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Leaving for Canterlot
Twilight walked home that night filled to the brim with happiness and love; she was with the most beautiful mare in Equestria. Not to mention a great mother. The stars looked as if they were dancing across the night sky, moving to the rhythm of her heartbeat. She wanted to tell the whole world how she felt, but most of all she wanted to tell Celestia. Oh how proud she’d be to hear that her own student had found true love, for love was truly magical. Twilight played over and over how happy Celestia would be to hear the words “I’ve found love”. As she arrived home to see spike already curled up in his bed, she climbed into her own. A smile appeared on her face as she drifted into Luna’s domain.
Luna woke with a start; she had just come from the dreamscape. She had been carefully tiptoeing around the multitude of dreams that peppered the dreamscape. She was much like a bystander to the happenings during sleep, she could see everything. She could even become a part of the dreams. But during her routine rounds, she saw that one dream shone far brighter than the rest. As she neared it she could instantly tell whose dream it was. It was Twilight Sparkles dream, and it was filled with love with a faint smell of muffins. Luna pulled out of the dreamscape prematurely before Twilights dream was finished and got out of bed quickly. She stumbled, her eyes were slightly blinded but she thought nothing of it and left her room eager to tell Celestia that Twilight was in love! She was in love! But halfway to Celestia’s bed room Luna screeched to a halt as a thought, one that would make nightmare moon proud drifted into her head. What if Twilight isn’t in love with Celestia? Her face went pale, but...with who? How could she find out without making Celestia aware? The last thing she wanted was to see her sister lose her heart. And when Alicorn lost their heart, they lost the will to do anything. If Luna was right and Twilight was in love with another mare, the sun would never rise again. And as much as it may have appealed to her old self, the night would be eternal. Luna didn’t want to think about it, she didn’t want to play through her head the repercussions that would become material if she was right. Instead she just wished. She wished upon all her stars the moon and the night that it was Celestia that Twilight was in love with. And as the goddess of the night she hoped it would give her a boost. For all of Equestria needed it right now.
Twilight was enjoying a pinkie caloda on the beachfront of Prance. The sea lapped up at the beach endlessly as if it were a tuned to perfect harmonic motion. Up and down, up and down, it was truly a soothing sound. A little filly however slashed through the surf breaking up the waves, who tried with all their might to stay serene despite the chaos wreaking through them. The sun was shining brightly, Celestia had really outdone herself this day, and Oh how she wished her mentor could be here this day. To see the beauty of her creation and to share with her the adventures she had gotten into since their last meeting. Celestia was sure to love her story about how they had all become super heroes and saved the whole town a few more times. She just knew Celestia would be so proud. Twilight took another sip of her drink and turned to look at the Pegasus lying on the beach chair next to hers. No one had ever told her, but blocky sunglasses were pretty much awesome. Twilight knew she was in love, her books on dreams had told her that the pony you’re in love with will most likely appear in your dreams(but she didn't know she was dreaming). She sighed, oh how she loved the sun. It was radiant, warm and graceful which was hardly mentioned but Twilight felt that it was the right word (she knew a lot of words). She closed her eyes letting the sun’s rays of light wash over her, but then it disappeared . She forced her eyes open to see the blinding outline of another Pegasus stand directly in front of her. The Pony walked closer to her, Twilight was unable to see who it was. The Pony was bathed in sunlight, shining outwards like a beautiful lightbulb which you could spend years watching and it would never hurt, she felt happy just looking at whomever it was. The pony walked to Twilights side bent down and peck her on the cheek, as it did it said “The sun is beautiful today isn’t it Twilight?”
“It is..”
“The sun my dear Twilight, isn’t it Twilight? Twilight? Twilight!” Twilight bolted up right, Spike was shouting in her ears.
“What!? Oh god my eyes!” she shouted rubbing them furiously, the blinding form still in her eyes. Not that she wasn’t intrigued by it but it is kind of hard to see when all you see is that pony. And what was that kiss, but more importantly who was that rather tall Pegasus?
“Are you okay Twilight? Its 10:30 and you still haven’t woken up yet, that’s not normal for you.” Spike had referred to his books but he had nothing to help gauge how love would affect her sleep. So he had just gone with what time she normally awoke after Pinkie Pie’s party, which was 9 o’clock. Pinkie pie’s super energy punch stayed with you for days after the party. He had some new data to put in his book, which had been revised thousands of times for all possible scenarios’ including a crash in from dash. Surprisingly all Twilight did was turn away from the source of the noise, but only if she had read 2 books the night before and only if they were more than 800 pages each. Every possible scenario.
