//------------------------------// // Princess By The Garden // Story: Princess Twilight Meets New Friends // by Lonely Fanboy48 //------------------------------// After doing several other activities on the beach and watching the recent Daring Do Movie in theaters for the next three hours, all good things must come to an end. Timber and Princess Twilight got into his car while the others went into their own vehicles as they drove to Canterlot High since they know that’s where she came from, especially that’s also when she’s about to leave to go back to Equestria. However before she says goodbye, she has one more thing to do for her new best friends and that is Wallflower Blush. Even though she did fun activities with her, like naming turtles and playing volleyball, she didn’t do much, like talking about what she likes and especially the events not that long ago with the Memory Stone. She asked her before they left the beach she should show her the garden she’s been working on and Wallflower agrees. After all, Wallflower didn’t have a lot of plans when Princess Twilight arrived. With all the vehicles parked behind Canterlot High and with everyone waiting, Twilight and Wallflower walked together into the woods where the garden is located. “Is this all you had in mind when I first met you?” Twilight asked. “Apparently yes, even though I had all day to think of something more.” Wallflower responded. “It’s okay, sometimes it’s hard to for people like you to impress people like me. I’ve seen that from ponies in my world, when they met me.” “You think? Was it because they’re fans of you since you’re a princess?” “Yes.” Twilight blushing while she scratched her head from the back. They made it to Wallflower’s garden where blue and red flowers are fresh from the dirt. Pots filled with roses are by trees and when they need water, Wallflower pours water into the pots since she growing more plants. “This looks beautiful.” Twilight commented. “Thank you.” Wallflower replied. “But this is just the least of what I’m planning to do.” “You have a plan?” Twilight reacted in surprise. “Well Fluttershy had a plan on throwing a pet show and she told me why not throw a plant show. I just need the kinds of flowers I like the most.” Blush stares at one of the pots that has the roses which are her favorite. “And I want it to be really great.” She picked it up and smells it, giving herself chills of how wonderful her flowers are getting. Twilight decided to give her plants a sniff just to see how hard she worked. She picked up a pot that has blue flowers and smells it. “Wallflower, you’re getting better with your plants.” She commented. “These look really suitable for a contest.” “Really?” She placed her rose pot down. “I wouldn’t say you would win first place, but it can qualify.” Twilight placed her pot down and walk up to Wallflower. “So, do you have anything else to say?” Wallflower waited for far too long to have this conversation with the Princess Of Friendship. After being on the beach with her for the whole day, it’s only a matter of time to expose her dark past she caused. She took a deep breath to get all the fresh air in her surroundings and finally spoke her words. “I was the one who had the Memory Stone.” This made Twilight shock in disbelief. “You mean the stone that erases Sunset’s good memories from her friends?” Wallflower nodded in her honestly, not to mention it also made her guilty. She sits on the ground speechless. As for Twilight, she needed to know who was responsible with Sunset’s situation. She isn’t mad, but not happy either. Sunset told her everything about Wallflower, but she didn’t explain Wallflower’s reasonings. “Wallflower, I can take it.” The princess responded which got Wallflower’s attention. “But there’s something you need to learn.” Twilight sits by her to be very clear with her. “I understand Sunset bullied you in the past but she’s changed. I’m not going to defend that fact you took all of her friend’s memories of her. There’s always a line and you were this close to crossing it.” Wallflower heard everything from what Twilight needed to say. She was surprised she isn’t losing Twilight as a friend, but the line she heard came to the realization. “Your right. The thing is, I’m always invisible to the students at school. I hated that to the point I feel empty on the inside.” Wallflower looked away from Twilight when small tears started to come down from her face. Twilight had never met someone who had this struggle of life before. “If your feeling empty on the inside, then you’re not even trying to fit in.” “What do you mean?” “When you say your invisible, that implies you always stay in the shadows more than out of it. When you use the memory stone, it only made things harder for Sunset to understand.” Twilight took out her phone and showed Wallflower the images of what Sunset sent her. One of them involves Sunset and her friends in Camp Everfree while the others happen during the Friendship Games. And there are the ones when Sunset is fitting in before the Sirens took over, and of course Princess Twilight is in some of those. “You should at least respect of what Sunset did when she was fitting in. If you we’re doing the same thing, I promise you would’ve been visible.” The princess handed her phone to Wallflower as she scrolls at all the photos. Then it finally came to her on the problem she had after all those years. When she was sidelined from the Friendship Games and the only student who wasn’t part of the Camp Everfree trip, she sometimes made herself invisible. She never challenged herself once and that’s the reason it kept her in the shadows. She gets on her feet which also made Twilight do the same. She gives the phone back to Twilight and makes her confession. “Twilight, if I find out that you were from Equestria, from Canterlot’s statue and not the Memory Stone...maybe you would have all the answers.”  This made Twilight giggled. “Yeah, and I thought I wasn’t the only person with all the answers. Guess I might need to come over when Sunset told me everything.” The two girls giggled from this moment while they both gave each other a hug. “Next time you’re in this situation, I’m ready to help if I’m in my castle.” “Thanks Twilight, I’ll promise that advice will teach me.” During the last minutes, Wallflower showed Twilight more of her plants. Twilight would easily find Wallflower more of a hopeful friend if she makes some of her own. As long she doesn’t make the same mistakes in the past.