Chapter 1 – Maybe what’s…
You stare blankly at the paper, how can she really expect me to do this? You bring your head up from the black page; her happy face eagerly awaits your first stroke on the page. Note to self, stop asking Twilight how to do things…it always mean you have to embarrass yourself, still being able to finally hold onto something with your hoof is a nice feeling, well more of a tingling feeling as the quill is somehow morphed to your hoof.
Twilight starts to get restless as she watches you stare blankly between her and the page, “It’s just your name, it can’t be any easier.”
You sigh as you try to trace your name out into the page, most of the letters are coming out like failed stick figures but at least you’re trying. After a few seconds of stressed doodling you place your hoof aside so Twilight can see your abomination.
Twilight floats the paper out of your reach for a better look, “Well…um it’s...”
Spike who has been sitting beside you speaks for Twilight, “bad, horrible, terrible?”
Twilight glares at him, he immediately tries to cover up his comment, “Well you know for you.”
Twilight floats the page back down to you, “Maybe you could try a picture instead?”
A picture? I can’t even write? “Twilight don’t you think I have tried enough?”
She taps her hoof to her face, “Well we have been at this for awhile I guess a break is in order.” She floats the paper away from the table as you breathe a sigh of relief. “But don’t think we're done today, you should learn how to hold things like a normal pony.”
You flick the quill from your hoof as you stand from the table. You would rather not do anymore learning today, it’s midday and you’re tired of the work.
Spike cracks his claws as he stands alone side you, “Ya I think I’m going to go head over to
Rarity’s.”
You roll your eyes at his comment, “Why?”
Spike walks towards the door of the library with a flower in his grasp, “Well its Hearts and Hooves day, duh.”
“Spike I don’t think Rarity will have time for you today, not with our trip being so close.”
Twilight excuse has little effect on Spike, “Ya ya, but anypony could use the help of a dragon.”
You laugh to yourself on his comment, dragons help sure you have only meet Spike but other than clean he doesn’t really do much.
As Spike leaves the house you turn to Twilight. “So what are we doing for Hearts and Hooves day?”
She blinks at you for a moment not saying anything, her lack of a response starts to unsettle you. “Twilight?”
She blushes as she snaps out of her daze, “Um… well I have never done something on Hearts and Hooves day.”
“Why?”
Twilight seems a little embarrassed at the question as her cheeks become a darker shade of purple while she stammers with her words, “Well I have never had a special somepony before…” she focuses her wondering eyes on you, “…Well until you.”
You give a gentle smile, “It would be something interesting for the Princess to read if we did something.”
Twilights laid back attitude is quickly changed as your words hit her, “OH no no no no.”
“No?” You try to listen as she begins to speak in a rush tone. “I have not told the Princess about…well us, if she found out I have been skipping studies she might think I am a bad student and…and if she thinks I am a bad student she might not want me to be her student anymore!” Twilight’s voice breaks a new high pitch at the end of her statement.
“But you were tasked to study friendship right?”
Twilight’s voice is still at ends as she replies, “Yes friendship…not this.”
You’re taken back at her comment and a little upset at her tone, “But I thought this is what you wanted?”
Her worried expression fades as she starts to calm down, “No…it was but-“
“But what?”
She bites at her bottom lip as she thinks out her sentence, “But I am connected with the elements of harmony…meaning I should put other things in front of myself.” You stare at her confused as to what she means. “… I should not have any thing…or anypony that could make that decision hard.”
Her sad completion that you have given her from your anger now eats at you, you put your hooves around her and embrace her as you talk, “I told you, you would never be hurt again…so you will never have to make a choice like that.”
She pushes off of you, you can tell she is holding back something but you don’t mind to ask as you listen, “You’re right…technically this is a form of friendship and the Princess would have to know eventually.”
You smile at her comment.
She is quick to add one last part, “Just not yet.”
You cock an eyebrow at her.
“I’ll tell her in person not in a letter.” She walks to the letter with the two invitations still in them, “And I want everypony there when I do.”
She hoofs you the two remaining tickets, “I forgot to give these to Rainbow and applejack yesterday…I got a little busy at Rarity’s. Could you give them their tickets? I am going to go and make arrangements at The Green Clover for dinner, if you still want to that is.”
You nod your head at her comment.
You then stare at the tickets, now how do I carry these, unless ponies have magic pockets that I have yet to learn I am…bucked. Twilight must be a mind reader as you listen to her talk, “Now I know you can’t carry these so her take this.” Twilight floats over her purple satchel with her cutie mark on it and puts it around you. Even the feel of this stupid thing is girl, you silently complain to yourself.
She puts the two tickets into the front pocket of the bag, “I think Rainbow should be at the track and Apple should be around Sweet Apple acres, try not to be late tonight ok?”
You laugh at her comment, Late? HA obviously she doesn’t know th-... ”Ok Twilight.”
As you head out into Ponyville you try to make a mental map of the town in your mind. After a few minutes of failed map planning you decide just going towards town is probably the best idea.
Chapter 1 end.