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It's five years since she first met them, and most of Twilight Sparkle's friends have found love, leaving her feeling left out and unwanted. The Winter's Eve Ball promises a magical night of mystique and romantic wonder, but will Twilight's romantic notions get the best of her? Based on the song by the Fireman.
Originally published on Equestria Daily November 29, 2011.
Be sure to check out the song by Baron Thyrai!
I was cleaning my knife after hunting and was enjoying the story until the mystery stallion was revealed.
I can never find this lesbian love between any mane6 character possible and when it happens, I am greatly disturbed.
That's just me though, i've seen worse... the clopfics, the POW's. Christ.
There's like two different accepted ways to spell it. :V
Thanks everyone who commented on this. @_@ I seem to have created a monster.
To anyone asking for a continuation, I'll say what I did on EQD, and that is I've got a sequel planned but it's not high on my priorities right now. Still simmering, as it were. Rest assured you'll see more sometime!
I remember when this was posted on EqD! Glad to see it here on FimFiction!
This was a great read, but looking at it again, I think 'somepony' would just as well as 'someone'. I dunno. We're all just used to seeing it as that in fanfiction at this point, I guess!
Thanks for posting it here. I got to enjoy it all over again!
I had just read this on EqD. Quite a coincidence indeed! Going back to the story, I'll say this: This is truly one of the best shipping fics, and in general one of the best fanfics I've read. It wasn't one of those clopfics for sex or even one of those "perfect" love-stories. This was realistic while showing genuine love. I think my favorite part is when Rainbow Dash confesses. It even involves my head-canon of Twilight/Rainbow Dash which is Rainbow Dash admiring how smart Twilight is and thinking she herself is an idiot. Mentioning that, I love the TwiDash shipping because I love jock/nerd couplings. There is something so adorable when the jock likes the nerd instead of the cheerleader. I personally think Twilight could keep Rainbow Dash grounded without being so forceful like Applejack would (Don't get me wrong AppleDash fans, I'm a fan of that shipping too.) while Rainbow Dash could help Twilight become a little more extroverted without being so abrupt like Pinkie Pie (Nothing against you Twinkie fans either!). Plus they're in the way the two most important of the mane six. Twilight leads the group and Rainbow connected them together.
Sorry for a paragraph comment 
Overall I love this story 
Oh, yay, this made it to Fimfiction! I'm so happy to see it here, as I've had problems setting up an account to comment at Equestria Daily and therefore haven't been able to review the stories there that only have Google Docs links.
First off, extra points for referencing a Paul McCartney song--and it's a very lovely song, too. Also, not only is this one of my favorite shipping fics that I've read, it's my most favorite TwiDash. I love the pacing here, how it allows for the creation of atmosphere and nuanced characterization. I loved Twilight's letter, and I loved everything about the dashing stallion (especially once we find out just who he is). And the climatic scene in the kitchen was wonderful--a tense conversation between two old friends, laying out all their truths, providing for such an interesting and meaningful contrast to the fairy tale romance of their shared dance in the sky.
I also really liked many of the smaller details. The bit about Rarity's secret love affair, Pinkie's hit or miss love life, Pinkie holding a rolling pin while yelling at Dash in the kitchen. It's easy to lose the side characters in a romance, as one focuses on the two characters being paired, and I didn't feel as though that happened here. I like that all of the Mane Six got to at least put in an appearance.
Thanks for writing and sharing this.
Ha! I find it amusing that you felt the need to try to head off a shipper war by preemptively placating the AppleDash and TwiPie shippers. 
... BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT US RAINBOWPIE FANS. I shall consider that a declaration of war. Have at you! 
Was not expecting this story to be this epic, was pleasantly surprised...at four in the morning.
Simply brilliant. Loved the description of the characters. Flowed seamlessly. I never saw Dash and Twilight as viable ship, but your work made me rethink that.
