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// Sharing the Good News 
// Story: A Princess's Secret 
// by StormLuna 
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After what turned out to be a truly wonderful night, Twilight and Fluttershy were woke up by the morning sun.  When they woke up, they gave one another a smile and a tender kiss before getting out of bed.  Once they were out of bed the very first thing that crossed their minds was breakfast, "Twilight, what do you say we go out and celebrate our new relationship and share the good news with our friends?"

Twilight looked around and noticed that the only thing she had to wear was her gown from yesterday's coronation and did not want to wear that.  She replied, "That sounds great Fluttershy but what am I going to wear?" 

Fluttershy motioned for Twilight to join her over at her dresser and suggested, "How about you find something you think you can fit into." 

Twilight began to dig through her dresser and like it was with the night clothes, Twilight was unsure as to whether she would be able to fit into her clothes.  It wasn't until she got to the bottom drawer of the dresser where she found Fluttershy's dresses, things that she would be more likely to be able to fit into.  She held one out and said, "I think I should be able to fit into this." 

Fluttershy replied, "Alright."  At first she had planned on wearing what she wears more often than not, pants and a loose fitting shirt but since Twilight was going to be wearing one of her dresses she decided that she would do the same.  She found one that was fairly similar to the one Twilight grabbed and asked, "How does this look?"

Twilight gave her a smile, "I think it looks great."  She looked at the one she was going to wear and the one Fluttershy grabbed and giggled, "You really want to send the message that we're an item don't you?"

Fluttershy giggled in return, "Of course I do, I think everypony should know!" 

Twilight couldn't help but giggle as Fluttershy grabbed her hand and they headed out the door.  Most everypony knew that Twilight's coronation took place on the prior day and they couldn't help but stare.  What caused them to stare further though was that the two were walking arm in arm, hand in hand and giving one another smiles.  

When they got to Sugarcube Corner, all of their friends were present and were surprised to see them holding one another close.  Rarity was the first to say anything, "Twilight, Fluttershy darlings, are you?"

Fluttershy replied, "Yes Rarity, we're a couple now!" 

Twilight added, "Last night, Fluttershy and I talked and I revealed what was really bothering me and things just took off after that." 

Applejack asked, "Wait a minute, was what was bothering you yesterday on the way home a crush on Fluttershy?"

Pinkie added, "You know you could have brought that up to us, we wouldn't have minded!" 

Twilight replied, "I know that girls but this was something that I wanted to share with Fluttershy and Fluttershy alone."  Her face turned red as she continued, "And once we became a couple, we held each other close and listened to the storm." 

Fluttershy too turned red, "And holding Twilight close was so wonderful." 

The four gave one another smiles and then turned to them.  Rainbow asked, "So what is next for you now?"

Applejack added, "Yeah and do you think Princess Celestia will approve?"

Fluttershy replied, "Well we are a couple and we'll hopefully grow closer like all true marefriends do." 

Twilight added, "And as far as Celestia approving goes, I honestly don't care if she does or not."  All four of them gasped in shock as they knew how Twilight was, they knew that she was always paranoid over perhaps displeasing her mentor.  She continued, "If she is upset and decides to take my wings and title away over this, so be it."  She pulled Fluttershy closer and finished, "Fluttershy is far more important to me than a royal title or being an Alicorn." 

Fluttershy gasped, "Really?"

Twilight gave her a kiss and replied, "Yes, really.  I have had a crush on you for so long and now that we are marefriends, that is what is important to me." 

The fact that Twilight was putting her ahead of Celestia's approval brought Fluttershy to tears, "Thank you Twilight, you have no idea how happy that makes me!" 

The moment between the two brought about huge smiles on their friends' faces.  Even Rainbow who tries to act tough and hide emotions like that couldn't help but be happy for them but she was curious, "So when do you plan on telling the princess about this?"

Twilight replied, "I'm not sure yet."  She then noticed that there were two empty seats for them at the table and added, "Enough about that for now."  She turned to Fluttershy and asked, "What do you say we sit down and get something to eat?"

Fluttershy replied, "That sounds wonderful Twilight!" 

For Twilight, everything had finally fallen into place.  After years of being Princess Celestia's protege and nearly three years in Ponyville, she had finally fulfilled her destiny of becoming the fourth princess of Celestia.  What was more important to her though was that she was finally able to admit her crush to the pony she loved and had her as a marefriend.  As she sat there with her friends and her marefriend, she felt like the future was bright and full of possibilities. 

For Fluttershy, she finally felt true happiness.  She had a crush on Twilight for quite some time but was always too scared to bring it up to her.  The one thing that kept running through her mind was the night before, the night that not only did she finally get to kiss the mare she loved so much, but share an erotic moment with her and became her marefriend.