In Search of Closure
Dear Princess Celestia,
Firstly, I would like to apologize for my lack of communication recently, either friendship report or textbook update. Things have changed somewhat drastically in my personal life, and I had to take time to sort through them. Now everything has settled and I am pleased to report that, for the moment, all is well, if not better.
You may recall my partner in the textbook rewriting: the local schoolteacher, Cheerilee. At the onset of our project she was just a friend, one of many that I have made since my relocation to Ponyville. During our work, however, she began acting odd during our time together, but even still I began to dread our time apart. After a rather strange, circumstantial, and honestly unrelated line of questioning with both Fluttershy and Rarity, I stumbled across a series of books Cheerilee had been reading; a series of romance novels centering around a young mare with love interests in both a stallion and her closest friend, another mare. Of course, I did not realize this until I began reading it myself.
Naturally, this reading led to a series of revelations for me, foremost being that I had a crush. Not something that has never happened before, but the first on a mare, which brings me to the first lesson in friendship this has taught me: sometimes the line between friend, crush, and even enemy can blur. When that happens, it is not always easy to step back and analyze the relationship objectively, but it can be the best thing to do. Of course, that’s not what I did. I read those books, specifically the second, many times over the course of a few days, hammering my brain for answers.
It was difficult, then, to spend any reasonable amount of time with Cheerilee. I began to suspect, based on my own actions in her presence, that she may also have a crush on me, but the possible ramifications of voicing a false suspicion were too great to risk. So, instead of just talking to her like a mature pony, I hid it to the best of my abilities, which were apparently not good enough, because Rarity began to get suspicious.
After cornering me in the library after Cheerilee and I went to the spa--another long, somewhat more awkward story--Rarity had me accompany her back to the Boutique, where we ran into Fluttershy carrying two rather large bottles of wine. They then proceeded to, uh, get me drunk in an attempt to wheedle information out of me. I confessed, after a time, after which Rarity took it upon herself to convince me to tell Cheerilee. Inebriated and confident, I left the Boutique on a quest to finally tell her my feelings.
Things did not go exactly as planned, but the next day we sat down and talked like rational adults, and came to the realization that my crush was mutual. I write this letter a week and a hooffull of days spent together later with another lesson: when it comes to matters of relationships beyond just friendship, though fear will be present, the rewards will always outweigh the risks of not confessing. A true friend will not scorn you, and if your affection is reciprocated then all is well, and if it is not at least you have closure, and can return to your life certain in the fact there is nothing you could have done.
And don’t worry, Princess, the textbook has not been forgotten. We are currently working our way through chapter three and everything is on schedule, despite the setbacks. It should be done in plenty of time for the Equestrian Education Board’s review.
As always, I look forward to seeing you next month during my visit to Canterlot. And, assuming you don’t mind, of course, I may have somepony other than just Spike accompanying my this time. And give my best to Princess Luna as well
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle
Don’t forget to tell her not to smite me.
She isn’t going to smite you, Cheerilee, I already told you that.
But you aren’t the princess, are you, Twilight?
Of course not but-- Spike, you didn’t write that down, did you?
Erm, no...?
Good.
P.S. Hi, Princess, it’s Spike. Twilight seems really happy, but I’m kind of worried about everypony else. She really likes Cheerilee, but what about the others, her parents, or even you? She acts strong, and she is, but I know she can be really fragile sometimes. You know she doesn’t take disappointment or fighting well, and I’m worried something will happen and upset her. I’m pretty sure Fluttershy and Rarity already know, and they don’t care aside that Twilight’s happy, but... I guess I just don’t want to see her hurt. Could you maybe write me back with some ideas or something? I just don’t know how to handle this if something goes wrong. Thanks, Princess ~ Spike
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And I will, just not in this story. It served it's purpose, and I felt it would be best to end it here and continue it fresh.
EDIT: Not sure why he deleted his comment, but whatever.
4097527 Not really sure what he asked guess I'll never know
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He said that he thought it was a strange ending point, but he enjoyed it anyway.
4097763 OH Ok the truth has been spoken
This was very cute and i enjoyed every chapter of it. I have become a follower.
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Embrace the cheese. Embrace it...
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Thank ye.
You released the last two chapters on my birthday! What a lovely present!
Sequel!!!!!
I want more
Twilee, no! Come back!
Oh god, barely caught this fic at the Complete stage. Any later and I would have never seen this again...
Maybe I should start letting stories slide... I have over 3 mill words in my favourites alone to read after all.
Thanks for writing this. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and appreciated both the high production quality and the consistency with established character traits. I get the feeling things may have gotten a bit rough for you getting this finished up, so I don't want to demand moar! from you, but I will look forward to seeing both sequel updates or updates to Fallen Nation if/when they come (oh, and, that little bit of drunken TwiShy... ) Just don't burn yourself out. Thanks again.
*CRASH*
Aw man, I dropped my comment! Now it's all over the place... Yo Jeremy, go get the broom!
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Totally intentional. We are watching you
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It'll happen
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I'm not sure if this was meant to be "the ending was nice and wasn't forced," or, "the ending was a little forced but still pretty good." Also see reply below.
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Erm, well we kind of ran into this bit where I was like alright, I've written three chapters in a week. The outline calls for this to be the last chapter but... I may have rushed a little more development in the very end, but honestly, in both mine and quick's experiences things can escalate that quickly, so we kind of pushed it aside. I was just ready for this particular part of the story to be finished so we could move on.
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You have made both quick and myself laugh uncontrollably for a few seconds. Well done.
4098923 when? I want more NOW!!!!!!!!!