Amazing, Keep up the good work
You know, after Hearts and Hooves Day, I could totally change that to Special Somepony. <.< I thought it sounded silly at the time, but not no more!
Long replies are good, especially if they have something to say. :) I wish people wouldn't instantly equate shipping with sex though. :/ I don't know where that idea comes from.
Thanks for the reply! I'm classically a PinkieDash shipper, myself. ;D
I didn't think they could work as a couple until I wrote this either. :B
Why was Pinkie mad when she learned that she had just made her best friend have a night she would have never forgotten? Twilight was content to never see that stallion again and just have him in her memories, but nooooo Pinkie had to reveal that it was all fake. She made Twilight feel like a piece of shit.If anything Pinkie was in the wrong and Rainbow was being great.
tl;dr Rainbow was trying to make Twilight feel better and Pinkie ruined it by revealing it was fake.
There are a bunch of blank comments on this; I'm deleting them. If you left a comment and it got deleted (LadyMoondancer, jokerpony, dusk775, thebobman47, twilight's double and MarcusBronyFenix), please leave it again! Apparently there was a bug.
Try reading that scene again. Pinkie states very clearly why she's upset.
Aha! I remember this one. You know it's a good story when the readers don't mind reading it again
I think I found it first through nyuuchan's drawing, but it's always a nice surprise to find good quality shipping~
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("You've never tried dating another pony, so I always though you weren't interested in relationships!" should be 'thought' rather than though)
After reading it again, yep, still awesome~
Really liked the letter bit (reminded me of Kingdom Hearts a bit, although I'm sure it's been in other media).
Good job!
my second ship i ever read, and my favorite one still. it turned me into loving twidash ships. This was the third time i read it; first time here on fimfiction and i can still say that this story still moves me the same way it did the first time. you sir are an amazing author.
I have no idea what this fandom's doing to me, but I never thought I'd have read so many shipfics. This isn't the first Twilight/Rainbow I've read, but as of right now... I'll be damned if it's not one of the best. Clearly this being on EQD before migrating here wasn't a fluke.
This might be cliché, but I want you to know it's coming straight from my heart.
I am a member of the desensitist movement; I am not compelled by anything to have an emotional response. I was not grossed out by Sweet Apple Massacre, I was not saddened by My Little Dashie, and I was not frightened by Cupcakes. But this is one of the most, if not the most beautiful thing I've ever read. This not only makes sense, but makes me actually feel something. Bing a desensitist, of course, I didn't cry or say 'aww' or anything, but... I could really feel something. And that, that reason alone, is what fanfics are for.
I liked. I favorited (a rare occurrence). And, although I have never watched anyone before, I am now. Watching. Thank you so much for sharing this with your fellow bronies.
That was amazing. I know I've just read something rare and I'm glad of it! Much credit to your artistic talents. 
I found I could relate to Twilight in this story, particularly. Likely relatedly, or perhaps because- your writing somehow established a grip on my emotions (in the best possible way), and while I may not be sure of exactly what it was I felt, I know it was there.
Also, I'm particularly glad you've chosen to mirror this here on FIMFiction, because it's the first I've seen it and I'd have likely missed it otherwise.
Muffin for your TwiDash, Comrade Perfect. This is the best example I've seen so far.
Desensitist? Intriguing.
Is the point to build a thick skin to avoid pain? Only desensitizing to negative stimuli? Or is there some merit in remaining stoic in the face of such stimuli reactions as joy, excitement and euphoria?
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And holy crap this is still featured! Gratz, 1,000,000 times gratz.
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You want early? The first ship I ever read was "Getting Lucky". Check it out.
>>290668 Desensitism is about enduring the horrors of life, but I find joy is actually an acceptable substitute for any other emotions that could have been derived form a negative work (Sweet Apple Massacre, uh... Pan's Labyrinth, The Boy in The Striped Pajamas?). If you laugh at things that are supposed to freak you out, it gives you not only a sense of accomplishment, but a good enough reason to rub it in someone's face. When something is supposed to make you feel sad, stressed, or happy, though, desensitists rarely bring these emotions forwards, but we often feel them (unlike with negative-emotion works).
