//------------------------------// // Let's talk about love. // Story: Shadow Sky In a New World // by Shadow Skysito //------------------------------// February 14, a day in which the ponies of the Ville celebrate with their couple the day of love and friendship, or better known as "the day of hearts and hooves", or "San Valentin" for those of my dimension, today In particular, Sweetie Belle didn't come to my house this morning, so I got to school alone. "Well kids, that's the activity we're going to do today." Said the teacher after explaining the activity we would do. "Agh, what I was missing, an activity, besides, I did this in primary school, I don't think secondary school is the most "mature" thing if I'm completely honest." Shadow said as he shuddered in his head. The activity was simple, all the students would leave the classroom, the classroom being completely alone, no one would know who delivered the letter to whom, so that everything would be more secret, the teacher told us that even though we had nothing to deliver, even so We entered so that the mystery is kept, each student would have 20 seconds to enter and leave, without telling anyone if they delivered a letter or not, the teacher made "mailboxes" for each of us, so that the student who entered could put their letter in the mailbox of the pony who wanted to give it to, simple. "Okay kids, let's start now, let the first one go into the classroom, you have 20 seconds." Teacher Cheerilee said very excited. "Hello Shadow" "Oh, hello Sweetie Belle" "Are you going to deliver any letters?" asked the excited little filly. "I...actually...didn't know today was February 14th...I've been really distracted lately." Shadow said somewhat stressed. "...I see." Sweetie Belle said as she hid her disappointment with a smile. "So... why didn't you come to my house this morning?" Shadow asked somewhat confused. "Oh... well... I was left making a letter, I put a lot of effort into it." Sweetie Belle said as she began to blush slightly. "Wow...can I see her?" Shadow asked innocently. "No, it's a secret, remember?" Sweetie Belle said firmly. "Right, sorry haha" he said embarrassed. "It's not... that I want to see who is going to give it to... I just wanted to see how... decorate it..." The little foal thought as he began to blush. He was starting to feel something strange in his chest…like it hurt. "Alright, I think it's my turn, even though I'm not handing anything…" Shadow muttered as he walked into the classroom. I was never popular at school, this day was like any other, nothing special happened this day, I never received anything, I was the weird kid in the class, nobody gave me anything and I didn't give anything, love has never been my thing. "What should I think right now?" Shadow thought as he found himself inside the empty classroom. "...wait...those letters...are they mine?" He said surprised as he walked over to his chair. "¡That's 7 cards!" He thought to himself very surprised. "This... is new, I never receive anything this day." He said something disappointed. "...Sweetie Belle...also has a lot of cards...some have hearts on them...what...is this...feeling?...why all of a sudden...I'm in a bad mood?" .." He thought as he looked at Sweetie Belle's mailbox, he was spinning in his head because of that strange feeling that was bothering him. "Time is up Shadow, please leave the classroom." Cheerilee said after opening the door. "...okay..." Shadow said remorsefully. "Next Please." Cheerilee said. After a while everyone had passed, so we went into the classroom so we could read our letters. "Now... it's 8 letters..." he thought as he looked at her mailbox. "Are you alright Shadow?" asked Sweetie Belle. "...Yes, I'm fine...you also received a lot of letters." Shadow said as he looked at Sweetie Belle's mailbox. "Yes, there are 15 letters, 10 of them are friendship letters." Sweetie Belle said. "10 are friendship?... and the other 5?" Shadow asked hoping for an obvious answer. "I think they are love." He said the nonchalant filly. "Wow…that little pain in my chest again." Shadow thought confused. "Are you going to read your letters?" asked Sweetie Belle. "I think… I'll read them at home." Shadow answered. "Okay... whatever you want..." Sweetie Belle said curious about Shadow's behavior. The departure time arrived and Shadow was preparing to go home. "Shadow, I have to go to...a meeting with the cute mark crusaders...so...I'm leaving now." Said Sweetie Belle somewhat nervous. "Sure, don't worry... I'll go home... bye." Shadow said somewhat confused. "Bye