One morning in Ponyville, Princess Twilight Sparkle was sound asleep, drool coming out of her mouth, dreaming about stacking and reorganizing books in the castle library, and also dreaming about magic lessons with Starlight, until she was quite rudely woken up by spike.
"Twilight! Wake up! Wake up!" Spike yelled pouncing onto the Princess's bed.
"Huh? What? Spike? It's wayyy too early.." Twilight moaned peering at her alarm clock which read: 6:17am, then covering her face with her stuffed toy smarty pants.
Spike rolled his eyes at the sleepy pony and reached over for her calendar. He then grabbed a red marker and X'ed out yesterday's date and circled todays. He then grabbed the calendar from last year and turned to the same date. The 15th Of June.
"Look!" Spike said, grabbing Smarty Pants and tapping Twilight's head. Twilight groaned and peered up to see Spike holding up both calendars and pointing at the dates.
"It's been exactly one year since you and Flash Sentry started dating!" Spike said with a grin.
Twilight stretched her whole body out on her bed then finally sat up and looked at the calendars.
"Um, yeah, I.. uhhmm.. forgot.." She said trying to manage a tiny smile. Spike hopped up and down on the bed and then sprinted to the kitchen, he then quickly rushed back and peered through the door.
"Also, your friends are here for breakfast, just thought I'd mention that." Spike chuckled racing away in a hurry before he got told off by Twilight for not telling her sooner.
Twilights eyes widened and she started panicking, "Already?! They're here already?! Why so early!" Twilight said quickly making her bed. She had no time to brush out her mane or have a wash, she used her magic and quickly teleported to the doors to the kitchen and flunged onto her chair.
Everypony stared at the princess for a good 5 seconds. Rarity then broke the silence.
"Oh my goodness, darling!" Rarity exclaimed levitating a mirror and putting it in front of the princess. "What has happened to your mane?!!".
Twilight looked at her reflection and giggled nervously, "I had no time to brush it, I must've, um.. overslept." she said, then rolling her eyes towards Spike and giving him a glare.
Rainbow Dash then flew over to Twilight and sniffed her. She blinked, then put her hoof over her nuzzle. "P-U!" She said holding her eyes shut. "Not to be rude Twi, but you smell like rotten apples." Applejack glared at that comment, as in her opinion, rotten apples didn't smell THAT bad.
Pinkie Pie sniffed to, and she started flicking her tail in disgust, "You smell worse then rotten apples, you smell like a sad rainy day where no pony is smiling!" she squeaked, eyes widening at the thought.
Twilight frowned and moaned. She knew that this would call for a trip to the Ponyville spa, but she was really not up for that. Not on a day like this. But when Starlight Glimmer presented the pancakes, she felt alot better. She levitated a plate to each mare, each stack having a different array of berry's. When Twilight received hers she smiled warmly and thanked Starlight.
"They look delicious, thank you Starlight." Twilight said, forgetting about the mane and smell issue. Starlight Glimmer then went back to the castle library to help Spike dust the shelves.
"Eeep!" Pinkie squealed, diving into her plate of pancakes with strawberries and raspberries on top along with Twilight. But no pony else was eating, they were all still concerned about Twilight, seeing as it was her 1 year anniversary with Flash Sentry. They wanted to make sure her day was perfect, as they were her best friends and all. Rarity then looked at the others, and as of some type of communication, they all looked at Twilight (now with whipped cream all over her face) and nodded.
"Why don't you let us help you get ready for your big day with Flash, Twilight?" Fluttershy said fluttering over to her friend.
"Yes! We must help you - you can't possibly show up to your date looking like... well... that" Rarity said, cringing a bit at the sight of Twilights messed up mane. Applejack and Rainbow Dash nodded.
"As long as I'm not on bathing duties!" Rainbow said crossing her arms.
"Rainbow Dash!" Applejack scolded.
"Hehe, I mean.. yeah let's help!" Rainbow chuckled nervously.
Twilight gingerly shook her head and said, "I appreciate the offer, but I don't think that's absolutely nercessar-"
Rarity quickly interrupted, "Then it's settled! We shall help you prepare for your date!" Everypony shook their heads in agreement and walked to separate rooms to get hair brushes, hair dryers and Rarity went back to her boutique to grab her special shampoo she got from Zecora.
Once everypony was out of the room, Twilight facepalmed. Part of her didn't want to even think about the date, and there was a reason why...
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"Hey Starlight, can I talk to you?" Twilight asked, walking into the library where Starlight and Spike were working.
"Oh sure Twilight, but I'm helping Spike." Starlight replied.
"I'm sure Spike can handle this just fine on his own. As he is the best assistant." Twilight said, winking at Spike. Spike nodded and continued dusting the library shelves
Starlight looked over at Spike then back at Twilight, "Ok Twilight. Let's talk!" she said.
Twilight and Starlight walked side by side through the long empty hallways of the castle, and then walked into a private empty room.
"Sooo..?" Starlight started, raising a brow, "What do you want to talk about?" she asked, getting comfy on a couch.
Twilight took a breath and begun to state her issues: "Well.. the thing is... I don't really know about this whole date with Flash, like.. I don't know if I wanna go." she said, looking down at the ground.
Starlight's ears perked up in surprise, and she responded with, "Why is that?"
"Well, it's just that I don't think I like him as much as I use to. He's fun and all.. but-"
"Buuut?" Starlight interrupted, eyes looking through Twilight.
"But, I don't think I love him anymore. But that's not all - I think I like some somepony else." she said nervously, hoping Starlight wouldn't ask who.
"Twilight, listen." Starlight said wrapping her hoof around her friend, "If you don't feel comfortable on going on this date with Flash, then that's your choice."
Feeling Starlight's hoof around her made Twilight suddenly feel very warm, and happy on the inside, and she broke a tiny smile, but then it went again thinking about her issue.
"I just don't know what to do... how am I meant to break up with him just like that? It'll crush him.." Twilight mumbled, getting a bit teary-eyed.
Noticing this, Starlight got closer to Twilight and gave her a hug, wanting to comfort her friend.
"It'll be okay Twilight, I promise. But-" she paused, looking up at her friend, hooves still around her, "Who exactly do you want to break up with him for?" she asked looking at Twilight as if desperate for an answer.
Twilight's heart was beating so fast she could hear it, she couldn't tell Starlight yet. She wasn't ready!
"Um, I don't wanna say yet Starlight, sorry.." Twilight said, looking back at the ground again.
Starlight looked disappointed, but she excepted the fact that she wasn't getting an answer.
"Ok Twilight.." she said in a puzzled voice. But Starlight was starting to wonder why Twilight wanted to talk with her. She had her other friends somewhere in the castle to talk to. But no. She wanted to talk to her. Starlight wanted to ask why, but she didn't.
Starlight and Twilight sat there talking for 5 more minutes, until Twilight was called by her friends to get sorted out. Twilight sighed and walked off to join her friends. All she wanted to do was talk with Starlight about how she will break up with Flash... because...
She wants to dump Flash.. for Starlight.
(End of Chapter 1)