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- >Beloved Chapter 1
- >Be Twilight Sparkle
- >Also be in the middle of research into silencing spells
- >Tomes about the lessons of Saint Francis Umbrage occupied your attention
- >For the past five hours
- >But before your lunch started getting cold a visitor walked in
- >”Hey Twi”
- “Hey Dash”
- >You know why she’s here
- “Sorry but the new Daring Doo book hasn’t come in yet”
- >”Oh, that’s okay, I was here for something else”
- >”I need a book on exotic locations. You know, places that would be cool to visit and explore?”
- >Huh…
- >You hope she isn’t planning anything stupid
- “Okay, but why are you looking for that?”
- >”Oh, I know that father’s day is coming up and I want to get my dad a gift that’s as awesome as he is!”
- >”He’s really hard to buy for. Like, I don’t know what the buck he wants half the time, and the other half he just wants something stupid”
- >”So I figure, why not a trip somewhere cool? Huh? Right? Good idea or what?”
- “Well… I don’t know, giving a long distance trip as a surprise gift is not usually the best idea”
- >”Then what would you say I should get for Father’s Day?”
- >Father’s day
- >Oh horseapples
- >Twilight! Stop swearing in your head!
- >But still, you forgot Father’s Day!
- >What would your parents think if you didn’t get dad something special?
- >Wait! Focus!
- >You can solve her and your gift problems at once
- “Oh, I know just the thing!”
- >You focus your locating spell, and then cross it with a quick levitation addition to bring the book to your hooves
- “Maxwell’s Big Book of Gifts for Ponies of All Ages!”
- >It’s an older book with faded red covers and brass lettering
- >Rainbow looks somewhat skeptical
- >”Uh Twilight, I don’t think my dad would like anything from that”
- “Oh come on Dash! It’s a world renowned source for gift ideas! See, it says so on the cover!”
- “It’s cool, it’s relevant, it’s…”
- >You notice the date on the inside cover
- “…Over a hundred years old…”
- >An audible sigh escapes your lips
- “Maybe we should brainstorm for a while on this…”
- >You are finishing up your light salad you ordered
- >The café you and Rainbow were eating at was a nice place to eat if you avoided the lunch time crowd
- “Hmm… What could I get my dad?....”
- >Rainbow was sitting across from you
- >Eating some sort of sweetened pasta dish
- >By stuffing it into her face with her hooves…
- >She pauses for a moment before meeting your gaze
- >”Mhhrhr mwht hwwks”
- “What?”
- >With a swallow she clarifies
- >”Why not some books?”
- >Seriously?
- >You give her a flat stare
- “Really?”
- >She shrugs
- >”I don’t know. How about something extravagant? Like a big dinner and show or one of those rock-valley tours?”
- “My dad-“
- >”Or what about some tickets to something he likes? Hoofball, racing, or even the Wonderbotls! Huh? Huh?”
- “I really don’t think-“
- >”Oh! How about one of those raunchy get-ups where they take your dad, a mare, and a lot of whipped cream-“
- “UH! No!”
- >Rainbow’s face goes to confusion
- >”I don’t know, those seem cool to me”
- “Dash, my dad isn’t that type of pony. He’s a lot more reserved…”
- >Dusk Sparkle, the father who raised you
- >He wasn’t exactly shy, but he wasn’t that type of pony
- >You remember one day as a kid when he took you to the market square
- >It seemed odd at the time, but a lot of the mares that were being real friendly with him
- >Like, really really friendly
- >Eventually it hit you that they were flirting with him
- >Mom was not too concerned
- >An eavesdropped conversation from when you were older told you that she didn’t care if he did anything
- >As long as he came back to her in the end
- >But you doubt he ever took the initiative
- >He was always very awkward around mares that started to flirt with him
- >That seemed to be a metaphor for his whole personality
- >Mom was always the go-getter, he was a lot more laid back and passive
- “Dusk is… less active in his tastes”
- >Rainbow paused shoveling food in her mouth for a moment before breaking out in a giggle
- >”Dusk? Haha, His name is Dusk and yours is Twilight? Haha”
- >You magic a piece of bread into her mouth to shut her up
- >A few hours passed from your lunch
- >Dash is doing some sort of low-altitude aerobatics over head
- >You are lying in the middle of a field
- >Alternating between reading a book that had something to do with wheat prices in the medieval period and reading off a list of present ideas
- “What about something sweet? Like a cake or something?”
- >Dash zooms by and loops
- >”Nah, he doesn’t like that type of food. He’s a huge fitness nut”
- >She spins her torso and begins a really agile wing flutter
- “Okay… what about some really nice clothing like a hat or a tie?”
- >”Nope. He hates fashionista ponies. He usually goes out bare or wearing weather gear”
- >With a push of her wings she bounced into the air and then began a tightly looped spiral
- “Hmm… what about just hanging out with him for a day and giving him some cider?”
- >”Nope. Did that one last year”
- >A quick thump later and she landed next to you
- “Alright, why don’t you tell me about him.”
- >”Well, he’s one of those athletic and outgoing stereotypes, sort of”
- >”Heck, his name is even Blitz. He’s always running and flying and playing. But he isn’t like that all the way down; he raised me by himself, and he’s a pretty cool guy. He isn’t afraid of anything! I remember one time he decided to try out a normal stall-run maneuver, but did it inside of a hurricane!”
- >Rainbow’s chest swells with a bit of pride
- >”He does dangerous stuff like that all of time!”
