Dear Sunset Shimmer,
Wow. All I have to say is wow. How much do you know about her? Where has she been all these years? How come you've never seen her around? The odds of meeting yourself was oddly high despite you never doing so, but I'm curious as to how similar the two of you are. Like I never imagined this day might actually come, I mean I did, but I didn't, you know what I mean?
I don't know exactly what to tell you, or how to advise you in this journey. As the Princess of Friendship, I command that you do make the effort to befriend her and introduce her to our friends, but at the same time I understand if you don't want to. I definitely think taking it slow is wise. You don't want to overwhelm her with all of this new information. My best advise to give you is to do what you feel is right. I trust your judgement, and you should trust your own judgement. Who knows? Maybe you'll be best friends.
I'm not sure how much you've told her already, but I do recommend not telling her everything. I know learning all of this information at once can be overwhelming and might lead to some extreme reactions. I hope that at the end of the day you are the only one who can decide what to truly do. Also, I'm really surprised she took it so well. I'm sure anyone else would have freaked out even more. But I guess that means she's a lot like you; headstrong, brave, intelligent, and just plain wonderful. She seems like she might be a great friend.
Let me know how everything goes,
Twilight Sparkle
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Dear Princess Twilight,
Thank you for your words of wisdom. They definitely helped settle things down. I took your advice and have slowed down on the things I tell her. I just don't know what she's like or how similar we are to each other. I have no idea how she grew up or anything like that whether it was similar to me or different. What I do know is that the reason I haven't seen her is because she lives on the other side of the country, but recently transferred to Canterlot High School for her senior year.
The worst part about everything is not knowing what to do. It turns out we do have a lot in common though at least interest wise. She likes video games like I do, she has a pet lizard named Ray, she likes street art, likes writing comic books, but at the same time there are definitely things that are different between us. For example, she's unafraid of eating meat, while I remain vegetarian. She seemed to have grown up with both her parents, but I well... I didn't really have parents growing up other than Celestia who was like a mother to me,
There's still so much that I don't know. But I want to get to know her more. I also may have taken a look at her memories, out of curiosity. Don't worry, it was with her permission, but I saw memories of my parents doing things with her that they never did with me. I guess in a way I'm a bit jealous. I envy the relationship she had with my parents. Is that wrong? Am I a bad person for thinking such a way?
I guess in a way, I was kind of hoping she was just as messed up as I was. I feel wrong for thinking that way though.
Sunset Shimmer
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Dear Sunset Shimmer,
I want to apologize about your parents. I never realized that they just weren't there, but you do have to understand that no matter how much she looks like you and acts like you, she's not you. She has different parents, they aren't your parents. She is going to have different habits especially since she didn't grow up eating hay and vegetables. There are going to be differences, they can't be denied. It's okay to be upset and to feel anger for your parent's absence, but know that they are different. Perhaps if you get close to her you might be able to ask her to meet her parents, and it might be able to help with that closure. Obviously you're not their daughter, but I'm sure they would understand, but that's up to you to do.
I think that we have to stop these letters though, I'm coming over. I can't hold back my excitement, and honestly I could use a vacation. I might bring a few other friends as well.
Until later,
Twilight Sparkle