Twilight laid on her bed. The reason for this had nothing to do with the fact that it was late at night, nor that she was extremely tired. She pulled the blanket over her head, taking the pillow as well and putting it on top of her head to try to muffle the small but annoying boom of music that was coming from the first floor.
“Lonely, I’m so lonely,
I have nopony,
To call my owwnnn.
I’m so lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely,
I have nopony,
To call my owwnnn.”
Spike had been listening to the same song for hours, and Twilight had already been tired of it after the first time it played. “Damn you Akolt, you and your stupid song!” She thought, trying her best to just keep her imagination on simple curses, rather than ideas of banishing the singer and forbidding his songs in all Equestria. After all, she did have the power to do so.
Suddenly, the music stopped.
“Thank Celestia...” she groaned.
“What is love,
Oh baby, don’t hurt me,
Don’t hurt me no more,
Oh, baby don’t hurt me,
Don’t hurt me no more.”
“Ugh!” Twilight whipped her head out from under the covers, tossing the pillow from the bed. She then climbed out from her bed. “I can’t take it anymore.” She let out an exasperated sigh before walking out from her room, making her way to the stairs.
As she reached the first floor, she glanced around, seeing a little mess in the room. A little purple dragon was lying in front of a phonograph - the source of the music. There was a picture of a certain white unicorn in his claws being held up next to his cheek. There were visible tear markings running down the side of his face. Nearby was an empty bag with the words ‘Property of Spike, Don’t touch’, which Twilight recognized as Spike’s emergency gem supply.
Twilight took a few steps toward him and, as she did, she managed to hear a tiny sound coming from her little assistant.
He was snoring.
“Oh, I don't know why you're not there,
I give you my love, but you don't care,
So what is right and what is wrong,
Gimme a si--”
Twilight turned off the phonograph. ‘Finally...! If I had to hear any of those songs even ONE more time...’ She shook her head, ‘No, Twilight, that’s just silly. They may be annoying, but that’s just a silly reason to banish anypony.’ Twilight then proceeded to levitate the little dragon with her magic. She made her way to the stairs and up to her room. She then lowered Spike, being extra careful as to not wake the poor dragon. She kept in mind that his little heart had been thrown around and tortured recently, settling him gently his little bed. She watched him for a moment, feeling more than a little sympathy for him, before then let out a small sigh. ‘Sorry, Spike...’
‘It’s outrageous; how much has happened since that night...’ Twilight thought. It had only been two days since she decided to give each of her friends a chance, but it felt like two weeks to her. The events that had occurred in the previous days were extenuating, not physically, but emotionally. She had managed to feel angry, nervous, embarrassed, flustered, and sad. But on a seemingly-strange bright side, she couldn’t help but feel happy after it all. The events of the past two days started to flood her head...
Two days ago...
“Wow...! This is so beautiful,” Twilight said to herself as she gazed up to the night sky. The stars were shining brighter than any other moment of her life. She would have loved to share this moment with somepony else, but none of her friends enjoyed stargazing as much as she did.
She actually felt a little lonely, but she immediately shook her head to try and find a different feeling to dwell. She looked up once again to continue with the spectacle that the night had displayed for her. Her eyes scanned the sky until something caught her attention. Up there, a star shined like none other, but there was also something more to the star.
She had never seen it before.
“Huh,” she said, levitating a book about astrology to look through it. “I know that star wasn’t there before. I’ve charted the stars enough to know it, too. I mean, come on... I know stars as if they were my own cutie mark.” She stopped for a moment to chuckle lightly at her little joke, despite knowing it was childish and rather lame. She didn’t doubt her own knowledge, but she did want to make sure that what she was seeing and thinking were correct.
“It’s a new star.” She closed the book that had confirmed it. She then realized she had just discovered a new star in the sky. “I discovered a star!” she shouted with joy. “Oh my gosh, this has to be a dream! I’ve always dreamed of discovering a star and naming it after me!” Twilight was now dancing. However, “dancing” looked more like she had to use the bathroom.
“I see that you like it,” a voice called softly from over the library, causing the lavender mare to fall to the floor.
“W-what?” Twilight stood back on her hooves and looked for the source of the voice that had caught her off guard. “Princess Luna?”
“Yes, Princess Sparkle?” Luna answered, descending to the balcony.
Twilight waited for Luna to reach the floor before she spoke. “What are you doing here?”
“I wanted to see your reaction to my gift.”