bye." Said Sweetie Belle saying goodbye to Shadow. "..." Shadow just kept quiet as he watched Sweetie Belle walk away. "Hey Shadow, are you okay? You've been weird all day." asked StarPilot. "Oh, hi Star, hi Grassi, yes, I'm fine, why are you asking?" I ask with confusion. "Well... all day you've been with a dissatisfied face, is something wrong?" Grassi asked worried. "Well…I think it's something to do with Sweetie Belle…but I don't know what it is." Shadow said confused as he lowered his head. "So, can you tell us what exactly happened?" Grassi asked with great curiosity. "I think…it started when I saw Sweetie Belle's mailbox…I saw a lot of letters with hearts on them and all of a sudden I started to feel bad." Shadow said with a small pain in his chest. "And after we walked into the classroom Sweetie Belle told me that 5 letters were love letters, and that little pain in my chest came back. "...it's obvious what's going on Shadow...you're obviously jealous." StarPilot said. "What?!...jealous?...why would I be jealous?...doesn't just because Sweetie Belle got more letters than me does that mean I envious." Shadow exclaimed. "No no no no, you're not understanding me, you're jealous, but not because Sweetie Belle has more cards than you, you're jealous because 5 of them are suitors." Said StarPilot explaining in more detail. "Because 5 of them are about love?... what does that have to do with it?" Shadow asked confused. "You're jealous that 5 other ponies are pursuing Sweetie Belle." Said Grassi contributing to the StarPilot theory. "...wh-what?..." Shadow asked confused. "Basically, you don't want Sweetie Belle getting love letters." StarPilot said. "...I think...I have to go...thanks guys...I know what to do." Shadow said as he turned over in his head. "...bye Shadow." Said StarPilot and Grassi in tune. Shadow began to fly in the direction of the Ville library. "Twilight!" Shadow yelled as he opened the library door. "Good morning Shadow, what brings you here?" waved at the purple mare as she came down the stairs. "I need help with something." Shadow said. "What do you need help with?" Twilight asked curiously. "Would you have a recipe book?" asked Shadow. "... I think so." answer sarcastically while she observed the bookstores full of books of all kinds. - At the same time in the tree house - "So... Shadow didn't give anyone anything at the letter delivery?" Scootaloo asked. "...Nope." Sweetie Belle murmured. "And you're sad because...?" AppleBloom asked. "... I don't know." Sweetie Belle said with her head down. "You may have received a lot of letters... but you were expecting one in particular... right?" Scootaloo asked. "Maybe." Sweetie Belle answered. "... don't be like that... how about we do some activity to get our cute mark?... would that make you happy?" AppleBloom asked. "Maybe I will… let's do it." Sweetie Belle said with a little more energy. - At the same time in the library - "So you want to make chocolate?... let's see... here it is, this book has recipes for making chocolate." Twilight said. "Thank you very much Twilight, this will definitely help." Shadow said gratefully. "Twilight... can you help me make the chocolate?... sure, if you're not busy." Shadow said with a timid tone. "Sure little one, but, I don't have the ingredients to make the chocolate." Twilight said. "Oh, don't worry, I'll be back in 30 seconds." Shadow said as he stormed out of the library faster than lightning. "Wow, that kid sure flies so fast." Twilight said. - 26 seconds later - "I arrived!" Shadow said. "How did you get back so fast?" I ask confused. "There was no line... well, we already have the ingredients, we have to start." Shadow said. "... Sure." Twilight replied. Twilight and Shadow went to the kitchen, took out the ingredients, and began to prepare the chocolate. "So... did you get any letters Shadow?" ask intrigued. "Yeah... I got 8 letters... I didn't think I'd get anything, so I'm happy." "Your face doesn't say the same, you look very serious." Twilight said confused by Shadow's attitudes and feelings. "Well... I'm mortified, I didn't give away any cards." Shadow said as he followed the recipe. "You didn't give away anything?" ask surprised. "Nope, that's why I'm in such a rush." explained Shadow. "I see, in that case, dark chocolate is a good option, if we do it we can save a lot of time, it's very quick to make." Twilight said. "I don't think so, Sweetie Belle doesn't like sour sweets." Shadow said unconsciously. "...so that's what it's about hehe." Twilight thought. "In that case, what do you