“Ugh, my eyes hurt.” Her normal eye sight was returning slowly and she could now see that she was lying in her bed, with spike standing to the side. “Good morning number one assistant. Could you please take the time to go down stairs and brew me a cup of coffee? Or else I think I might go crazy again.” Coffee, said to be the nectar of the gods. Which was rather accurate for Celestia and Luna also enjoyed a nice cup of Joe in the morning. Some say it’s what gives Celestia the energy to raise the sun. This in Twilight’s eyes just emphasized the already proven fact that coffee was the best mistake to happen in the last millennia.
“Ugh... fine but only if you fix that horrible bed head.” Twilight took a second then to look at the mirror on the far wall, only to hiss and spit at the image she saw.
“Mmm you sound like Rarity Spike. Perhaps she had rubbed off on you more than you think; I can almost see you trotting down the streets of Canterlot with a top hat and a monocle.” Which wasn’t in fact hard to picture, she’d already seen him in one.
“Shush! She might hear you...” Spike whispered urgently from the door, he then proceeded to creep down the stairs so quietly he could jump a ninja. Which he would have failed miserably, arriving at the bottom of the stairs (mere inches away from the proverbial ninja) he got a message. Well more a letter, but it didn’t come from his stomach where it normally did. But from Sunshine.
“Morning spike! I have a letter for Twilight, is she awake yet?” Spike was relieved that the princess had finally come to her senses and begun using the mail system LIKE EVERY PONY ELSE! But he was worried at the contents of the letter.
“Thanks, yea she’s awake. She’s just getting out of bed right now.” To which he was blatantly contradicted as he loud thumping sounds emanated from post-silent stairs. Spike turned around to see twilight lying face first on the wood floor, her limbs twisted into an almost pretzel form. “Well, here she is.” To which he faceclawed.
“Twilight! Are you okay? Are you hurt? Do you need momma to kiss you anywhere? Urp!” The last one had come out against her will, but Twilight seemed to like the idea as she blushed trying to untangle herself. Then as soon as she was free she planted a kiss on Sunshine’s lips. Sunshine smiled “Well why didn’t you say so?” to which she returned the gesture, and Twilight did so again. This back and forth kissing lasted a minute till Spike swore he would throw up till the end of time.
“AHEM!” The two loving mares stopped, Twilight a little annoyed. She was about to pay Sunshine back for the 20th time. Some other time twilight, they’ll be many chances. “You got a letter today Twilight, by mail. And that’s why Ditsy is here, and I’m sure she needs to get on with her route.”
“But the library is my last stop.” Sunshine tried to explain as Spike dragged her outside.
“But I’m sure your boss has some other things you need to do. Bye!” he placed Sunshine in front of the door and had to push real hard to get it to close, she was heavy (in a good way, not that he’d ever tell Twilight).
“I’ll see you in the afternoon Twilight!” Sunshine called before the door was shut in her face, she pegged it down as another weird occurrence.
“Awwwwww, spike. Why you gotta be such a party pooper?” Twilight was lying on her back pouting playfully, now she decides to be in a good mood.
“No that’s, not going to work on me. You’re missing a bowtie for effect, plus you’re the wrong color.” Twilight sighed and flipped over.
“Where’s the mail we got then?” Twilight was eager to see what it said; she hardly got mail other than from princess Celestia.
“On the table, if you need me I’ll be using the oven like it’s supposed to be used.”
“I said I was sorry!” Twilight cantered over to the table, the letter was indeed there. But something caught her eye, it was the royal seal! Celestia had sent her a letter without using Spike! I bet he’s quite grateful for that. She ripped it open unaware of the countless hours Celestia had spent getting the dribbles of the wax just right (it is important a good leader knows how to dribble her wax seals just right). “YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!” If we were to know the mane 6 by their quirks then we would know Twilight sparkle simply by YES.
“What are you so happy about all of a sudden? Sheesh it’s like you just swapped elements with Pinkie pie... Uh-Oh, bar all the doors! She’ll be here any minute! The library won’t survive Pinkie Pie!” Spike immediately dropped his cooking mittens and grabbed some wood planks and nails eager to set up defenses against the unstoppable pink mare.
“Whoa, whoa calm down spike I’m still the book loving element of magic! And where did you get that wood?” By the time she had managed to say all that the upstairs window and doors had been barricaded, and spike was working on the front door. He slumped, chuckled a little at his luck and got up.
“Oh thank god, cause I don’t think the library would survive with Pinkie pie as its librarian... I know I wouldn’t...” He said taking the boards down. As he stripped the last board off the front door Pinkie pie stuck her head in.
“HI! ANYPONY CALL?”
“AAAAHHHH!” The front door was barricaded faster than Twilight could say”Spi”.
“Oh oh oh oh! What game are we playing now? Are we forts? Cause you’ll stand no chance against Sugar Cube Corner.” She ended the note on a sly note, almost as if she was truly challenging spike to a game to see whose fort would “literally” fall first. This she was, and Twilight was not going to have the library destroyed. Even if it was in the name of fun.
