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// Last day in canterlot 
// Story: Under your wing 
// by Comeonideodic 
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As Twilight Sparkle woke, taking her first lucid inhalation, she let out a small groan while her stomach growled. The smell of pancakes filled every corner and crevice of her parents house. Twilight remembered, she was in Canterlot celebrating her fathers birthday. She left at the start of the week, giving all of her friends hugs and leaving them back at the ponyville train station.  Blushing a little, she remembered that awkward hug she gave Rainbow before leaving. "stupid crush.." Trying quickly to forget that she instead thought of the send off Pinkie gave her. She could swear she still felt all that confetti falling onto her body. With her back giving an involuntary shiver at the memory, she smiled softly to herself. Wiping her eyes with her forehoovs, she got up from her old childhood bed with a few loud pops from her joints and headed over to her nightstand. Grabbing her brush, she went to work on her knotted mane and tail. Getting ready to start her last day she had in Canterlot.

Walking down the stairs towards the kitchen was like some sort of horror movie, and boy did she ever hate them. She shivered as the smell of those amazing pancakes got stronger. Making her stomach rumbling grow audibly louder. "Only I would say its like a horror movie.." Twilight giggled to herself and walked into the kitchen. Only find her father flipping pancakes at the stove with the new cook wear she got him for his birthday. Also spotting her mother sitting at the table sipping a cup of freshly made green tea. Smiling to herself, she went to sit down only to stop dead in her tracks. Something was missing.. "Mother where are Shining and Cadence? Did they leave without saying goodbye?" asked Twilight with hint of sadness in her voice. 

"Twilight dear, you know they would never do that on purpose. They had to leave early as for something came up at the crystal empire. We didn't want to wake you that early so they left telling your father and I they would make it up to you somehow." said her mother while taking a sip of her tea. Twilight understood, she could be kind of grumpy if she was woken up too early. Though she was still sad she couldn't say goodbye to them face to face. 

"Don't worry honey, I know exactly what will cheer you up!" Looking over to her father, she saw a stack of wonderful blueberry pancakes being levetated over to the table. With her stomach rumbling and drool slipping out of her mouth, she quickly sat down and began to stuff her gullet with the wonderful fluffy goodness.

With her plate being completely cleared of all pancakes, she sat back in her chair while rubbing her belly with a hoof in complete satisfaction. "Your pancakes will always be the best dad." Twilight stated as if it was a fact. 

"Why thank you very much." He said in a weird voice while bowing to Twilight, making her chuckle. "Did I ever tell you that I want to start my very own restaurant someday?" Night Light said while giving a genuine smile at the two mares in the room. Twilight started busting a gut, laughing uncontrollably. He sat down facing his daughter with an unamused stare, but soon gave into the contagious giggles that were emanating from Twilight. His wife soon falling short after he did. Once said giggle attack was over, they all sat looking at each other, quickly trying to catch there breath.

"ok ok.. I'm sorry for laughing, Its actually a good idea! But do you even have the bits to do something like that? Or  the time?" asked Twilight genuinely curious.

"Its a no on the bits, though I do have the time. I guess its always an idea for the older me. Benefits am I right?" he said making his wife laugh. "Though in all seriousness, I'm more than happy cooking for you young lady's." Night Light stated with a smile.  "Now enough about me, what are your plans for today? You only have a couple hours before you have to leave you know." He said with a hint of sadness while gesturing over to the clock on the wall. Twilight's eyes followed his foreleg only to realise that he was right. It was 11:34 and her train for ponyvile left at 2:30.

"heh.. I think I have something in mind." Twilight said with a little blush. Heading up to her room she quickly grabbed her saddlebags and the rest of the bits she had brought with her.

Twilight soon found herself taking a rather long walk to, what it looked liked to her, a pretty expensive looking spa. Aventures de détente is what she could read on the sign above the grand double doors. Rarity had told her to bring enough bits to go to a decent spa. She said it would help get Rainbow to notice her. This crush she had on her cyan friend was not something of recent events. If Twilight had to guess, she developed feelings for the Pegasus the first time she encountered her. She had always dismissed her thoughts about Rainbow, at least until it became to much to handle. That's when she decided to tell Rarity. Twilight just loved everything about Rainbow. The speed she could fly and her always daring, do anything personality. Her well tended to body and her gorgeous cyan wings. Twilight knew that Dash could be a little brash and arrogant sometimes, but she didn't mind it. While having conversations with her, she had to try really hard to not get lost in those dreamy, magenta eyes. Snapping herself back to reality, she quickly headed for the huge spa doors with a beet red face which was clearly noticeable to anypony walking by.

As she walked into the spa, she basked in the level of detail this place was giving off. There were statues of ponies little and big, exotic plants she had never seen before in her life, even artwork that looked like they could be well over 700 bits. "definitely a Canterlot building.. I hope I have enough bits on me to cover this." she mentally worried to herself. She had brought a fair bit with her. 75 to be exact. she did have 100 bits, but she bought her father a cast iron cooking set for his birthday a couple days ago. He loved it. Twilight glanced at the pony sitting at the desk, then at the chalk board above her with all the services she could get here. "hooficure no, massage no, waxing definitely not. Who on Equestria would want that? Aha, here we go, a mud bath. Its only 60 bits too! Perfect." She thought to herself with a smile, happy this spa had what she was looking for.

"um, excuse me miss, but I was wondering if I could try one of your mud baths?" Twilight asked the pony sitting behind the desk. Rarity had suggested a mud bath if they had one. She had absolutely no idea why specifically a mud bath, but she trusted the beauty guru more than herself when It came to anything like this.