What I'm saying is rare about this is that it was so good, I almost had a physical reaction. It was really that amazing. Desensitize is not feeling nothing; in fact, I am one of the most sensual people I know. Desentsitism is about laughing off things thanare meant to incur sadness, anger, pain, or disgust. It gives you a small sense of accomplishment that turns the entire thing into a hobby.
Giggle at the ghosties! ~Peace, Emerald Flight
It's about Dr, Whoof (mundane, not time lord) Lucky and his best friend Coconut winning a trip for a cruise where there will be a science and technology presentation. They encounter Lucky's ex girlfriend and shenanigans ensue. It's really one of the sweetest stories I've ever read and I think the ONLY all OC fic I've ever read.
Ah interesting, so it's like stoicism taken to the max.
I know there are a few things I have experienced that I wish I had not had to experience a reaction to. Then again, I also feel that if we did not experience the painful reactions to certain stimuli that we would care less about the things we need to care about.
I myself am pretty desensitized to things that I encounter as long as I do not have a pre-existing emotional attachment to those things.
I was just joshing with ya! All ships are best ship, as far as I'm concerned. I find shipping wars funny.
I would LOVE to read any PinkieDash you wrote. This was so beautifully done, I can't imagine that any other romance story you write wouldn't be amazing. No pressure, though, just sayin'.
Oh my gosh, THANK you for sharing that. I'd missed it, as it was posted before I started reading EqD. I was reading along, nodding, all, "Yeah, this is pretty amusing" ... and then I hit the part that came after "THE END" and I just burst out laughing. Well done. Very well done.
*bro hoof!*
Long ago I decided to encase my heart in a block of ice. Blast those confounded ponies, they slowly but surely scrap the outer layer of it. And many of those fics here (yours included) surely help them. I'm not even sure if I should be grateful or cross about it. 
But enough about me. I don't even know why, but when I read this story I felt the maddening sadness, that I couldn't quite place at the beginning. Somehow I wished the mystery pony Twilight met was Rainbow, and it didn't seem to be going that way at all. Until, well... 
This particular story isn't your normal shipfic, it's much deeper and moving (at least seemed that way to me). Thanks for a great read.
After many times of signing into this site after a day's worth of sharpening twigs for some boar traps. Every time I sign in to finish writing my Story, I ALWAYS remember this one. True, I have never got a liking to love between the mane6 and still haven't, but this story, is just TOO godamn good. Can't get the story out of my head at all.
It was a beautiful story, finding out that Twilight Sparkle was sharing that magical moment with Rainbow Dash made me squee with delight.
Now I admit I was disliking this story at the start but that is my own problem (I don't hate FlutterMac I just really, really, really, really, really dislike it for reasons i'd be kind of shy (I am shy, but you know the internet makes it a bit easier it doesn't remove it) discussing unless you want me to say for you're own insight (it's not in a rude way or perverted in-case you was thinking that) aswell as the whole "just because Big Machintosh hardly speaks" argument too.). But of course it's only a very small hint of FlutterMac. Okay I shouldn't have ranted so much about this, I am sorry. 
Still, I throughly enjoyed this story. I haven't seen so many magical romantic moments occur in fanfics that didn't include hospitals or suicide attempts, this was really good.
>>294679 Yes it was!
Thank you author!
Wow. Very impressive. I have to say, as romantic confessions go, Rainbow's was actually one of the best I have read. Heartachingly beautiful, in a sense.
I love the description in this story. I am struggling to outline just what exactly it is about it, but it just kind of clicked for me. I also love the concept. That is so Twilight. Deep down, she would be almost as big of a romantic as Rarity, and this story shows exactly why. It's adorable and in-character.
I really enjoyed this, so thank you. Keep up the great work.
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