Pinkie bounced up and down the streets of Canterlot, being happy as she remembered the previous night of dancing in the underground kingdom. She couldn't wait to see Cheese and to tell him of how happy she was again without revealing the secret castle. She wanted to tell him so badly, but she and the sisters made the Pinkie Promise she created in the first place not to say a word about it. After all, one couldn't break a Pinkie Promise. In fact, it was their father who helped her create the Pinkie Promise.

He taught her that ponies should always be honor-bound to keep their promises no matter what. She remembered his hearty laugh and in turn, she laughed, thus the start of her wanting to spread joy just as he did with his playful side. She hummed until she stopped to look at the shop before her, "That's strange…" she pondered, "Cheese's Joke Shop is always here…" Above her was a new sign saying, Bank Loans and Accounting. She pushed the door open to go in and saw empty shelves that once held pranks and fun party games. Below them were boxes all taped shut. Then, she got to the front counter and saw papers stacked up in a neat pile.

By then, Cheese walked out from the back room, but there was something different about him. He was wearing glasses and a plain shirt with a red tie. He didn't see her until she said something to him, "Cheese? Wha… What's going on?"

"Pinkie?" he moved his glasses and a small smile spread across his face, being happy to see her, "I…I didn't think I would see you again! I thought you'd be so busy at the palace meeting suitors…"

"Well, Prince Blueblood did answer the call, but we got a plan of getting rid of him and other suitors because we agreed to never get chosen as a bride!"

"Wow! Really?"

"Uh-huh, and I wanted to let you know that so I can tell you something…"

"What?"

"But first, take off those silly glasses and second… Tell me what in the pink is going on here?! Why is the joke shop so grey and boring?!"

"Oh, Pinkie…" he sighed and took off the glasses as she had asked, "I figured with you having to get married, I didn't have the heart to have fun anymore… So I thought it would be a good idea for me to move onto a new business to keep my mind off of you…"

"What?!" her hair slightly deflated, "But… don't you like me anymore?"

"Yes! No! Of course I do like you! I just… don't have any fun without you… You always brighten up any pony's day. You brighten… my day… Knowing I was going to lose you, I didn't know what else to do…" he stared at her with pleading eyes.

"Cheese…" she had near tears of joy as she got closer to him and nuzzled his head, surprising him as she kissed his cheek, "You know what I feel about you?"

"No… what do you feel about me?" he asked curiously.

She gave him a one moment gesture and zipped out, only to bring back a pony named Octavia who had a cello. She whispered a request and Octavia started playing just as Pinkie started singing.

"Once a lass met a lad… You're a gentle one said she… In my heart I'd be glad if you loved me for me… You say your love is true and I hope that it will be…"

He gave a wide grin and took her by the hoof to join her in song, "I'd be sure, if I knew that you loved me for me…"

They started going around Canterlot with her singing, "Could I be the one you're seeking? Will I be the one you choose? Can you tell my heart is speaking? My eyes will give clues…"

"What you see may be deceiving… Truth lies underneath the skin…"

"Hope will be blossom by believing…"

Both sang, "The heart that lies within!"

He sang, "I'll be yours… Together we shall be always be as one… If you love me for me…"

"Who can say where we'll go…"

"I'll be yours…"

"Who can promise what will be…"

"Together we shall always be…"

"But I'll stay by your side…"

"Be as one…"

They finished up the song while staring at each other lovingly, "If love me for me… If you love me… for me…" They slowly kissed, then had their noses keep touching while being hopelessly in love.

Twilight was aimlessly looking for books and out of frustration, she grunted, "Ugh! Spike! Of all the days had to leave me to go help Applejack instead! I was hoping to find way to prove to Mother that having an arranged marriage for us isn't a good idea!" She set down another book that wasn't going to help her and decided to take a break.

She set a hoof out of the library, but soon bumped into some pony. But it wasn't just any pony: it was the pony she been seeing every night before she went bed, or in the case of last night that she met with him before going into the magical underground kingdom. "Flash!" she gasped.

"Twily!" he beamed, "Didn't think I would see you on this side of the castle."

"That's because… I'm…" She quickly thought of a good excuse, "I'm with the princess!"

"The youngest one? The one you're friends with?"

"That's right!" she nervously chuckled while blushing.

"Wow, think maybe I can see her?" he leaned his head over her to look inside the library seeing if the princess was there.

She blocked his view, "Oh no, you can't! She's… she's much too busy, preparing to get married you know."

"Oh yeah, I've heard about that… I feel so sorry for the princesses… to never have the chance to find a very special some pony…"

"Tell me about it…" she mumbled.

