Puppy Love ~Mwenye/Cruncher~

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Mwenye let out a light groan as she unhitched herself from her wagon and stretched.  They'd been walking longer than usual this time around.  She turned her head slightly, hearing murmuring from some of her family, and made her way over to see what they were talking about.


"Ponyvilles Hearts and Hooves Blind Date event?  Who's gonna sign up for that?"  The voice was met by some laughter, and a few of the others contemplating it.  "How about you, Mwenye?  You can finally get out and talk to ponies without reading their futures.  I'm sure you'd have fun."


It was true that Mwenye had avoided ponies outside of her immediate friends and work.  Maybe this was exactly what she needed.  She nodded, and asked for Big Top to help her sign up, a smile on her face, ready to meet some new ponies.

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Mwenye had just finished up telling the fortune of a couple who had come to the carnival on a date.  The fifth one today.  As she cleaned up, she looked toward the two and pulled up two charms, two matching halves of one full heart.  "Belief is the strongest magic in Equestria.  Believe hard enough, and reality makes it so.  These charms.  They will keep you two from drifting apart, as long as you believe."  Mwenye dangled the charms for a few moments as the two talked it over before they ultimately bought them and scampered off, happy.

Mwenye smiled, scooping the bits into her bag and chuckling.  She flipped the sign on the outside of the tent to closed, and quickly got her mothers old outfit off, hanging it carefully in the back of her tent.  She stepped out of the tent and waited, smelling the usual smells of the carnival.  The scent of several food stands hit her instantly as she remembered she hadn't taken a break to eat with the rush of customers.

However, she had promised to meet her date here.  Right outside of the fortune tellers tent.  It made things easier for her, since she didn't know what to look for.  They knew her name and that she was a Zebra, she hoped that would be enough for him to find her... And she hoped their first stop would be one of the many food stands.

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Cruncher was going on a date! Cruncher saw the signup on his many forays into Ponyville to look for work. Dates were fun! Ponies didn't seem to ask him on dates. Maybe because he was a diamond dog? He heard stallions normally asked mares out so when he lived in Manehattan he tried asking some mares. They laughed at him. Cruncher did not know he was telling a joke. He tried explaining it wasn't a joke but they laughed harder. Was it because he wasn't smart? Or because he was a diamond dog? Or... Cruncher didn't know. So, when he saw the blind date signup, he thought it'd be fun to go on his first date. Cruncher bought himself a little red bow tie to wear around his neck and found some flowers that smelled really pretty! Cruncher walked up to the carnival grounds and looked around for his date. It was a zebra! Her name was Mwenye... Cruncher hoped he didn't mess up pronouncing that. He looked around until he finally saw the stripey pony. Cruncher smiled. He walked over, slowly. "Hellos? Is yoos M-wen-ye?" He got it right! Yes! "Cruncher wants to give yoos flowers! Cruncher thinks they smell pretty."

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MWenyes ears wiggled as she was spoken to. The voice was gruff, and he had an interesting speech pattern. "yes, I am~ And you are?" She paused for a moment. "My Date, I presume? And thank you~ I'll just put these on my table for the time being, and get them in water after our night is done." She said, taking the flowers and giving them a sniff before disappearing into the tent for a moment. "They do smell pretty~" She said, gently laying them on the table and returning to her date.

"What would you like to do first? To be completely honest, I haven't eaten yet, and I'd love to get a bite... And then, maybe we could play some of the games, or ride a ride or two?" She offered the suggestions with a smile, starting to walk toward the main bulk of the Carnival. After a short ways, she paused, looking back toward Cruncher, her Sunglasses reflecting the dogs face. "And don't worry about paying for Tickets, You're with me today."She said with a happily.

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The somewhat patient diamond dog sat outside, quickly scratching an itch behind his ear in order to avoid having to do so in front of his date. He didn't know if it that was something impolite to do on a date. Cruncher didn't want to find out if that were the case. He gave her a hearty smile when she returned from inside the tent. "Cruncher like foods! And games! And rides! Yoos has good ideas." Whether it was the prospect of food or excitement of the date that propelled him from her tent, it didn't much matter as his tail wagged with every step to catch up to her. He paused, just like Mwenye did. She was paying? Cruncher smiled widely. He didn't have much money to spare so that was good news! He had to be nice! "What about foods? Cruncher can pays for it!" His mother taught him to do nice things for whoever did nice things for him. Cruncher took that to heart.

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Mwenye listened to Cruncher talk, however odd it was. She let out a chuckle and Wiggled her ears lightly. "Food, Games, and Rides are three of my favorite things as well." She said as she approached one of the food stands. She grinned at the pony in the booth. "Poppy~! I need a plate of Cheesy Hayfries, two Veggie Burgers, and Two Lemonades!" She said happily, getting the food quickly and carrying the tray over to Cruncher. She took the tray into her hoof real quick. "Let's find a seat, shall we?"

She waited for Cruncher to lead her over to a seat and set the tray down and smiled, taking a burger and taking a huge bite out of it, happy to get some food in her stomach. "Well, Dig in~ We'll get to know each other better once we've btoh got some food in us. Sound good, Cruncher?" She asked, a little ketchup and mustard on her face, which she quickly wipes off with a napkin, keeping her smile, and her gaze vaguely in Crunchers direction.

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Cruncher grinned at the pony in the booth as well, though his toothy grin probably gave a different reaction than the zebra's. Cruncher walked over to a seat and sat down, wagging his tail lightly. He watched his date dig in so he decided to do the same. He popped the burger into his mouth and chewed it up. It didn't take long to finish it off. Cruncher almost went for the cheesy fries too, but he remembered there was only one plate so they should share. In the meantime, he sipped on the lemonade. Cruncher watched the zebra. Hm... Something was off. "Okays. But Cruncher has question. Cruncher hope it okay to ask. Yoos has very pretty eyes. Why do theys look like that?" Cruncher hadn't seen any ponies with eyes like that... He had only met one or two zebras beforehand so he couldn't say for sure if this was a zebra thing.

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Mwenye ate her food quickly, probably more quickly than any self respecting pony would. Her ears wiggled and she looked at Cruncher, swallowing the food in her mouth and washing it down, wiping her mouth clean with a napkin as his question was asked. Why do her eyes look like that. She blinked a few times, realizing it probably wasn't something this pony was used to. He sounded less-than-well-read.

She cleared her throat and smiled at him. "Thank you for thinking so, Cruncher~ They're like this, well, because I'm blind." She said with little head swish, causing her mane to bob slightly. "And, now, my eyes are... however they are now." She said with a grin, starting to dig into the fries again, pushing the plate closer to him, to offer him some as well.

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She was blind? Oh! That made sense! She was very nice for a blind zebra. Not that he knew any other blind zebras. Still, she set a good example for other blind zebras to follow! Mwenye the best blind zebra! "Cruncher not meet other blind zebras or ponies or diamond dogses. But Cruncher think yoos is nice!" His own lack of table manners made him just smile at her ravenous eating like it was nothing to gawk at. Once she gave him the okay, he spooned some out with his paw and munched on the fries. Mmm~! Carnival food was good! Cruncher decided he should come to the carnival more often. He wanted to ask her more questions, but Mwenye said they should get to know each other after they ate food. So he'd wait for her! He'd already eaten all that he was going to. The perks of having a gigantic mouth full of sharp teeth he supposed! The better to chomp food with! Heh, that reminded him of that fairy tale his mother would tell him before bed sometimes... He missed his mom.