Early one morning, Twilight Sparkle gets up to make some tea.

Sometimes, a cup of tea is just a cup of tea. This is not one of those times.

Seriously, a lot.

(Now with a Spanish translation by the generous SPANIARD KIWI!)

After the initial wonder and excitement of ascending to the ranks of Equestria's Princesses, a sudden realisation comes to Twilight: her immortality...and how she will outlive her friends.

When the fateful day finally arrives, Twilight calls Princess Celestia to the shores of Eternity's Crossing, the Great Sea of the world...to ask for one final favour.

Twilight and Celestia go off alone, and Twilight will not say what is the matter, only that she may not return at all. Her friends and Luna gather in a vigil at the library the night of the Twilight's unknown trial, waiting for her to come back to them. Twilight faces the most terrible of all decisions, and learns the nature of what she is, and what hopes she may yet have when the sun rises and she returns to her friends.

Ever since Twilight moved to Ponyville, she's had almost no time with her teacher. Finally, they come together for tea, as they once did every week.

This is a little drabble I whipped up one day before work for the purposes of figuring out my perspective of how Twilight and Celestia would act if they were in private. This does stand alone, but it also includes a reference to Sworn to Soar. Not a lot happens here, but I liked it, and I hope you might like it too.

Update: So....in two days, the thing I spent the absolute LEAST time on to submit to this site...has the most likes. and the quickest accumulation of views. my big long thing has been around for a couple months and is still growing and doesn't even have twice this many views!

The world spins, years pass, and everything comes to an end. Except Celestia. She sits on the shore of the last ocean, watching and waiting for her own chance at death. Because everything comes to an end if you wait long enough, and Celestia is patient indeed.

Celestia pays Twilight and her friends a visit.

It has been a very long time since she saw them last.

Ponies get older over time. They slow down. This is a part of life. But Rarity, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie can keep pursuing their dreams as they get older. Rainbow Dash can't. This is her last chance to be a Wonderbolt, and despite working her tail off, she's not getting any better. In fact, she's getting slower. She just wants things to be fair. She wants one last chance to achieve her dream.

She wants to be faster.

This is what happens when she gets her wish.

A three part story.

Featured 10/7-10/9/13. Posted to Equestria Daily on 5/2/14.

Now with a sequel.
MEDALS AND RIBBONS:

This story is part of Twilight's Library because of Skeeter the Lurker.

Twilight's Library Ribbon

And

It also won Skeeter the Lurker's medal.

Skeeter the Lurker's medal

Entry for the Writer's Group Contest & the Rainbow Dash Contest.

Winner, 2nd place, Rainbow Dash Contest.

Voted in by Twenty Great Stories on 11/3/13.

Voted in by The Royal Guard, March 2014

Edited by: SpaceCommie, Cola Bubble Gum

Artwork by: 2135D

An earlier draft of this cover art was featured on EQD.