“Your gift? What gi-” Twilight stopped immediately. She turned to look at her discovery and then turned back again to look at Luna. “You created that star for me?”
“Of course,” Luna spoke proudly. “I wanted to give you something that shine as much as you do in my life.” Luna lifted her hoof, pointing in the direction of the new shining star. Then, when she contracted the appendage, the star was no longer there. “Here. For you, Twilight Sparkle.” Luna extended her hoof to Twilight. She was now holding the missing star, offering it to the lavender alicorn.
Twilight blushed, looking to the shining dot on the Princess’s hoof, and then to mare herself. Twilight felt an overwhelmingly warm feeling burning in her chest. She was lost for words. This was just too perfect...
‘Too perfect...’ she thought. ‘Wait, this is...’
She gasped. The stars began to dance up in the sky, they paired in groups of two and started to spin with each other. After a few seconds, all the dancing stars fell from the sky and surrounded the two alicorns. The little sparkles began flying around like fireflies. The light they emanated accentuated the dark coat and mane of Princess Luna. She looked completely dazzling. Everything was just so magical.
‘This is...’
Princess Luna grabbed Twilight’s front hoof with her own, and both of them, still surrounded by the stars, parted from the balcony floor to meet the sky.
“I love you Twilight.” Luna slowly started to move her face forward.
‘This is...’
“Luna?” Twilight said in a whisper.
“Yes, Twilight?”
Twilight brought her muzzle to luna’s ear. “Don’t get inside of my dreams without my consent,” she whispered.
“I, uh, ehm, you see, I--”
“Princess, you understand?”
Luna let out a defeated sigh. “Yes, Twilight Sparkle.”
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Twilight let her eyes open slowly. She blinked a few times to adjust to the morning light and then let out a yawn.
‘I can’t believe she dared to flirt with me in my dreams!’ she thought with a frown. ‘It was only yesterday that I told the girls I would give them a chance, and Princess Luna has already made her move. AND she made me think that I had discovered a star! How could she play with my dreams like that? IN my dreams like that?” She felt the anger pilling inside of her, but the feeling subsided in a second, turning in a different direction. ‘But, it was really sweet and beautiful, that dream.’ A blush lingered on her face for a moment before she shook it off and made her way to the first floor. ‘Time to start the day.’
The rest of the morning was fairly uneventful. First, Twilight ate breakfast, Spike being her cook. Then she read a book or two... Or maybe six. After that she started to re-shelve some of the books with the help of her assistant. When they were done with that, Spike cleared his throat to get Twilight’s attention.
“Sooo, Twilight...” he started. “About yesterday... We talked... You still remember, right?”
Twilight let out a small sigh. “Yes, Spike,” she said. “I’ll talk with Rarity. I’ll let her know that she needs to have a talk with you.” She then grabbed a book with her magic.
“Great. After I’m done talking with her, you’ll have one problem less to worry about.” Spike was about to leave the room when a thought crossed his mind. “Twilight?”
“Hmmm?” Twilight answered from behind her seventh reading material of the morning.
“When you went to Canterlot yesterday, did you talk with your parents about this?”
The book Twilight was holding on her magic fell to the floor. Other than a loud thud, there was no response from the lavender pony, not even a blink. Twilight just stood there, completely frozen. The mare was so shocked that she didn’t even open her eyes as wide as she usually would.
“Twilight?” Spike waved his claw in front of the mare, but there was no reaction. “Hey, Twilight.” Spike tried to snap Twilight out of her frozen state, but it seemed to prove useless, as well. “Well, in this case there’s only one thing to do.” Spike made his way to the kitchen, grabbed something from it, and walked back into the main room. “Twilight, I’m taking the day off. If you're against it, say something.” There was no answer. “Perfect. See you later.” And with that, the little dragon made his way to the library’s exit.
Spike barely made it out before falling to the ground after colliding with something, or, to be more accurate, somepony. “Hey there, Spike, what’s the emergency?” asked Rainbow Dash. She was apparently about to knock on the door when Spike came out.
“Hey, Dash,” he greeted. “Sorry, but I kinda gotta get outta here before Twilight returns to normal. I’m not letting this opportunity slip through my claws.” With that, Spike made his way into town.
“Huh?” Rainbow looked quizzically at the dragon as he left, before entering the library. There, she saw the lavender pony standing in the middle of the room. ‘Return to normal? She looks fine.’ Rainbow’s cheeks turned a bit red. ‘Actually... she looks amazing.’ She shook her head. ‘Okay, Dash, just play it cool. Remember the plan. Ask for a new book, and take the chance to spend time with her.’