“Were not playing forts Pinkie Pie... Spikes just worried that I switched elements of harmony with you...”
“Silly Twilight! We couldn’t have switched elements! Book parties aren’t even fun at all!” She was smiling as she usually was.
“But I... Hey! Book parties are fun! I’ve been to many for you information.” Twilight said with a “Hrmph!” Twilight didn’t bother asking how Pinkie knew that Spike had said her name; she stopped questioning that long ago.
“Okie dokie lokie! I have to go now! The cupcakes won’t take themselves out of the oven you know!”
“Wait! I need to talk to you about something important!” Pinkie Pie was squeezed halfway through the door when Twilight had called her, which she was not expecting. And now she was stuck. “Uh Pinkie, need some help?”
“Of course silly how else would I get out?” Even when Pinkie Pie was stuck harder than Winnie the pooh she was still cheery. Twilight grabbed her tail and pulled with all her might, and with an audible “POP” Pinkie was out. And on her feet as she recovered from the tumble, “Soo what do you need to talk about? Auntie Pinkie is here.”
“Just...give...me...a...second...Okay I’m good. We’ll Celestia.” Twilight swelled at the mention of her name (she always did)
“Offered us to come to Canterlot to celebrate the winter solstice. It’s a very big affair in Canterlot.”
“Will there be real parties instead of snobby grumpy pants boring parties?” Pinkie asked arching an eyebrow. Twilight knew this was the deciding point, she gulped.
“Well... I’m pretty sure we won’t be the only non-Canterlotian there so I’m guessing yes?” She tried her best to sound confident, but Pinkie Pie was not an easy pony to side step. Especially when she knew all your tickle points and could easily exploit them to get the truth without a second thought. Celestia help me...
“Okie dokie lokie! When is it huh huh? I need to pack my party canon and that doesn’t fit in a bag easily. Sooo when is it?” It seemed that Pinkie pie had take Twilight for her word, this only made Twilight gulp.
“Well the celebration is this Sunday morning, its only Friday so you’ll have plenty of time to pack. But I want to go earlier so that I’ll have time to catch up with Celestia, and so I’ll be going on Saturday.”
“Okay I’ll see you Sunday!” she shouted as she turned to try once again to leave the library through the little hole.
“Wait! You don’t want to come early with me?”
“Silly Twilight, I don’t think you understand when I say the canon is hard to pack. Bye!” Twilight was confused, did that mean she was coming on Saturday or not? She decided to give Pinkie pie the benefit of the doubt and set her down for Sunday. Now all she had to do was go and tell the new to all her friends and her new marefriend too. Twilight imagined Celestia would be happy to meet Sunshine.
“Spike? Spike! Take all these boards down will you? I’m going to let go tell the girls, you stay here.” Spike was still huddled in the corner recovering from Pinkie’s sudden arrival. Twilight sighed; someday that dragon will come to his senses.
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Twilight left the library heading firstly for the Boutique where Rarity lived; she thought Rarity would be happy to be the first to know of their trip to Canterlot. It was a beautiful morning, not just because she had already got to spend precious time with her one love. But also because the sun was shining brightly today, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky that didn’t vaguely look like rainbow dash. Twilight wondered if she knew the meaning of a cloudless sky. She arrived at Rarities shop before long, the sign said open (again the sign had absolutely no will to convey this message. What it wanted to say was “she’s got a mean bear hug!”). “Rarity?”
“Coming!” A voice drifted from up stairs which meant she was either just waking up or working on a new design. And the state of her face said “working on project” which relieved Twilight greatly (not many ponies survived an encounter with rarity after laughing at her bed head). “Twilight! What brings you to my lovely boutique? Oh, did you want to see the new spring line I was making?”
“Maybe later Rarity if it’s all the same to you. I actually came here to tell you that Celestia has invited us to join her for the winter sun celebration in Canterlot, and I hoped you’d be able to join me?” Twilight braced herself; she didn’t need the hypothetical truth telling sign to know what was going to happen next.
“OH I’D LOVE TO! It’s been so long since I’ve been able to meet up with Fancy Pants!” She did indeed go in for a bear hug and it was bone crushing. Twilight shed a tear, and tried her hardest to tell Rarity to let go but it didn’t seem like it was going to happen any time soon. Instead she just let out a week wheeze. “Oh! I’m sorry dear, it’s just I get so excited whenever we go to Canterlot! It’s so glorious there!”
“I...It is, isn’t it... I plan to go on early on Saturday; would you like to join me?”
“Oh! I’m afraid I must decline you on your offer I don’t think with my current workload I’ll be done until late Saturday. I’m so sorry I won’t be able to join you earlier. You understand right?” Twilight understood, she nodded letting Rarity know that.
