"Sir!" Taffy cried in mock scandal, putting a hoof to her chest, "If ah didn't know better, I'd think you was trying t' lure me back to your abode!"
Arcana replied in the mock scandal, raising a hoof to his head, "Ay me, I have been found out. Alas where am I going to find a lass as entrancing as you."
With a very mischievous grin, Arcana asked, "How about cute, pretty and/or beautiful?" He continued with, "all of those words can also be used to describe you."
"Oh, those have been used hundreds of times, obviously." Taffy said, rolling her eyes in an exaggerated manner, then giggled again. "Still, nice to hear it though, you're sweet." She looked into his eyes for a few seconds, then turned away. "Can we take these with us?" She asked, looking at the remaining bottles of cider. "Ain't no crime worse n' wastin' good drink!"
"Well," Arcana started to speak, "they were given to me. And it wouldn't be right to just leave them here." He looks at her with conviction. "I wouldn't want to commit such a crime either," he said smiling.
"Ah knew ah was right about you!" Taffy smiled, giving Arcana a playful little push. "You're my kindda pony!"
"Ah'll get that," Taffy offered brightly, putting the crate on her back. "Can't have the big performer carryin' his own things; what will everypony think?"
Arcana smiled and said, "I was just going to put it in my cart." But, he agreed because she was more than capable to do so. "As for what other ponies would think? I don't know, is there a mind reading spell?"
Arcana smiled back, "Yeah, that sounds way to powerful. Now if only there was a teleportation spell. That would be useful." He pulled his cart back to the direction of the hotel.
"Ah, but if there were teleportation spells, then we wouldn't be able to race..." She picked up the pace, a little unstable.
"Did you forget what you were carrying?" Arcana said quickly. He levitated the cider off of Taffy's back. "I wouldn't want this to break, you know?"
Taffy pouted a little, "You think this is the first time I've started a race whilst carrying bottles? Clearly you've never worked in a saloon. Besides, I have the stability of a mountain goat!" She proved her point by tripping and landing face first in a fountain. A hoof raised out of the fountain. "Ah'm ok!"
Gently setting the crate down, Arcana started to laugh quite a bit. "You certainly proved your point," he said through his laughter. He levitated Taffy out of the fountain and cast a spell to dry her off. After he saw his spell worked, he smiled and his horn glowed darkly.
The drying spell made Taffy feel funny. She giggled, and then noticed the dark glowing. "Hey, your horn's doing that thing again," She pointed out.
"It is?" Arcana asked and then he started to feel it. "Oh NO!" He started to panic, "too many people for a notice me not spell." His horn's dark glow grew.
"Wait!" Taffy cried, raising a hoof. "I have a cunning plan!" She pulled Arcana into the fountain, out of the view of passers by.
Arcana gets wet. And horn glows and bubbles in violet dark energy. "I hope nopony sees this," He said before he transforms.