“Hey Twilight.” Rainbow waited for an answer, but continued after a few seconds. “I came here to see if you could suggest a book for me. I just finished the last Daring Do.” Again, no answer. “Uhmmmm, Twilight?” Rainbow nudged Twilight on the side, but the mare just stood there, like a statue capable of breathing.
What Spike had said before flooded Rainbow’s mind, but there was a certain part that caught Rainbow's interest. “I’m not letting this opportunity slip through my claws...”
“Twilight,” Rainbow called while nudging Twilight one last time. Still nothing.
Rainbow bit her lower lip. ‘This could be my chance to give Twilight her first kiss, OUR first kiss.’ Rainbow dropped her head as a feeling of guilt filled her. ‘I’m really going to steal Twilight’s first kiss?’ Rainbow looked up as her expression of guilt changed to one of determination. ‘I’m not letting this opportunity slip through my hooves.’
Rainbow slowly moved her head to the front, in the direction of where the lavender pony was standing, looking directly at Twilight’s lips. Rainbow hesitated for a second. ‘Should I really be doing this? Taking advantage of Twilight in this state?’ She gave a glance to the pony in front of her. ‘Oh, buck it! It’s now or never!’ She took a deep breath and let her eyes close before her own lips made contact with...
...Twilight’s cheek.
‘Oh, come on, Rainbow... You can do better than that! Don’t be a scaredy-pony!’ She took another deep breath before her second attempt. She stood directly in front of the lavender pony, aimed at her lips, and started her way to them. She let her eyes close a few inches away from her target. She continued to advance, her lips prepared for her reward, but there was nothing.
“R-R-R-R-Rainbow?” Came a voice in front of Rainbow.
‘Horse-apples,’ Rainbow thought, carefully opening one of her eyes. She saw a pair of purple eyes looking directly back at her, one of them having a constant tendency to twitch. Rainbow took a step back to take a better look at the other pony’s flustered face. There was a noticeable blush all over the lavender face, and Rainbow was sure that her own face was the same.
Rainbow gave a sheepish laugh before clearing her suddenly dry throat. “Uhmmm, hey Twi. I was just--” Her explanation was cut off by a sudden flash of light, which blinded her momentarily. She blinked a few times and, after a few seconds, managed to see normally again. “Twilight, I...” She stopped as she realized that she was completely alone. Twilight was nowhere to be seen. Rainbow sighed making her way to one of the bookshelves. She then started to hit her head against it repeatedly. ‘Nice one--’ Thud. ‘--Dash--’ Thud. ‘--You and--’ Thud. ‘--your feathered--’ Thud. ‘--Brain!’ The rhythmic banging continued.
A few ponies jumped in surprise as a bright flash appeared in the middle of the town. A lavender pony, with a little tint of pink on her face, quickly emerged from the middle of it. Twilight ran away from the place, some ponies waved at her but there was just so much going in her mind at the time that she just ignored everything.
‘W-what happened back there?’ She thought as she made her way through town. ‘All I know is that I felt something warm in my cheek. And after that, Rainbow Dash was in front of me, with her lips...’ Her heart skipped a beat. ‘What happened before that? The last thing I remember was talking with Spike, and he asked about...’ Twilight stopped her run. The excess of red on her face drained in an instant and her eyes shot wide open.
“Oh my gosh!” Twilight shouted, causing a few ponies to look in her direction, but they quickly averted their gazes and continued with what they were doing. They didn’t want to get in on whatever business the new princess of Equestria was dealing with, not with the kind of problems she had caused.
‘I haven’t told my parents. But, what should I tell them?’ Twilight started to pace around. ‘I can’t just go and tell them that my five best friends and Princess Luna are in love with me, and that I’m giving them all a chance...’ Twilight stopped her pacing to grab her tail and start rubbing it to calm herself. ‘Okay, calm down. There’s a easy way around this. I’ll tell them when I have this all sorted out. ONLY, when it’s been sorted out.’ Twilight let out a content sigh. ‘Yes, that’ll work. After I make my final decision, I will tell them. And I will also tell Shining and Cadence. Surely everything will be more normal then. Or at least I hope tha--’ Twilight’s thought were interrupted by the loud but muffled rumble, the source of which being her stomach.