think of this option? It takes a while, but it's very delicious, and it's not so bitter." Twilight said as she pointed to a recipe in the book. "I like that option, let's do it." Shadow said excitedly. Time passed, the mare and foal were finishing the mix after 3 hours of hard work and many mistakes. "Done, the mixture is ready, all that remains is to put it in the refrigerator." Twilight said very exhausted. "Wait, I want to give it a different shape." Shadow said. "Mmhh...I don't have molds." Twilight said. "In that case, I'll be back, I'll be back in 15 seconds." he said to her as he flew like lightning again. "Is he reducing time?!" Twilight asked confused. - 13 seconds later - "Arrive, I have the mold." Shadow said as he entered the kitchen. "How exactly do you arrive at the time you say?" Twilight asked. "Well... there was no line... well, now yes, let's pour the mixture." Shadow said excitedly. "Did you buy a heart-shaped mold?" Twilight asked surprised. "Yeah, anyway, it's the day of love and friendship right?" Shadow said. "Haha, I guess, well, let me help you with that." Twilight said as she stirred up the mixture with her magic. "And now to wait." Shadow said. "It shouldn't take more than 2 hours for it to finish solidifying." Twilight said. "Okay... let's get out of the kitchen, I'm exhausted." Shadow said as he gave a long tired breath. At last we had finished making the chocolate, the only thing left was for the mixture to solidify in order to continue with the plan. "Why didn't you deliver anything in the morning?" Twilight asked as she sat down in the main room to rest. "I forgot that today was February 14, I lost track of time, and I didn't prepare anything for anyone." Shadow explained as he sat down next to Twilight. "No one?... but there I saw only 1 chocolate, not several." Twilight said with a small teasing smile. "Well...forget it, I have no excuse." He tried to justify himself, but halfway through he realized he wasn't going to make it. "Haha, I hope Sweetie Belle likes chocolate." Twilight said. "...yeah, I hope she likes it too hehe." Shadow said. Time passed again and the sun was starting to go down, the chocolate was ready to be delivered. "Thank you very much Twilight, you helped me a lot today." Shadow said gratefully. "No problem, Shadow, I still recommend you go to the craft store to buy a prettier box to store the chocolate, that box I gave you doesn't match the date." Twilight said as she led Shadow to the exit. "I'll do that, but I have to hurry, it's so late." Shadow said nervously. "Goodbye Shadow." "Goodbye Twilight, and thanks again." Twilight closed the library door, I needed to go get a prettier box for the chocolate... or I would just materialize it, so I hid and materialized a red heart-shaped box, the chocolate was quite big, but At last the gift was complete, and by a miracle it entered my saddlebag, I flew gently so as not to mistreat the chocolate and began to look for Sweetie Belle. - At the same time on... a hill? - "Well... that was fun, although I guess we're just not good at diving." She pondered the little filly as she watched the sunrise. "Maybe I got distracted enough to get through most of the day, but even so... I feel like I'm missing something..." she thought the little filly before being interrupted. "Sweetie Belle... what are you doing here?" asked Shadow. "Huh?... Shadow?! What are you doing here?" asked Sweetie Belle. "That's what I asked you... I was looking for you, what are you doing here?" asked Shadow. "Well…we tried scuba diving, a few things happened and…we ended up here…the girls left a while ago, I wanted to stay here a little longer." Sweetie Belle answered. "I... see?... anyway, you don't look very well, is something wrong?" Shadow asked worried. "Nonono, nothing is wrong with me, I'm fine, I just wanted to see the sunset, diving left me exhausted." Sweetie Belle explained somewhat nervously. "Okay, well…can I…sit down?" asked Shadow. "S-sure, no problem." Sweetie Belle said as she moved to the side so Shadow could sit down. "Did you have fun diving?" asked Shadow. "It was fun, AppleBloom almost drowned but it all worked out." answer the filly. "I see, and... did you receive any other gifts besides the letters?" Shadow asked a bit nervous. "Not really." Sweetie Belle answered. "And... have you read your letters yet?" Sweetie Belle asked a little nervous. "Oh, not yet, I've been kind of busy." Shadow answered. "Busy?, doing what?" asked Sweetie Belle. "Doing this..." Shadow said as he took the box with the chocolate out of his saddlebag. "I'm