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// I Met You 
// Story: Into the Everfree of Fireflies' Light 
// by xFluffers 
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"There we go..." Twilight Sparkle sighed in relief. She levitated the backpack next to the door, as if the purple pony was about to leave. Twilight was ready to start a new summer adventure at her big brother's place. She went back to her room to get the ticket to Ponyville. Soon, her mother came from the kitchen. "Make sure you listen to your big brother." she said. Twilight's mother was always the worrywart, although she was a great mother - caring and loving. "Yeah." Twilight nodded.

"Do you have your handkerchief? Your ticket? A nice pair of shoes?" the mother kept questioning her daughter. Twilight came back with the ticket and put her backpack on. "Wait, don't tell me that's all you're going to take?" her mother had a worried look on her face. "Mom! Don't worry! I've got everything I need." Twilight laughed and shook her backpack. "Make sure you don't forget your luggage on the Pony Express, okay?" her mother started to get on Twilight's nerves. "Don't zone out and miss your stop.". "Yeah, I got it already!" Twilight sighed and was about to leave, "jeez.. I've been going there every year, so i'll be alright, mother."

That's true. Twilight has always visited her big brother - Shining Armor. Every summer she looked forward to it. Twilight turned the doorknob until her mother stopped her. "Hey, put on a hat. You'll get heat stroke." her mother was levitating her daughter's sunhat. Twilight ignored her and finally left the house. She waved at her mother who was standing next to the door, looking at her daughter leaving for the whole summertime again. Twilight ran back to her mother to hug her. She knew that her mother was dead worried, but she's always like that. They both smiled at each other, and Twilight ran back to the "Pony Express" train station.





The first time I met her.. when I was still a young filly. On a hot summer day, I got lost in the Everfree forest, what was said to be where alicorn spirits lived. After around searching for an exit I became so tired I couldn't move. When I started crying from fear and loneliness, she appeared before me.

"Hey, shorty!" a voice came out of nowhere. The young filly lifted her head up and looked around. She only saw trees and bushes surrounding her. Twilight kept looking around until she saw her. A beautiful, filled with darkness, yet elegance, alicorn. She wore a silver head helmet, her eyes shimmered and glowed behind the tree. Her mane was waving in the breeze, it shined, yet it looked soft. Twilight's eyes widened with happiness.

"Why are you crying?" the alicorn questioned the young purple filly. Twilight's heart filled with relief and happiness. She stood up fast and rushed to the mysterious mare. "It's a pony! I'm saved!" she yelled and trotted towards the blue mare. Twilight kept running until she realized that the mare has already moved aside. The purple filly fell and slammed onto the ground. The young mare came up to Twilight and looked at her, bending her legs quite a bit. Twilight stood up once again and shook her head. She looked at the mysterious mare with an irritated look on her small face. 

"S-sorry.." the mare lowered her eyebrows, "You're.. a pony child, right?" Twilight looked curiously at the mare. "If a pony touches me, i'll disappear." she quoted. Twilight's eyes narrowed and so, she got confused. "If a pony..? You're not a pony?" she asked her. The blue-maned mare thought for a while. "I'm.. something that lives in this forest." she calmly answered. At first, Twilight didn't believe her at all, but then she felt a bursting bubble in her chest. It was bursting of amazement. The reason why Twilight went into the Everfree, was because she always wanted to meet one of those spirits.

"What? Then... you're one of those spirits?" Twilight's eyes were filled with interest, "But... what do you mean by disappear?" The blue mare shook her head. A moment of silence came between Twilight and the alicorn. Twilight stood up and stretched her hand towards the mare, though, she immediately moved aside, avoiding Twilight's touch. Twilight Sparkle kept trying and even got up to run towards the mare again. She did that over and over until she felt pain in her head. After a moment, she realized that the alicorn has levitated a small piece of log, and hit Twilight's head. It seems that her patience has ran out. Twilight rubbed her head and cried out in pain. "Y-you're not really a pony after all.." she cried once again, "no pony would hit a child like that!"

The blue pony lowered the log and finally spoke: "To disappear means to be obliterated. That's the spell that the God placed upon me." The alicorn lifted her head and waited for the young filly to say something. Though, Twilight waited for the mare to continue, and so she did. "If I get touched by a pony," the mare lowered her voice, "that's the end." Twilight understood the alicorn's feelings, so she felt incredibly guilty. "I-I'm sorry." she said in a soft voice. It didn't take a while until the mare has accepted Twilight's apology. "Here, shorty." the alicorn levitated the small log to the filly, that she used to hit Twilight, "grab the other end." Twilight immediately grabbed onto the log with her hoof. She felt the alicorn's magic aura surrounding the log. It was surprisingly warm.