‘I haven’t eaten lunch yet... I guess I was just too distracted with what just happened...’ Twilight looked around to see where she was. To her surprise, she was standing just in front of Sugarcube Corner. ‘Ugh... Do I really want to deal with Pinkie after what happened today?’ Twilight started to walk away from the bakery, only to halt her pace when her stomach growled again. ‘I am really hungry, and the smell of pie is not helping at all. I didn’t get to eat the last one I bought.’ With a defeated sigh, Twilight turned and made her way to the bakery entrance.
She waited next to the door with her eyes closed, waiting to be tackled down to the floor by a pink pony, but nothing happened. She opened her eyes expecting to see the earth pony just a few inches in front of her, but the earth pony was on the other side of the room, behind the counter, waving her hoof at Twilight.. ‘Well, at least everything seems normal... I hope it stays normal.’ Twilight moved forward. The bakery was busy at the moment with a lot of customers.
“Hey, Twilight! How are you doing?” Pinkie asked with a big smile on her face.
“Hi, Pinkie. Could you give me one--” The growl of her own stomach interrupted her.
“Understood,” said Pinkie. “You want a pie. What flavor?” Twilight’s stomach growled again before she could answer. “Mhmm!” Pinkie continued. “Any flavor is okay as long as I give it to you as soon as possible, right?” Another growl. “Hey! There’s no need to use that tone with me.” Pinkie then left to the kitchen.
Twilight was so hungry that she didn’t give much thought to the conversation that Pinkie seemed to have had with her stomach. ‘So far, everything seems Pinkie-normal.’ A few seconds later, Twilight saw Pinkie leave the kitchen without her order.
“Here’s your order, Twilight!”
Twilight looked again at the earth pony, there was nothing with her, ‘She’ll probably just pop it out of nowhere, like she usually does...’ Twilight extended her hoof and waited for Pinkie to place her order on it. But instead of any baked goods, she just got a pink hoof.
“Uhhh, Pinkie? Where’s my pie?”
“Right here, silly.”
“What do yo-”
Pinkie leaned forward to whisper in Twilight’s ear. “Have you ever tasted a... Pinkie... pie, before?”
POMF.
Twilight’s wings spread wide open, both of them totally stiff. Twilight’s brain shut down. “Wha... you ju--... I--... You mean--...” she sputtered out in misguided syllables. Her face was getting redder by the second.
Pinkie burst out in an uncontrollable laugh, falling to the floor and rolling on her back. After a moments, she managed to calm herself, wiping a tear from her eye. “Oh Twilight, you are so adorkable. That’s why I love you.” Pinkie dashed to the other side of the counter and placed a blueberry pie on Twilight’s back. “There you go! It’s on the house!” she said with a wink.
Twilight proceeded to sputter another unintelligible phrase, sounding much like the last one.
“Ooh, ooh! I know!” Pinkie cheered. “Did you say thank you Pinkie, I’ll see you tomorrow, or I’ll take you up on your offer of the Pinkie pie?”
Another scrambled sentence.
“Did you say bye Pinkie, or bedroom now?”
Twilight was beginning to wonder if she’d ever manage to speak correctly again.
“Did you say Pinkie, stop it right now!, or Pinkie, I can’t wait, take me right here in front of all these ponies that have been eavesdropping since the beginning?”
“Ugh!” Twilight finally managed to blurt out. She turned around and walked to the exit, passing a group of ponies who were whistling like they had heard nothing.
“Okay, Twilight, see you tomorrow!” Pinkie said with a big smile.
Twilight tried to go through the door, but her stiff wings were making it impossible. She couldn’t teleport out due to the fact that her brain wasn’t running at its normal capacity yet. So she did the only option left. She sat on one of the bakery’s couches and ate her pie, waiting for her mind and wings to return to normal, and trying to ignore the ponies that were looking at her. And her wings.
It took awhile for Twilight’s wings to fold back to her sides, where they normally were. She then sighed, knowing she was finally back to her standard mental state. ‘What was Pinkie thinking?!’ She thought, walking through the streets. ‘No,’ she corrected herself. ‘She wasn’t thinking! She was just being herself! Her crazy, random and weird self! How could she say all that in front of that many ponies!? That’s just embarrassing!”
“Have you ever tasted a... Pinkie... pie, before?”
Twilight’s wings began to stretch out again, but she quickly retracted them before they caused anymore trouble. ‘She was just teasing me, but that certainly was bold of her. And she said that she loves me for being adorka--’ Twilight shook her head, trying to suppress the spreading blush that she hadn’t noticed until now.