Looking towards Twilight, The spa pony smiled."Ahh a mud bath, an excellent choice if I must say so myself. If that's your final decision, your total is 60 bits. Although If you would like a private room, that will be and extra 5 bits." The spa pony offered with a cheery smile. Twilight thought about the offer. She could imagine being quite embarrassed with other ponies she didn't know in the same bath as her. Specially one that's filled with mud. Reaching into her saddlebags, she handed the pony 65 bits and waiting for her to put them into the register. "Please wait here, I will be right back." The spa pony said smiling as she left down one of the many corridors, most likely getting a room prepared. Coming back a little later, The spa pony beckoned Twilight to follow her down the hall.

"Here we are, room 74. I will have some pony come to get you in an hour or so. Please enjoy your stay!" said the spa pony, turning around and heading back to her desk. Twilight opened the door, eager to try out this 'mud bath'. Walking in, she heard the door close behind her. The room was fairly small. Big enough to fit a decent sized tub with mud in it, a shower for washing the mud off after. Candles also littered the room to set the mood lighting and soft music played through the speaker above the tub. Plastic wrap could be seen on the floor leading to the shower from the tub as well as a rather large mirror covering one of the walls. Twilight wondered when or if she would get a towel. She didn't feel like air drying outside. Taking a glance at the tub, she pondered at how to get in it properly. Having never done this before, she decided to get in like she would her own tub at the library. 

She put her left front and back legs in first, waiting for them to hit the bottom of the tub. She had to admit, it felt rather nice. Bringing her right front leg over the tub as well as her back right leg, she giggled as she realized she was now surrounded by mud. Never in her life would she have thought to try this. Positioning her back so it was against the curve of the tub's back wall, she rested against it feeling the mud squish out around her back from the pressure. Sighing, she realised how relaxing this actually was, she would have to remember to thank Rarity later. "Maybe I can get Dash to somehow do this with me at the ponyville spa.." Twilight laughed out loud at that thought. Knowing full well that Rainbow was a mare of action and would never have anything to do with a spa, or just beauty in general. Though that didn't matter to Twilight, as for Dash was absolutely beautiful to her anyways. Even if Rainbow had just woken up from one of her best flying dreams she had ever had, Twilight would still think her friend was the cutest thing in Equestria. Though Dash would deny it. She was not cute, she was awesome. Visibly blushing and giggling to herself, she closed her eyes and focused on the music playing through the speaker. Letting herself fall fast asleep.

Finally putting the finishing touches to her outfit, Twilight smiled to herself in the mirror. "hey Twi, Ready for our.. date?" Asked Rainbow standing in the doorway to Twilights bedroom. Twilight turned to face her marefriend and blushed a dark red as she saw what Rainbow was sporting. She had her hair in a ponytail, lightning bolt earrings, and a purple dress similar to Twilights coat. 

"Rainbow, you look beautiful." Twilight said with love and truth in her voice. Twilight knew she was the only pony Rainbow would let call her beautiful and she abused it like crazy.

Rainbow blushed. "heh.. Thanks. Your not lookin to shabby yourself." she said as she looked over her marefriend. Twilight's outfit was fairly similar to Rainbows. She had her hair resting gracefully along her shoulders, perfectly styled bangs, purple six sided star earrings, and a Cyan dress with the colour matching Rainbow's coat. "So.. Shall we head out? Our reservation is in 15 minutes." Dash said as she walked towards her marefriend. 

"Sounds like a plan Dashie." Twilight said with a smile as she quickly stole a kiss from her marefriends lips. With a now frozen and surprised Rainbow Dash standing in front of her, Twilight ran down the stairs and out her front door.

Snapping back to reality, Dash grinned. "Oh no you don't egghead!" she said turning around, running after her now laughing marefriend.

Twilight awoke to the sound of knocking. Opening her eyes, she sighed in defeat as she realized it was all just a dream that her ever so crushing brain and heart had conjured up. The door then opened, revealing an older unicorn mare. "I'm sorry to interrupt you miss, but I'm afraid your time is up. Please wash yourself in the shower and dry with this towel." The pony asked as she set down the towel she was carrying on the floor by the shower. "You may leave it outside your room on the hook when you are done." she stated, smiling and walking away.

"mm, okay." Twilight said with her still half asleep voice to no pony. Hearing the door close, she reluctantly got out of the mud filled tub and stepped onto the plastic path leading towards the shower. Getting into the shower she started washing herself off, making sure to get all the mud off her body. Once done, she then stepped out of the shower and grabbed the towel in her magic. Using it to quickly dry herself off.

As she walked out of her room, she put the towel on the hook like she was told. Turning, she walked down the hall leading into the main foyer. Giving a thanks to the pony at the cash register, she walked out the big double doors and right into the busy streets of Canterlot. Weaving her way around back to her parents house to give them a big hug goodbye.



Rainbow Dash could be found sat in the main room of Twilight Sparkles library alongside her friends and spike. They had just completed the set up for the big surprise party Twilight was going to get. There were drinks, snacks, and even a couple games for them to all enjoy. But Dash was hiding something.. Something special she hadn't shown or told any pony yet. Rainbow had in her possession the new horror film everypony was goin crazy about. A nightmare on Trottingham street. Oh how she couldn't wait to reveal it to her friends later. At that thought, she cracked a knowing grin. This was turning out to be one hay of a night.