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// Dear Spike 
// Story: Twilight's Letters 
// by Perfect Prime 
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Dear Spike,

Don’t forget, Fluttershy is waiting for you to deliver those books to her home. If you do forget though, then make sure that you stay at the library all day on Sunday so that she can come and pick them up.

Also, remember to take out the trash on Tuesday night. After all these years, you’ve never remembered to do that once, so make sure that this time, you do. Okay?

Before I forget, there’s a parcel that Rarity will need you to deliver to her boutique as soon as she comes back from Canterlot. She should be back on Monday and the package should arrive on Sunday. Make sure you deliver it to her, or she’s going to be really upset. You know how busy she is now. You can help her if you want Spike, I know where your heart is in the matter. Just make sure you’re back by eleven.

Haha.

I’m sorry Spike, I know that it’s been quite a few years since I hatched your egg and that you’ve grown a lot since we first came to Ponyville, but I still think of you as that adorable baby dragon with magical fire breath and heavenly back scratchers for claws. It’s going to be strange not having you by my side anymore Spike. I don’t know how I’ll live without my number one assistant.

But I think that is why I so desperately need to go on this trip.

I’ve learnt a lot in Ponyville including facts, life skills and the beauty of friendship. But one of the things that I never learnt was independence.

I separate myself from other ponies, but that’s not the same thing. I try to do everything I can on my own, especially if it has nothing to do with others, but I need to learn how to finish everything on my own. I know that my friends are there to lend me a hoof whenever I need them, but I think that it’s also very important for me to know how to survive on my own.

I don’t want to think about a life where I have no friends, a life where I never moved to Ponyville, but I think that this is going to be a very important rite of passage for me. I’m already an adult in age, but not in mind.

Hopefully, by the end of my journey I’ll finally be able to take care of myself, and I’ll finally be able to come back to Ponyville. I’ll make sure to arrange for the seven of us to meet up again, and we’ll talk until the sun rises. We can catch up and share stories of our successes, wouldn’t that be nice?

This is a goodbye for now, but I swear that it won’t be permanent. I’ll give up on my journey if that’s what it takes to see you again Spike. Nothing would be worth missing my last chance to see you.

I’m sorry that I couldn’t do this in person Spike, but I needed to be selfish. I don’t want to drown in my own tears.  

Finally, I left you a present. It’s in a chest that I hid under my bed. Be careful when you pull it out, it’s pretty heavy and you might fall over.

I know they’re your favourite.

Always Happy To Be Part Of Your Family, 
Twilight Sparkle