"Well, at least you're lucky, being the princess's lady's maid and all, such laws don't apply to you."

"Oh! Right… of course…" she did a forced smile and thought to herself, I wish that was true… If I was actually a lady's maid, then I could be free to myself around you instead of always hiding the truth… She sighed loudly and that got his attention.

"Is… everything alright?" he asked with concern.

She gave him a solemn face and finally blurted out, "No, no everything's not alright! In fact, everything's all wrong!" she sniffled and started running away.

"Wha… Twily!" he called out to her, but she did not respond or come back.

By early afternoon, Applejack cheered while finishing putting clean sheets on a bed, "Hee-haw! That's the fastest I've ever gotten anything done!"

Spike took hold of an empty basket and said, "I told you we would make things easier if we worked together."

"Land sakes! I can't believe I didn't listen to you sooner. You are so good at finishing the job so quickly…" she beamed at him, causing him to slightly blush.

"Aw, it's nothing; you did most of the heavy work anyway."

"Still, I never could get with my cleaning duties done so early. Do… do you want to do something before preparing for dinner?"

His face lit up and asked, "Sure! What is it you want to do?"

"Well, um… I'm not sure. Do you have any ideas?"

"Hmm…" he deeply thought, then got a glimpse of Applejack's cutie mark and then it struck him, "I know!"

"What?"

"Just follow me." he waved his claw and went in front of her.

She glanced in confusion, but followed him nevertheless.

Pretty soon, they went into a part of the castle gardens and saw the apple orchards. Memories instantly came to her as she remembered playing hide and seek here with her sisters when they were fillies and their father, the king, was playing with them. She tried her best to hide up in the tree, but she fell out and her father caught her in his strong arms. He told her to be more careful and taught her how important it was watch out for family. Sombra never did want to lose any of his girls or his wife.

"You okay?" a voice next to her said, bringing her back to the present.

"Sorry, I just, I haven't been here in a long time… I've wanted to visit, but never had the chance to… Thank you for bringing me here…" She gave him a small smile.

He returned it and replied, "You're welcome…"

"Why don't we rest under one of the trees? We could use it after all the hard work we did today."

"Alright!" he took to the nearest tree that had lots of shade and started relaxing.

She chuckled and joined by his side, crouching down to lay her head down. Once she had shut her eyes, Spike made sure she was fast asleep before moving over to her and set his head down on her side. He gave out a sigh and slowly fell asleep.

The derby was over with and because of his newfound love with Rainbow Dash, Soarin' had won! But as happy as she was that her colt friend won, they couldn't quite celebrate his win until Blueblood was out of her hair. So the plan was that Soarin' would follow them around with a single dark cloud he made until she would give him the signal to use it.

They were going down the main street when Rainbow said loudly, "Well, I sure had a good time!"

"You did?" Blueblood was astonished to hear that, but was quite pleased all the same, "Must have been my charms, wouldn't you agree?" he smirked.

"Yeah… sure… let's go with that." she winked back to Soarin' and he took the hint to get ready.

"Yes, quite. I do have that effect on mares, though I was surprised it was you I ended up with. I was sure I could've had Rarity. Actually, I was hoping for your sister, Fluttershy."

"Fluttershy?" she questioned and then asked in a skeptical tone, "Why would you want Fluttershy?"

"Well, rumor is she is the most beautiful creature in all the land, and with me being the handsome stallion that I am, we would have made a perfect pair. But of course since you're so willing to be my wife, I'll take what I can get." he held her hoof.

Yeah right… Like that's ever going to happen! She thought with a grimace as he shut his eyes and started to lean in for a kiss. She frantically waved her hoof while thinking, Now, Soarin'! Now!

In a split second, the lightning bolt came down and startled Blueblood from behind, causing him to scream like a girl and run away, leaving a cloud of dust.

The dark cloud came down with Soarin' as he said, "Whew, one more second and I would have just done it, since he was that close to kissing you…" he frowned.

"Luckily, I already had my first kiss with you."

"That was your first?! Whoa!"

"And what's wrong with that?!"

"Nothing, in fact… that was my first kiss, too!"

"No way! A good-lookin' Wonderbolt like you has never been kissed until now?"

"Well," he rubbed his neck, "I never found the right girl before to share it with…"

"Heh, same here…" she wrapped her hoof around him, "Say, we got some time before I have to get back to the castle for dinner. Wanna go hang out?"

"You bet!" They took off to the sky, flying away.

AN: A bit shorter than the last ones, but the next chapter will be way longer and will have two songs.