“Howdy, Twilight.” The lavender pony turned her head to look at the orange earth pony who was calling her.
‘Oh, Celestia... What’s going to happen now?’ Taking a better look at her friend, she saw that Applejack looked like she had just run a marathon. She was covered in sweat and her breath was harsh. “Hey, Applejack. Uhhhh, why are you all... sweaty?”
‘Come on, Applejack, just act normal. Just tell ‘er y’all were buckin’ apples. She’ll believe that.’
“Ah was lookin’ fer ya all around town.” She smacked her face with a hoof. ‘What the hay was that? Okay, you can still save this. Just tell ‘er you wanted to have a friendly chat. Yeah, that’ll work.’ Applejack took a deep breath. “Ah bought ya some flowers.” Another smack to her face, before sighing and pulling a bouquet of flowers from her saddlebags.
“Oh!” Twilight tried to cover a blush with one hoof. “Thank you, Applejack. You shouldn’t have bothered.” Twilight smiled at the earth pony as she grabbed the bouquet with her magic.
Applejack could feel her hooves turning to butter with that smile. ‘Come on now... Just say it’s nothin’.’
“Anythin’ fer the pony of my dreams.”
Twilight observed her orange friend smacking her face for a third time. “Applejack...? Are you feeling okay?” Twilight watched her friend nod, noticing a few drops of sweat dripping down her face. Applejack looked like she was afraid of opening her mouth. “Okay...? Well, bye then. See you tomorrow.”
Twilight turned around and continued with her walk. She could have sworn she heard Applejack call to her, saying “See ya later, sexy...”, followed by a loud smack. But when she turned around, the country pony was already gone. ‘Weird. Just like the rest of this day.’ Twilight looked at the flowers that were in her magical grasp. Her head turned one shade pink. ‘It really has been a long and weird day.’
Twilight proceeded to walk around for a few hours before looking in the distance. The sun was setting at the horizon. ‘Time to go back to the library...’ she thought. ‘I hope Rainbow isn’t still there. It could get very awkward, very quickly.’ She took a deep breath. ‘Everything has been so awkward. But you know, I guess they all did what they did because they love me, not because they just want an advantage over all of the others.’ As she thought harder about it, she realized she could be wrong that. ‘Well, maybe not... Maybe they are just trying to impress me the most. Make me believe they’re the right choice.’ She then turned head in the direction of the library. ‘Either way, I just wish they would wait until I’m done with the new schedule.’
Twilight was about to arrive home again when she caught the sight of a white coated unicorn walking away from the library. ‘Oh,’ she thought. ‘I still have to talk with her.’ Twilight trotted toward Rarity and cleared her voice to get her attention.
“Huh?” Rarity looked in Twilight’s direction before showing a bright smile. “Oh, darling. I was looking for you, but neither you nor Spike were inside.” She then recomposed herself. “Well, that doesn’t matter; I wanted to see you.” Rarity examined Twilight and noticed that she was holding a bouquet of flowers. ”Oh darling, you shouldn’t have! I also have something for you. I just finished this.” She levitated a small box with a bright blue ribbon on it with her magic. “It’s an--”
“Rarity,” Twilight interrupted with a serious tone of voice, following up by clearing her throat again. “I believe there’s something you need to talk with Spike about.”
Rarity looked confused. “What are you talking about, darling?”
“Rarity, you know full well that Spike is deeply in love with you. Come to think of it, the whole town knows he’s in love with you.” Twilight could see that Rarity was getting slightly uncomfortable with the topic. “What I’m trying to say is that you have to make things clear, sort this out with him.”
The white unicorn sheepishly looked to the ground before replying, “I-I guess you’re right... It’s not very considerate of me to keep his hopes up like that now, is it?.” Rarity looked downcast for a moment, but a look of determination was seen in her eyes shortly after. “I have to tell him that our love is so strong and pure that I just can’t be with him.”
“W-wait, our love?” The flowers fell from Twilight’s telekinetic grasp.
Rarity slowly began to walk toward her. “Yes, my Sparkle Kitten,” she said. “Our love has set a giant wall between Spike and I. But Spike just can’t see it. He’ll just keep walking forward, until he bumps into the hard bricks again and again. Oh, poor Spiky. I know it will break his little heart, but I have to do it.” Rarity stopped her dramatic speech to grab Twilight’s hoof with her own. “I’m sorry, Twilight, but I have to go. I need to come up with the best way to tell him about us.” Rarity kissed the lavender hoof. “I’ll see you soon. Until then, I leave this for you.” She set the box on the ground next to Twilight. “Adieu, and thank you for these, my Sparkle Kitten.” And with that, the unicorn walked away with the bouquet of flowers.
