>"You are such a good FRIEND. It sure is nice to have a FRIEND like you. Do you want to be knighted in my court of FRIENDship?" >It seemed like a good idea at the time. >You had a cool name for yourself. >Sir Anonymous. >Rolls off the tongue quite well, doesn't it? Quite nice. >You got a cool patch with a crest of Purple Smart to go on your suit. >However, you do remember something that Twilight did say. >"Beware though, once you are knighted, you will have bad luck with relationships." >Something along the lines of that. >Anyways! First thing on your list is to get some pony ass with your cool title. >Marshmallow pone? >Fuck it, we're doing it unprepared.   >You open the door to Rara's boutique. >It's prissy. So goddamn prissy, but you're doing this for that sweet marshmallow ass. >"Anonymous! I, er, mean, Sir Anonymous!" "You know you can still call me Anon." >"Anonymous! What are you doing here? I don't think you ordered any new suits." >She's as cute as her marshmallow ass. >You straighten yourself up and start speaking. "My dear Rarity, I am here to invite you to a dinner at my place tonight." >You bring out a rose and give it to her. >It's a standard rose; nothing too special about it. >"I would absolutely love to go have dinner at your place, Anonymous!" >She's happy. We did it team. >You walk out the door and promptly cheered yourself for not sperging yourself out yet.   >You are ecstatic. >No, you are in hysterics over finally getting someone--er, somepony invited to your place. >You are quite bounding around in your special house up in Canterlot. >It's fully furnished and has a stocked pantry full of ingredients. >Celestia gave it to you when you went 2 weeks without a job and home. >She's such a nice Princess. >What you would do to get to mooch off of her and Luna. >Anyways, you lost track of time. >You must prepare the dinner for Rarity in about an hour. >It's spaghetti. You love spaghetti. >You enter the kitchen and think of what to do. >Spaghetti sauce, Anonymous, the spaghetti sauce! >First step: Tomato Sauce. >You brought out a pan and turned up the flame. >The pan starts to heat up, and the warmth of the flame reaches you. >You bring out a pack of tomato sauce and dump the fucker's contents right on the pan. >The sweet sound of the tomato sauce making contact with the pan fills your ears with their delight. >while the tomato sauce is heating up, you figure out the next step to making some delicious spaghetti. >Second step: Meatballs. >You open the chiller containing various vegetables and soy products. >You can't make meatballs with vegetables, silly. >You close the chiller and open up the freezer hiding different meat products. >They were imported from the Griffons, of course. >There were steaks, sirloins, and other tasty meats. >But you were looking for the ground beef.   >You search the cold depths of your freezer and spot the ground beef in a plastic container. >Man, Equestria has really progressed fast with your advice. >You bring out the container of frozen ground beef and leave it out to thaw. >The sauce is getting quite warm. >You fire up another flame and bring out a pot. >Third step: Spaghetti Noodles. >You're gonna need some water if you're gonna make some spaghetti, Anon. >You fill up the pot with some water and gently place it on the flame. >It bubbles. >Taking the pack of spaghetti noodles, you place the noodles into the pot, making sure they all submerge under the water. >The ground beef is quickly thawing. Very good. >The spices needs to be brought out. They are whispering to your subconscious. >You bring out a bowl and wash your hands. >You take various spices you probably don't know the name to and gently put a pinch of them into the ground beef. >It looks delicious to eat already. >You knead the ground beef to let the spices mix with the meat. >Goddamn does it look delicious. >You take a wad of ground beef probably as big as half of your hand and roll it up into a ball. >You make about 6 of the gooey meatballs, place them on a tray and store the remaining ground beef in the freezer. >It's time to cook the meatballs. >You take the soft spaghetti noodles in a strainer and put half of it on your plate, and the other half on Rarity's plate. >You take the pan of tomato sauce and pour the tomato sauce on the noodles evenly. >It's looking quite fabulous already. >You wipe the pan with some paper towels and begin oiling it up for the meatballs. >You salivate at the thought of meatballs. >Delicious. >You put the meatballs on the pan, awaiting the smell of the spices. >The meatballs let out a savory aroma, filling the entire kitchen. >It's so good you almost want to take it and eat it right where it is. >No, you gotta hold it off until Rarity arrives. >Fourth step: Cheese >But what kind of cheese? >This kind of question is not needed. Parmigiano. Always Parmigiano. >You snoop in the pantry for the Parmigiano. >It's somewhere there. You know it. >You pluck it out from its hiding spot from the pantry and get your grater. >The Princesses have everything. They know you need meat. >The meatballs are done and ready for eating. >You nestle them in the noodles, making sure they look presentable. >It's perfect. One last touch is needed, that's all. >The cheese, Anon. The cheese. >You take the Parmigiano and the grater and hold them ceremoniously over the spaghetti. >It's time for the sacred cheese ritual. >You begin sliding the cheese across the grater, leaving small pieces of cheese on the spaghetti prepared. >You slide it over and over again, covering the top of each plate with ample amounts of cheese. >Everything is finished. >You just gotta look fancy. >You clean the pan and pot, put away the various excess, and clean yourself. >Looking sharp, Mr. Ymous. >You are ready for the dinner with Rarity.   >"Sweetie Belle, don't I simply look ravishing?" >Rarity did a twirl and landed stopped in front of a mirror >She stared at the mirror and stared at her dress. >It was a simple red dress, nothing very special. >However, she did wear a ton of make up and mascara. >She was more than ready for the simple dinner that Anon made. >"You're very pretty, Rarity, but what's the occasion?" >She stared at Rarity with inquisitive eyes. >"Sir Anonymous invited me over to his house at Canterlot for dinner! Isn't it great, Sweetie?" >Rarity smiled at the mirror and switched over to Sweetie Belle. >"Oh, oh! Can I come? Rarity please? I want to go to Anon's place!" >Sweetie Belle was jumping in place with eyes bigger than the moon. >She loved seeing and playing with Anon. >Anon, however, didn't so much. >He hated being an object in the Cutie Mark Crusader experiments. >He hated being dressed up by Sweetie Belle, >Then tied to Scootaloo's scooter, >Then being launched from a catapult somehow built by Applebloom. >For the seventh time this month. >"Of course not, dear. You know how Anonymous hates being the object of your experiments." >Rarity deadpanned at Sweetie. >"But it was only the third time that we broke his rib cage and femur! Oh please, Rarity, I want to go!" >Sweetie Belle pouted and put up a cute face, enough to melt the hearts of the most wicked. >"No." >But not enough to melt the heart of Rarity. >"B-but Rarity! Why not? Why can't I go?" >Sweetie was frowning and pouting harder. >"You'll ruin the dinner, Sweetie. I'll bring home left-over spaghetti when we're done." >Sweetie Belle's face was a puddle of frowns. >Rarity turned to the door and left, leaving Sweetie Belle alone. >Sweetie was speechless and scowling at the door. >"Oh, and Sweetie, one thing." >Rarity opened the door. >"Don't bother plotting to follow me. I already know you will. Here's enough bits for the train." >She levitated a bag of bits over to Sweetie and left.   >"It's a very nice meal you prepared, Anonymous!" >She takes a whiff of the pasta on the table. >You look at it and remember how much you love your spaghetti. "Thank you, Rarity. It's spaghetti, something that was my favorite back home on Earth." >You stare at it for a while. >"Speaking of meals, I highly suggest you prepare one for Sweetie Belle. Darling is following me." >She looks at you with exasperated eyes. >You think for a bit. >You probably have enough for making one for Sweetie. "I think I still have enough noodles and ingredients for a plate for Sweetie Belle." >Speaking of Sweetie, the CMC still hasn't paid for your rib cage surgery. >The doctors were not experienced with your anatomy, and billed you costlier than normal. >Celestia couldn't pay for it because she can't tae care of you all the time. >You agreed with Sweetie Belle that you pay the entire thing and the CMC gives you Sweetie Belle's allowance for the month. >It took quite a while. >Back to the real world, you take the ingredients from the fridge and get another pack of spaghetti noodles. >You cook the spaghetti again, this time with more efficiency. "Done. Levitate it over to Sweetie." >You hand it over to Rarity, and she brigns it over to the roof of your house. >"Oh sweet! Anon cooking!" >You hear Sweetie Belle shout from the top of the roof, followed by an "Oops!" >This date's going to go bad, you can tell. >"Now, let's get this date going, shall we?" >Rarity turns to you. "Alright." >You pull a chair for Rarity and another one for you.   >"So, Anonymous! Has there anything that Princess Twilight done to you so far that you'd like to tell?" >She adds a friendly wink and laughs. >You think for a while and shake your head. "Nothing, really. She just works on random spells and stays in court. You should know, seeing as you're part of the court." >You bring out and pour some wine for you and Rarity. >"Touche, Anonymous. But since I have this tailoring work, and ponies are flocking to my boutique more and more because of my affiliation, to Twilight, it's hard to stay in the court." >She takes a small gulp of wine. >You take one too. >"Anything very interesting about your knighting?" >She counters. "Nothing really. It's very easy, but Twi said something about side-effects of being a knight in the court of Friendship. Something about terrible relationships." >You wave it off with your hand and chuckle. "I haven't witnessed it yet. Could happen anytime though." >You take a sip of the wine. >It's sweeter the second time. >You hear something on your roof. >"Hi Sweetie Belle!" >Wait. The voice sounds familiar. >That was Scootaloo. >"And I brought the rope!" >That was Applebloom. >"Shush! I told you guys to be quiet!" >Rarity rolls her eyes. >She takes a swig of the wine and gestures you to take one as well. "We'll need it, I assume." >She nods. >You take one and wipe your mouth with your sleeve. >"Now!" >Sweetie Belle runs down the stairs to your bedroom, followed by Scootaloo with rope. >"We found things in your bedroom, Anon!" >"Yeah! Cool things! Like whips and chains and handcuffs!" >Rarity glances at you sideways and raises an eyebrow. >"There are some other things there, but we don't know what they were. They were pink and had weird shapes!" >Fuck. >They found your dragon dildo collection. >This isn't good. >Rarity is disgusted. >She knows you collect dragon dildos. >"We found these hats too!" >Scootaloo throws down a bunch of fedoras and various trilbies. >"Anonymous," >Rarity cringes. >"Maybe dinner at your place wasn't the brightest idea, dear." >Rarity tries to hold down a face of embarassment. >"I found your subscription of Playcolt, Anon!" >Applebloom runs down the stairs with your subscription of Playcolt. >Rarity sighs and mutters to herself something you can't hear. >"I... I'll take my leave now, Anonymous." >Rarity walks out of the door and leaves you to the three fillies. "You three, take those back up. Now." >You pinch the bridge of your nose and sit down. "Fucking CMC."