "No, so I guess it means that it still will give you equal rights like everypony else." She tells me.

"Oh, well that does explain." I said with a smile on my face while she places the bag of bits onto the table for the waiter.

"I'm not sure how long we've been eating, so depending on how long, I might end up taking you back to Fluttershy's cottage," She is telling me in an informative but happy tone in her voice. I begin to slip through to the seat's end to get up while Twilight is moving as well while talking. "I guess it's all on the moon's position."

I nod to her in understanding and I began to follow her outside of the private booth inside and back out into the dining room. I join up beside Twilight once again while we pass by the waiter, with Twilight notifying him that she left the extra tip on the table as payment for our meal and our wonderful experience here at this restaurant. The both of us head out past the podium where the waiter came by to bring us to the private booth we sat in, and we are outside in town once again.

The moon was perched right up into the night time skies, joining with the twinkling stars that shone from far away but were a rather beautiful sight to see along with the moon's white glowing surface. I can feel the late summer's warm wind blow onto the both of us when we were outside of the building. It wasn't strong but it was more like a gentle touch to us like a blanket being handed to us like young children before going to bed for a good night's rest.

"Seems like we have been in there for quite some time after all Brayden," Twilight says to me. I look at her when she lets out a silent yawn and then stretching for a moment. "It's practically 10:15 at night."

"Well, it was a really good date while it lasted," I said to her, placing my hand onto the back of her silky mane and stroking it gently. "The good thing about it while it was going on is that I got to spend some good heartwarming time with you."

I can see her cheeks light up and she had a graceful look on her face according to the eyes, and she takes my hand with a hoof. I gently begin to hold it with her. The blushing on her cheeks faded which was cute while it lasted for that short moment. The both of us continue together, with me holding her hoof whilst she held my left hand while on the move.

The rest of the walk was more silent, but I could already feel that warmth that had been accompanying me while I was with Twilight the whole time. Still holding onto her hoof, I would occasionally turn my head to look at her and check up on how she was doing. She would turn her head as well and release a gleeful smile on her face. Besides the silence, we could hear the crickets chirping a sweet song like they would do every night and all night until morning came over the eastern horizon. Every bird on the trail was not there but rather nestled without a sound in the nests.

Fluttershy's cottage could be seen on that same hill that I knew it would stand on that would be separated by the very tiny river under the bridge when other animals could be sleeping. My feet tread right off of the dry dirt and onto the stone that the bridge was made of. I can hear the sound of Twilight's hooves making contact with the stones below and we stop mid-way across the bridge and turn to look at each other.

I gently took Twilight's right front hoof and began to hold it gently. Her graceful eyes look upward at my own brown eyes. My arm moves slowly back and forth to rock her hoof gently as well and calmly just like warm wind that blew at the both of us. "Twilight…" I call to her in a gentle tone. Her ears flip for a moment as she can't take those eyes off of me. "It might have been a short date, but it's another great day that I will remember always for as long as my human life will go."

"I'm glad that you really enjoyed tonight's date Brayden," Twilight says to me, looking very joyful for being able to hear an opinion from me about our date. "I'm always willing to go on dates with you whenever we can, my 'special somepony'."

I stimulate a soft and short laugh from my lips which I tell sounded rather loved that I would be this comfortable in years. "Of course Princess," I flirted with her and then getting down on one knee. "I will always have this pleasure with you as well."

Twilight trots forward a few steps, wrapping a hoof around my waist whilst I wrap the arm that held her hoof for those sweet moments around her neck tenderly and hold onto each other closely that formed a romantic and passionate hug together. I didn't want to let go of her, but it eventually couldn't stay at this moment forever.

The both of us let go of the hug and Twilight is still smiling at me. I give her left ear a small scratch while her face is still nearly close to mine. "Good night Brayden," She says to me. "I won't go to sleep quite yet as I want to see your memories in Manehattan and the mirror world, but I know you'll sleep and dream peacefully."

I place on a content smile right after she has given me a quick goodnight peck on my soft lips. After that heavenly kiss under Luna's moonlight, I watch her take a few steps back and open up her wings and flapping them. She takes off of the bridge and flies off into the night to most likely head back home to the crystalline castle.

I yawn once again and continue down the upward dirt path off the opposite side of the bridge, but making sure that I kept quiet because Fluttershy's animal friends were still sleeping and I really didn't want to wake them up especially at a time like this. I calmly make my steps towards the front door of my best friend's cottage and grab onto the knob and opening the door.

I was making sure that I had to be quiet when I was pushing the door open. If I was aware, there were only some small critters plus Angel that were asleep on the main floor. I slip in under the arch of the front door and make sure to grab the doorknob on the side to close it behind me with only the sound of small creaking. Thank goodness it wasn't very loud as it could wake the animals. The door finally closes shut and I let go of the doorknob.

I can hear the sound of hooves trotting upstairs and I could sense by the sound of it that it was just Fluttershy coming downstairs to see who it was, though she'll be happy to see that it's just me. I could see her coming down the steps and is looking at me. Her eyes had some bags under her eyes which I could tell that my arrival back to the cottage must have stirred her awake, so she looked tired.

"You're back," She says to me in the soft tone of hers before releasing a yawn from her mouth and then continuing. "Was tonight's date with Twilight good?"

I nod to her while taking my steps across the living room and onto the stairs to get going to my room on the second floor. "It was really good," I told her though just about ready to get going to bed already. She trots beside me whilst we head upstairs. "Though at the last minute, we had to cancel our stroll through the Ponyville gardens."

"It's something that we all expect," She says to me. "Sometimes things like that happen. But I can't really tell about that because… well, um… I've never dated anypony before…" Her ears flop down for a moment and this worried me for a second because when a pony's ears were down it usually meant that they were sad.

"I'm sure that you'll find him when he comes to you." I stated to her with assurance, reaching the second floor and turning to my bedroom door which was the closest to the stairs. Her ears retract back and she places her warm and fuzzy hoof onto the top of my right hand.

"You have a good night's sleep Brayden." Fluttershy said to me with a very cute yawn coming from her mouth.

I turn towards her and bent down on one knee, gently moving my right hand onto her left cheek to gently place my hand upon while her cyan eyes still look at mine. "Good night, Fluttershy." I said to her with a smile while a bit of pink appears on her cheeks. After a few moments I separate my hand from her cheek and she heads back to bed in her room.

I head into my room as well, placing my clothes into the laundry basket and putting on some fresh pyjamas for the night's rest under the starlight. Once that was done with, I walk towards my bed, pushing back the covers to get right into bed for a good rest. I place the covers on my body and begin to close my eyes once again.

Good night Equestria. Thank you Twilight for another beautiful date together… I will see you all in the morning just as the sun of Celestia has awakened over the eastern horizon.