not used to this, I've never had the need to give anything away on this day, it's always gone unnoticed, nobody paid attention to me, so I don't need to remember this day... until now... this is for you." Shadow said as he started to blush. "...f-f-for me?!!!" Sweetie Belle said as she blushed. "Yeah, I'm not very good with this, but I wanted to give you something." Shadow said as he trembled. "¡¡¡AAWW!!! Thank you very much Shadow! This makes me very happy!" Sweetie Belle said with happiness overflowing. "Hehe, I'm glad you like it, Twilight helped me prepare it." Shadow said. "Wow, this is delicious! Here, eat some." She said the filly as she continued to eat. "...wow, this is delicious!" Shadow said very happily while he ate chocolate. The two little foals stayed eating chocolate for a long time, while they watched the beautiful sunset. "You know Shadow, I'm not that good at this either, in fact, it's the first letter I've done, I've never given anything before this day... and for your first time giving something away this day, you did very well, you knew very well how to cheer me up." Sweetie Belle said. "I'm glad I got it right, today was a day full of discoveries, but it's already getting dark, so we have to go home." Shadow said as he got up from where he was sitting. "Come on, I'll walk you home." Shadow said as he held out the hoove for Sweetie Belle to get up. Sweetie Belle stared at him, a soft breeze blew, moving Shadow's hair slightly, her sunset gave the environment an orange tone, making Sweetie Belle mesmerized. "...are you going...to get up?" Shadow asked confused. "... Yeah." Sweetie Belle said with a huge smile, as she held Shadow's hoove, her happiness overflowing. Shadow Sky accompanied Sweetie Belle home, he arrived at her house when the sun had completely set, exhausted he went up the stairs and entered her room, lay down on her bed and took out the letters that they had given him. "Okay, let's do some reading." Shadow thought as he grabbed a letter. He read each one of the letters, most of them were from his friends, AppleBloom, Scootaloo, StarPilot, Grassi, one seemed to be from Diamond Tiara and the rest were anonymous. "Well, this is the last one, wow, it's very well decorated." Shadow said as he carefully opened the letter. When he opened it, a fruity aroma came out of it, the letter was perfumed. "¡It smells good!" Shadow said surprised. ~~ Letter ~~ I hope that this day of hearts and hooves you have a great time. For me you are a very important pony, these months by your side have been a lot of fun. I hope we can continue having fun for a long time. You are charismatic, funny, you know how to talk and you are quite detailed, for that and many other things one of my biggest fears would be losing you. I hope my letter will be reciprocated in the same way. To: Shadow Sky. From: Anonymous. ~~ End of letter ~~ "...hehe...if only Sweetie Belle knew that she's the only pony in the classroom who wears this perfume." He said to himself as he began to blush slowly. ~ Bonus: ~ - 1 hour before entering the school - "Almost... Done!" The little filly exclaimed with joy. "Oh, that letter is beautiful Sweetie Belle!" Rarity said. "Ah!... w-w-what letter?" She said very nervously as she hid the letter behind her. "...the letter you just hid behind you?" Rarity said confused. "I don't know what you're talking about, I didn't make any letters." She said the very nervous filly while she blushed slightly. "...Okay, I'll go finish an assignment." Rarity said. "*sigh*" Sweetie Belle sighed in relief. "By the way, I hope Shadow likes the letter." Rarity said in a mocking tone. "¡¡¡Rarity!!!" Sweetie Belle exclaim, very blushing. ~ Bonus 2: ~ - After Shadow Sky's gift - "Welcome Sweetie Belle." Said the giant marshmallow. "Hello Rarity." Said Sweetie Belle exhausted. "Well... what is that you have in your saddlebag?" asked Rarity. "Oh, nothing." Sweetie Belle said nervously. "This if I have to see it." Rarity said as she used her magic to pull out the box with Shadow's chocolate. "Wow, this is a very big gift." She said the mare very excited. "¡¡¡Rarity!!! Don't take my things!" "My dear, who gave you this chocolate?" ask excitedly. "I don't have to tell you." Sweetie Belle said blushing. "Yes, Shadow Sky showed off with her gift." "W-what, how did you know?" asked the confused filly. "Well…I saw Shadow through the window as he was leaving after he left you here…" "...a" "Right... on the box it says: From: Shadow Sky. To: Sweetie Belle." "...¡¡¡Rarity!!!" Sweetie Belle exclaim, very blushing.