Twilight was left a bit tongue-tied, much like her earlier visit with Pinkie. She had never blushed so much in a single day. She sat on her haunches, totally confused, and thought of what Rarity said. ‘Our love? Strong? Pure? Wall? Sparkle Kitten!? What was that? She acted as if she were talking about the weather! And that kiss to my hoof’ She looked down at her hoof. It was currently being held against her chest with her other hoof. She sighed for nth time that day. ‘Long... weird... exhausting... day.’
She then stood up, grabbed her present and made her way into her home. As she walked through the door, the first thing she noticed was a small crack on one of the bookshelves. She shook her head and waved it off, telling herself that she would take care of it later. She went upstairs to her room and placed the present inside of her wardrobe. ‘It’s probably something to gain some advantage over the others.’ As she trudged back to the first floor, she saw her number-one assistant sitting on the floor, ‘sorting out’ his gems, minding his own business.
“Hi, Spike. Did you enjoy your day off?”
The dragon stood up from the floor. “Oh, hey, Twilight. I sure did, I just wish that the cutie mark crusaders didn’t, get me... involved...” His throat suddenly felt dry. He then realized that she had used the same tone that she used when he was spotted in the kitchen with his claw in the cookie jar.
He gulped.
“Spike, why did you take the day off?”
He felt a strong urge to twiddle his fingers. “Well, you see, I was just--”
“You get to dust the shelves tomorrow.” Spike let out a groan before nodding pathetically. “And also, I think Rarity is gonna talk to you tomorrow.” Spike’s face then brightened before he ran to the kitchen to start with dinner.
The lavender mare was beyond grateful to have the rest of the day go uneventful. She even managed to make her so desired schedule before heading to bed. She would give it a second look tomorrow, but now, she just wanted to rest.
A small thought crossed her mind as she sat up in her bed. She levitated a single sheet of paper, bringing with in writing distance. She then levitated a nearby quill and began to write with it.
Assign Spike to fix the crack in the shelf.
She shoved the piece of paper under her pillow and laid back down softly, sighing contently with its comfort.
In Canterlot Castle:
“How am I supposed to make her fall for me without getting in her dreams?” Luna was pacing in her room. “I don’t know anything about... flirting... and much less flirting in this era.” She sighed in defeat. “I guess I will have to ask Tia for help.” She then walked out from her room.
In Rainbow’s cloud home:
“You--” Thud. “--are such--” Thud. “--an idiot--” Thud. “--Rainbow!” The pathetic pegasus continued to hit her head repeatedly with the hardest thing she could find in her cloud home, which happened to be her signed copy of Spitfire’s autobiography. “Now--” Thud. “--just think--” Thud. “--of a way--” Thud. “--to apologize--” Thud. “--and don’t--” Thud. “--mess it--” Thud. “--up--” Thud. “--this--” Thud. “--time!”
At Sugarcube Corner:
“Perfect! I have what I need.” Pinkie was literally bouncing in her room. “I wanted to surprise her today, but I guess I will have to wait till tomorrow...” Pinkie stopped her bouncing and brought a hoof to her chin. “Hmmmm, but tomorrow starts at...”
At Sweet Apple Acres:
“What in the hay is wrong with me? Ah know Ah’m a bad liar, but that was just ridiculous! It’s almost like when Ah’m near her, mah brain to mouth communication... thingy, just shuts down completely...” Applejack gave a loud groan, rolling over on her side. She then pulled the sheets over herself. “Consarn it, Element of Honesty! Don’t mess things up next time...”
At Carousel Boutique:
“‘Spike, I’m sorry, but I love Twilight. We just can’t be together.’” Rarity paused her monologue. “Oh, poor Spiky! I can imagine his expression after I break his little heart. He shouldn’t have to go through this so early in life. But alas... This is something that needs to be done as soon as possible!”
In Fluttershy cottage:
“So... I should go talk to her, maybe ask her if she wants to drink some tea with me.” All the animals in the cottage nodded, encouraging Fluttershy as she made her way to the door. “On second thought, I don’t want to be a bother to her.” There was an audible wave of face-paws. This had been the basic routine for the entirety of that day.