>You walk down the dirt road outside of Hollow Shade.
>With each step, you could feel the soft dirt on your hooves.
>It seemed to be the most perfect day you had ever seen.
>There was a small breeze, and the grass danced as if they were at the Grand Galloping Gala.
>The sun shone clear in the sky, making the lake in the distance shine like diamonds.
>The trees stood proud and strong around the field.
>A small ant hill to your left had little insects all around it, going about their daily business.
>You had no idea why Aux asked you to meet him out here.
>Seemed rather strange for a bat like him.
>As you come across a hill, you walk over it to see the last thing you possibly expected.
>In front of you was a maroon hot air balloon, with a bat with black hair, tying some bags to it.
>Your heart leaped with joy at the sight.
>Did he actually do this for Hearts and Hooves Day!?
>You begin to run towards him, and as soon as you reach him, you leap up and hug him from behind, making him topple onto his stomach.
"Oh my Luna! I can't believe you did this Aux!"
>He closes his eyes and coves them with his hooves and curls into a ball.
>"AAAH! P-please don't hurt me! I don't have any money, just take the balloon!"
>Climbing off of him, you giggle.
"Aux, it's me, Moonshine!"
>Slowly lifting his hooves up, he open ones of his eyes.
>"Y-you sure you're not really a murderer?"
>You furrow your brow at him.
"Yes, I'm sure."
>Aux sighs a breath of relief and stands up, brushing himself off as he nervously laughs.
>"I was just... um... joking! I knew you weren't a murderer, Moonshine."
>He tries to lean back on the basket of the hot air balloon, but instead falls over right next it.
>Trying to pick himself up, he brushes himself off.
>You roll your eyes and step past him.
>"So, are we going to do this, or what?"
>The stallion looks up and smiles.
>"Y-yeah, I'll help you in."
>He flaps his wings and flies up to where he can hold your hoof as you climb into the basket.
>Aux lands next to you and leans over and looks out of the basket.
>"Oh, hey, could you possibly cut the rope? M-my fangs aren't sharp enough."
>Upon hearing this, you grumble a bit, but nod.
>You stand up on you hind legs and lower your head next to the rope.
>With one bite, the rope snaps and you fall back into the basket as the balloon lifts off.
>Before you hit the ground, you feel yourself stop and look to see Aux holding you with a grin."
>"I-I guess it looks like you fell for me~"
>You feel your face turn red as you grin with him, giving him half lidded eyes.
"Oh Aux..."
>He slowly begins to lean towards you, closing his eyes and you do the same, puckering your lips.
>Suddenly, you feel the balloon lurch from the wind, and the next thing you know is your face is hitting the floor of the basket, and you can see Aux falling back towards the edge of the basket.
>As you stand up, you see him on his back, his head up on the side of the basket.
>He groggily wipes off his eyes.
"I'm starting to think this balloon thing wasn't a very good idea..."
>He stands up and quickly shakes his head.
>"N-no, don't worry, it's only off too a rough start. I've s-still got a whole day of things planned."
>You sigh and sit at the edge of the basket, looking over the scenery of the now clear mountains, and all the land around them.
>Aux slowly walks over next to, and sits next to you.
>He looks at you from the side of his eyes and slowly scoots closer to you.
>Giggling, you scoots closer to him and back up at him as you rest his head on his shoulder as his face begins to turn red.
>Without a word, you begin to nuzzle his neck as his face begins to turn entirely red.
"Aux, why don't we do more stuff like this?"
>All he lets out is a small squeak as he begins to sweat.
>Oh yeah, that's why.
>You stop nuzzling him, but keep your head on his shoulder.
>Instead, you decide to watch the beautiful scenery with him.
>It seemed as if you could see all of Equestria from where you were.
>You could even see Ponyville from where you were, along with Canterlot.
>Closing your eyes, you lean against Aux as he jumps up.
>"We're here!"
>You almost fall backwards from the sudden shock as he stands up.
"We're where?"
>He looks over the edge of the basket on the opposite side from where you sit.
>"The special spot!"
>He begins to lower the flame in the ring bellow of the balloon as the hot air balloon begins to slowly fall from the sky.
>You look over the edge to see yourself slowly lowering towards the ground to a small clearing in the woods.
>As you get closer, you can see a wooden table with some glasses and a pitcher on it near the edge of the clearing, with a large picnic cloth underneath the shade of a few trees close to it.
>Did he do all this just for you?
>Feeling the wind in your mane, you sit back and try to fix it as you feel the balloon softly land on the ground.
>"We're here!"
>Aux runs up behind you and taps your shoulder.
>When you turn around, you see Aux on the side of the basket, offering you his hoof.
>"T-take my hoof."
>You do as he asks, and takes his hoof as he leads you out of the basket.
>The dirt makes a nice crunching noise when your hoof touches it, the soft blades tickling your the end of your legs.
>He has a slight blush on his face as he leads you over to the table, pouring two glass of lemonade with him mouth, before pushing it on the table over to you.
>"Here, t-take it."
>You wrap your leathery wing around the glass and lift it up, sipping it, as he does the same.
>It was the sweetest lemonade you had ever tasted, and was so amazing it seemed like it could quench every thirst you had ever had.
>He uses his other wing to motion for you to follow him.
>You do as he wants, but as he reaches the picnic blanket, his hoof gets caught under it and he falls over onto it, spilling his drink all over it.
>Rushing over to him, you help him up, as he nervously laughs.
>"I m-meant to do that..."
>As he says this, you lick some of the lemonade off of his cheek.
"Sure you did..."
>His face becomes even more red as you lay down on the grass, and he slowly lays next to you.
>You sip at your drink, and offer it to him.
>He licks his lips as he takes it in his hooves, taking a sip of it.
"You know Aux, this day has been perfect..."
>As he tries to speak, you put your hoof over his mouth and slowly lean in towards him, as he slowly does the same.
>You both close your eyes as you draw closer to each other, ready to kiss.
>BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!!!
>Your eyes fly open as you groan, rolling over to smack your alarm clock.
>Sighing, you roll out of bed.
>With a quick flick of your neck, your black hair flies out of your vision, and up in the way you like it.
>It's quite easy to just flick it up like you do, doesn't require much work, and it looks nice.
>Now that was a weir dream though...
>Why the hay were you Moonshine, and on a date with yourself...?
>Isn't Luna supposed to watch over your dreams?
>Maybe she likes stuff like that, you don't know.
>You shrug it off a walk over to your bathroom.
>Something feels wrong though...
>Like, something is missing...
>As you enter the bathroom, you look into the mirror to see the last thing you possibly expected to ever see in your own bathroom mirror.
>You see yourself, but something is majorly different.
>Your hair isn't up like it usually is, it looks combed back, and much longer.
>And your face, was more feminine.
>Oh, you were yourself, but you were a mare!
>As fast as you can, you turn to run into your bathroom, but slam into the door frame, stumbling back a bit.
>Picking yourself up, you run out to your room to see a foreign invader in your bed.
>It.
>Was.
>Alukardian.
>And he was giving you the most suggestive stare you had ever seen in your 23 years alive.
>"Hey baby, last night was amazing~"
>You stare at him for a bit as you can feel your left eye twitching slightly.
>Your heart beat so fast, you could feel your own blood inside your throat as you let out a blood curdling scream.
>BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!!!
>Your head shoots up and you breath quickly, holding your chest.
>Quickly, you feel your own face, and feel your regular features again, and sigh a breath of relief.
>You were a stallion again.
>Looking around your room, you see Luna sitting to your left, giggling.
>"Happy Hearts and Hooves Day, Aux!"
>And then you wake up again.