- “Hmm… I guess a sappy romantic thing is out of the question”
- >She shifts a bit before answering
- >”Yeah… He never really was a romantic kind of pony. He was always either busy with me, with the weather team, or going on an adventure of sorts”
- >You and Rainbow started to walk back to town
- >”When I left to do weather here he still never dated or anything. Something about Cloudsdale girls ‘not being his cup of tea’ and stuff”
- >Little hoof-quotes accompanied that
- >”Honestly, I just think he doesn’t like pegasus girls like that due to mom leaving or something”
- >The sun was beginning to set while the two of you were at one of Pinkie’s parties
- >It was a birthday party to be specific
- >Rose, one of the flower sisters
- >She seemed a bit sad for some reason
- >Rainbow nudged the two of you over to the food
- >”I totally need to redo that spiral dive…“ She said as she grabbed a couple of cupcakes and shoved them in her mouth
- “Yea. You do realize we haven’t come up with good gift ideas yet, right?”
- >”Mrhhh Mrhhh”
- >Cupcake spittle flies from her mouth as she talks
- “Maybe something like a small party?”
- >She swallows and perks up
- >”Oh! Oh! What about one of those fancy magical gadgets that tell you the time and where you are and what color the sky is?”
- “That sounds-“
- >”Or! What about…”
- >The words that came out of her mouth were mostly real words, but used in a manner that could at best be described as imaginative
- >You poured yourself a cup of punch and waiting for her to finish
- >”…With a blade that could pop out and do stuff - I got nothing”
- “Yea… what about a nice dinner or something?”
- >”Meh, not really Blitz’s style”
- >She joins you in the drinking of the punch
- “Hmm…”
- >Your train of thought is interrupted by seeing Rarity and Thunderlane
- >It looks like she’s flirting with him
- >”Pshh, just some stupid drama crap”
- >Before you notice your cup of punch is empty
- >And you start to think about Spike’s crush on Rarity
- >Then, with a few more cups of punch, your mind wanders to how a relationship like that would even work
- >The biological bits won’t match up… right?
- >Nighttime wears on as you are half-listening to Dash ramble on about Thunderlane’s drama and half-thinking about genetic drift in draconic hybrids over several generations
- > -Ponyville Pub-
- >A fairly obviously named establishment
- >Inside of it are several ponies drinking the night away
- >You and Rainbow are two of them
- >And on a scale of drunkenness from 1 to Griffon Ambassador you two are somewhere near Stalliongrad Tank Commander
- >Rainbow is leaning on the bar’s counter, and you are leaning on Rainbow
- >”H-HeY! Jukebox! Somep0ny! Play Freebird!”
- “Rainbow! Shush!”
- >Her face contorts as realization hits her
- >”HORSEAPPLES! We forgot to figure out the present things to get!”
- “The best- The most best presents aren’t bought with bits, but with…”
- >Time? Effort? Love?
- >The last part of that quote escapes you
- >”Yeah…. Yeah…”
- “Sometimes the best gift is to just be there for them when they need you them… for…”
- >You drunkenly wreck whatever you were trying to say
- >Dash slumps into your side some
- ”I’m just a bit sad that I can’t be there that often. I mean we visit Canterlot sometimes, but I usually don’t have time to see him and mom”
- >Her eyes gloss over and she grabs another bottle
- “I should get him some- MHHH!”
- >Which is then forced into your mouth
- >”Come on Twi, we just need to think of the perfect gift! It should be something fun that they won’t forget!”
- >With a *pop* the bottle leaves your mouth
- >And with a giggle you speak
- “Hahaha, we should get them some working ponies as gifts”
- >Dash giggles in response
- >”Hahaha, yea, but I don’t think Blitz swings that way”
- “Come on, n- *HIC* not all working ponies are stallions. I’m sure there’s a mare that would do that for bits”
- >Dash let out a loud burp before continuing in laughter
- >”Pffft Hahaha! Yeah! What about Berry Punch? I’d bet that she’d do anything for some bits”
- “Dash! How rude! She *HIC* we’re not getting the town drunk for this!”
- >”Okay fine. Then who?”
- >You take another swig
- “Someone nicer, and less trashy!”
- >”Like you?”
- >Both of your eyes widen and meet
- >…
- >Then you both burst into laughter
- “HAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
- >”HAHAHAHAHAHAHA”
- “Hahaha, yea, yea, okay. But only if you do the same for Dusk!”
- >”Okay alright, and I might buck him out of his shyness!”
- >The two of your giggle a little more
- “I think you should ju- *HIC* just knock on his door and buck him dry. Hahaha”
- >Dash downs her bottle and grabs another
- >”Haha yea, but I gotta warn you. Blitz might be into some weird stuff”
- >For the next few minutes (or hours, you couldn’t really tell) the two of you talked about how what you were going to do to each other’s dads
- >Eventually the two of you parted ways and went home
- >In your drunken mind you tried to piece together how you were going to pull this off
- >Trip to the spa, something nice from Rarity, cloud walking spell-
- >Wait, were you really going to do this?
- >…
- >You did make a promise to Rainbow (you did?), and she is helping you with your father’s day gift
- >Also you weren’t exactly swimming in colts right now
- >...Sure, of course you’re going to do th-
- “OUCH!”
- >Your drunken hoof hit a step that shouldn’t have been there
- >As you do your best to climb into bed and not wake Spike a single idea crosses your consciousness
- “Yea… yea you were going to do this”
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