My name is Twilight Sparkle, daughter of the current Princess Flurry Heart. This is my recount of my story.
'This really was a great day to meet Fluttershy.'
Fluttershy is one of my best friends, and she used to be a spy for the tyrant ruler Celestia. The long walk through the cold, stone hallways leading to the cell was boring, until I met Fluttershy.
Somehow, Fluttershy knew a lot of things about the ancient Equestria from a thousand years ago. I don't know how, but I think she might have researched a lot to find out.
She didn't really know much of what happened outside her cell, too, as she was imprisoned for making a rebellion in the New Equestria, which my mother first made one thousand years ago, when the once good Princess Celestia turned evil after the staged death of her beloved protégé, Sunset Shimmer. Some rumours say that Celestia's own sister, Princess Luna, killed Sunset, but that can't be true, as Princess Luna also loved Sunset Shimmer, and she turned into Nightmare Moon shortly after Celestia turned into Daybreaker, as she calls herself.
According to Fluttershy's findings, as that is the reason why coming to see Fluttershy is so fun, Princess Celestia's adoptive niece, Princess Cadance, who was also my mother's mother, killed sunset out of anger towards Celestia, and, before killing Sunset, Cadance turned evil, and called herself Heartbreaker. She was called that because her fiancé, Shining Armour, died, and thought it was because of Celestia.
No one knows how Shining died, not even Fluttershy, but Celestia thought that Shining Armour died of poison, but no one ever found his body. I think he was just kidnapped by a group of thieves, and, after a few years, managed to escape, but got lost in the Everfree Forrest, as that was the last place he was seen.
These days I don't listen to Fluttershy's findings any more, but I just like to spend time with her.
But that is enough thinking, as Fluttershy was now looking at her expectantly through the steel bars of her dark cell.
She was a yellow pegasus mare, with a pink mane and tail, and cyan eyes. She also had a cutie mark of three pink butterflies.
"Hello Fluttershy."
"Oh, Twilight! I was not expecting you today."
There was an awkward moment of silence, as both of them weren't prepared for this surprise visit.
"So, how has your day been?" Fluttershy asked.
"it was OK. Just the usual procedure, where I had to do some royal duties. I also went to Doughnut Joe's." I replied.
"Did you bring some for me?"
"Yes, of course I did. I said I would try to help you, even though you are about a kilometre away from my room." I said with a little sarcasm in my voice, handing over the doughnuts.
"The last time you told me how far your room was to mine, you said it was only one hundred yards. Also, how large is a kilometre?" She asked while taking a bite out of a doughnut.
I was a little confused as to why Fluttershy asked that question, but then I remembered that, since Fluttershy lived in a different place that mine, ponies used a different measurement system, called the Imperial System. I also went through the trouble to learn the Imperial System for Fluttershy.
"Around 1093 yards," I replied.
"OK, but I don't think it is that far."
"One day, I actually measured it, and it was exactly 1 kilometre away from this room. But you don't know how long and tiring that journey is, as you have never seen it."
It took me a moment to realise that that came out harsher than it was supposed to, and it was too late to take it back, as Fluttershy got that sad look in her eyes that came when somepony implied that she was in a prison for ages.
"I'm sorry. That came out a bit harsh." I apologised.
"It's OK."
Nothing much had changed since when they last visited, which was last week, so I couldn't tell her more.
After a minute of awkward silence, I tried to think of something to share. Maybe a history lesson? Or maybe one of my mew disco-
"What's that?"
"What's what?" I asked at the sudden question.
Fluttershy pointed something out that was next to me. "That."
I turned around, and just noticed cloud of green smoke that came from one of the two hallways leading to here. It coalesced into a blob of almost tangible fog, and then shrank almost instantly into a letter and fell onto the floor.
I know it shrank, because it has happened before, when my mother finds that I am late for a meeting, and reminds me to get there. She only reminds me of important ones, and, as I picked it up and read it, I found that it said:
IMPORTANT!
Dear Twilight Sparkle
Come to throne room immediately
From your mother
Princess Flurry Heart
It must have been urgent, as my mother even forgot to write full stops.
I said goodbye to Fluttershy, and she asks me to come soon. I hurry to the throne room, but fail to notice Fluttershy calling for me to come back, saying the Princess has something else to say.
Once I made it into the throne room, I opened the doors, and entered the room.
The throne room was a white, rectangular room, with windows lining the walls, which were all partially drawn, as usual, and a red carpet running from the doors to the stairs, leading up too the throne, where the Princess sat.
She was an Alicorn, a combination of all three species of ponies, Earth Ponies, Unicorns, and Pegasi. She had a light pink coat, and a mane and tail with blue, purple and pink stripes.
The princess said in her regal voice, "Is Fluttershy with you?"
"No, she isn't. I thought you wanted her to stay in her cell."
"But I asked you to bring her with you."
"No, you didn't."
"I sent another note after the first one."
"Oh, you did? I didn't get that one."
"Maybe Flutt-"
Suddenly, a green cloud of smoke, much like the previous one, came floating trough the door, interrupting the princess, and the scroll in it landed next to me.
I picked it up, and read:
Also, bring Fluttershy. I release her from her cell.
"Now, how did that get there?" The princess asked curiously.
"I don't know. Maybe Fluttershy had the magical ability to send notes? She knows a lot of things. Maybe she found a way to use magic?"
"I didn't. I just know how to re-direct letters." Suddenly, Fluttershy was standing right next to me.
I jumped back, and said in an alarmed voice, "How did you get there?!"
"I noticed that the gate was open, so, right after you left, I tried to call you back, but you ran off, so I followed you here."
"OK, now that you are all here, I would like you to meet our newly captured spy."
Before any of us could reply, the doors opened, and a new pony came in.