“I understand Rarity; I’m going to see the rest of the girls. I hope you have luck with your designs!” Twilight called as she left the Boutique, that’s okay I’m sure everypony else would like to come with me. But they couldn’t, Apple jack had to prepare all the equipment for winter wrap up, Fluttershy well was Fluttershy and opted to wait for everypony else, Rainbow Dash was practicing for the Wonder Bolts performance on Sunday morning (she wanted the wonder bolts to notice her, again). And that just left Sunshine and her, and Spike, perhaps we could get Apple Bloom to come, i know how happy spike would be. She sighed; she thought Everypony would be more hyped to visit Canterlot. But she was okay with it just being her and Sunshine, In fact now that she was thinking about it she was happy it would just be them (they could easily get Spike and Apple Bloom away if they needed to).
She began the trot to the post office, confident she wouldn’t get lost like the last time. And to her surprise, she didn’t. The sight of the post office was enough to send her heart fluttering; as Twilight walked in she couldn’t see Sunshine so she approached Gorge. “Twilight! It’s nice to see you again! Looking for Ditsy eh? I thought you would you cheeky girl you. She’s in the back, don’t be a stranger.” He said all this and managed to disappear, leaving Twilight to her business. Which was very nice of him, and rather telepathic.
“Sunshine? Where are you?”
“Twilight! I thought we were going to meet later? Guess you couldn’t stay away could you?” She wiggled her eye brows like Gorge had shown her. Twilight giggled, Score! Gorge will be so proud!
“No I guess I couldn’t,” she said as she leaned it to peck sunshine on the cheek. “But actually I came here to share some news.”
“Oh? Would that be good or bad?” She kept wiggling.
“Good, very good actually. Celestia invited us to come and join her for the winter sun celebration and I wondered if you wanted to come?” Please tell me she can, it wouldn’t be the same without her.
“Of course! I’d love to visit Canterlot! I never really get the chance to see it other than on mail business.”
“Oh thank goodness, it seems that everyone except you would rather come later on Saturday instead of spending the day to see Canterlot.” Twilight embraced Sunshine, she was truly happy that Sunshine would be able to spend the day in Canterlot with her. There was so much to see and so much to do. Twilight couldn’t wait.
“That weird, but then again its better for us isn’t it?” Wiggling eyebrows again, and was successful yet again. She was really getting good at this.
“You’re so funny today; I’m guessing you’ve gotten training from Gorge.” Twilight said wiggling her eyebrows. “You’re not the only one.” Sunshine broke into a fit of laughter, Twilight was just too funny. Sunshine bet she could make anypony laugh with her eye brows, even Gorge.
“Hahaha! Oh wow, Twilight your just to good with those I almost suspect magic.” She lifted herself of the ground. “Listen Twilight, Spike was right I do have a huge load of work to get too not to mention finding a Filly sitter for Dinky while we visit Canterlot. So I won’t be able to make our afternoon meeting.”
“Oh, okay I guess I’ll see you tomorrow then?” Twilight was disappointed, but she guessed she did need to get to writing that paper on magnets. She had finally found out how magnets “bucking” work and it needed to be shared with the whole world.
“Remember early early early!” She followed up quickly, planting another kiss on Sunshine’s cheeks. “Bye!”
“See you tomorrow!”
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Twilight was standing out in the cold of the morning, it was really early. Almost as early as she had gotten up last winter wrap up. But it was worth it to see the beautiful sun rise, it was truly breath taking. She began to think of Celestia and how happy she would be to see her favorite student again. Sometimes Twilight felt that Celestia was almost like an Aunt, like she was family. Twilight couldn’t wait to see her, and she bet her left hoof that Celestia felt the same. Wow, Sunshine really is rubbing off on me. And Speaking of Sunshine here comes her lovely self. Sunshine didn’t realize that when Twilight wanted to she could get up really really early. This was almost 2 hours before Sunshine normally got up, Dinky had been real helpful and set a muffin on her nose .But she couldn’t wait to spend every waking minute with her. “Good morning Twilight, it’s good to see you’re up early.”
“Haha I know! I had like 5 different alarm charms that I slept through, Spike didn’t however and I’m grateful for that.” Twilight smiled, and Sunshine thought again how lucky she was to be in love with Twilight. Twilight was perfect for her and Dinky. Sunshine wanted to spend the rest of her life with Twilight, and Twilight did too. But they both knew it was far too early to get married. Twilight hadn’t even told her parents, which she planned to. As they stood there waiting for the carriage and watching the sun rise, Sunshine put her wing over Twilight.
“I love you Twilight...” she nuzzled Twilights mane, it smelled beautiful.
“I... I love you too sunshine.”
“You guys realize I’m standing right here?” At which a young filly with a large bowtie gave him a jab in the shoulders.
Authors note:
Sorry about the delay guys, I just didn’t have much time these last few days. I also apologize for those looking forward to some sad, don’t worry it is coming! Again I hope you guys like it!
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