I mean if thats okay with you
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Well, let's see... I already have one other major project going. I also ran a vote awhile back for my next project after this story was finished. So, I want to get headway on the large project, The Last Hope of a Fallen Nation, which has been running for almost two years, before I start on the winner of the vote, which should take a month or two, realistically, considering the first story in that trilogy took a month. And then I have a couple more projects. My work schedule is just a clusterfuck, tbh, so I can't give any sort of date, only that it will get done as long as I'm still writing at some point.
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Hey, I can scratch something off my bucket list!
[ ] 1. Become famous.
[ ] 2. Get rich.
[ ] 3. Write a best-seller.
[X] 4. Go outside for longer than an hour (and don't panic this time, it's called the 'sun', remember that).
...
Let's skip ahead a bit here... aha!
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[ ] 217. Become friends with a dragon.
[ ] 218. ...Genetically engineer a dragon (IMPORTANT! DO THIS BEFORE 217, 42, 117, 8, and 12,398a!!!).
[X] 219. Make someone laugh uncontrollably.
[ ] 220. Fix that stupid portal thingy that keeps showing up in the guest bedroom.
...
Alright, seven down and only thirty-two thousand, four hundred and twelve left to go!
Well, at least Rarity got a bit of a telling off, though it sounded a bit tame for what she did, oh well. So there first date ends with Cheerilee in magical bondage, kinky! I have a feeling Twilight is going to be the dominant one in this relationship.
No rush or anything, but when you DO start writing the sequel, don't forget to link it to this story (preferably as a new chapter/link) so those of us who can't follow blogs religiously know that the new one's in the works and we can favorite that!
In the throne room of Canterlot there was a brief burst of green flame. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna both smiled to see a letter arrive from one of their favorite ponies, and Celestia plucked it out of the air and unrolled it with her magic.
As she read she smiled, then her eyes widened, and then her expression turned dark. Luna, who was smiling the entire time she read over her sister's shoulder, looked at her just as her horn ignited in blue-white fire, the letter disappearing in a puff of ash and smoke.
"Sister, what troubles thee?" asked Luna nervously.
"Cheerilee," Celestia growled, the fire on her horn blazing with growing intensity. "You will learn: Twilight is MINE!"
(Just kidding! Thought I'd have a moment of fun in your comments. I loved this story beginning to end. Thanks for sharing it with us!)
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote
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That can actually get your story removed. You aren't allowed to post stuff like that in a chapter. You'll just have to keep an eye out, sorry.
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You're focusing on the wrong thing, mate.
I really enjoyed this story, thanks for posting it, and great work.
4100375 If you follow an author, you don't have to read their blog for updates. Just click the little globe in the top near the left side to see what updates there are. New stories and new chapters will both be listed as separate updates from the blog, even if the author doesn't actually blog about them.
They're also easy to find in the list: new stories are in blue, new chapters of a story in green. Blog posts are gray, and admin stuff is red. So you can just skim the list to find new stuff. Hope that helps!
4103195 Yes but doing it my way makes it easier for me!
Hold on, let me try again.
Let's put it this way: In a little over a week I've gotten over 1000 updates. Some are blog posts, some are new chapters, blogs on the status of stories, most are group additions.
Only a few are new stories.
It's a lot to wade through, though.
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Well, I'm not going to run the risk of getting my story taken down, so...
This story was really sweet, and I can't wait for that sequel.
4104461 And I'm not saying you should, I'm just taking a moment to whine about my problem. #FimFicFirstWorldProblems
4101591 Well! That certainly took a turn towards Discordia <-(the land of chaos) very quickly.
Well I just read this all during a dull day's work, and I must say it was a very pleasant story, fun little moment scattered all over the place, and with a very sweet ending that kept the characters in check with their canon selfs, overall a great work were my only complains would be that a) Rarity was just too damn nosey at first, and b) I wanted to know what was all that deal with Flutters about, were that ultimately led to nothing.
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a) Catalysts are required
b) mwahahahahaha
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A) She indeed served a purpose, but damn if nosey people annoy me, specially since she compromised Fluttershy's trust by talking about it.
B) Interesting... I assume you have something in mind for that.
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You're going to have to specify which thing with Fluttershy.
4127976 you know, how she comment to Rare the sighs that Twilight could be in love with Cheer, were she said she wanted that to be kept between them, and instead Rare went full throttle playing matchmaker and forcing a heavily ashamed Fluttershy to admit to Twilight that it was because of her, even if Twilight was never mad at her, I mean sure she wanted the best for Twilight, but never once took into consideration how Fluttershy would feel as the trigger of it all, even though it all worked out in the end.
That's why I annoyed me at first and not throughout the whole story.
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That's the sort of thing that comes from having a fairly well developed Pinkie Pie Portion of my brain. Surrealism, spontaneous songs and poetry (I've been known to leave sonnets as story comments if sufficient moved) and strange interpretations and tangents.
I assure you, I am not complaining in the least!
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote
4128210 I never said it was bad. I happen to have a very chaotic and illogical mind myself. I rather enjoyed it.
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It's called a plot device. It serves no purpose other than to give me an excuse to mash the two characters together.
I really like how well the story came together in the end and it begs the question of how you plan to carry on with the sequel.
Hopefully the next story will be smooth sailing for this ship.
On a side note, anypony know a good Berrylight ship?
I wanna see Berry Pinch call Twilight, daddy...
Ha. Haha. Hahahahaha. AHAHAHAHAH. You're new here, aren't you?
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With all of the problems that will be thrown in the sequel if I ever get to writing it, the fluff in this story is required. It's like, karma or something.
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1) A comment like this is pretty much useless when the story's been done for almost a month now. Better luck next time
2) Considering half of Cheerilee's canon lines are cutesy nicknames, I think I'm in the clear, assuming I give two shits about small details like that. Which I don't.
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And who says that wasn't their intention all along?
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innocent whistling