Twilight’s POV
So, the week is almost up. Flash will be heading back to the Crystal Empire tomorrow. It’s been… well, great having him around. He has a great interest in history and loves sharing what he knows with me. Of course, what he knows is more drawn to guards and weapons and such. However, I find it interesting all the same. I’ll even talk about magic with him. I love how he’s not afraid to stop me when he’s lost; it shows that he’s actually trying to understand… unlike some other Pegasus I know.
The storm outside wasn’t exactly helping. The Pegasus ponies forgot to bring some rain a while back and now they scheduled this storm to make up for it. Flash, Spike and I were stuck in the library. We were originally planning to stop by Sweet Apple Acres, but the storm completely slipped my mind. It was already pouring when Flash made it to the Library.
“Thanks for the towel Spike.” I saw Flash take the towel from Spike.
“No problem Flash, hey, anyone else in the mood for some hot chocolate?” He looked between Flash and I.
“Sounds perfect Spike,” I told him.
“Yeah, sure could use some. That water sure was freezing.”
“I’ll be back with the chocolate in a bit.”
Flash looked at me a bit… guilty when Spike left.
“Something wrong Flash.”
He sighed. “I was planning on giving you your book back but…” He took his saddle bag in his mouth and showed me a tear at the bottom. “I think it fell out while I was on my way, by then I couldn’t see much in that storm.” He looked down and said, “I’m really sorry Twilight.”
I could’ve died just looking at him. The sincerity in his apology and the way he looked so much like a foal made my heart melt… and make me squeal at the same time I suppose. It’s a weird feeling when you’re entranced by such a cute sight, you want to scream with delight, but you also feel… a warmth building up in side you. I had never seen Flash look so helpless…? Shameful… Well, I couldn’t think of a word considering how, well, adorable he looked.
I smiled and told him, “It’s okay Flash, it was an accident.”
He looked back up at me and perked up a bit. He had a sad smile. “Okay, but I’m going to have to pay you back for it.”
I shook my head. “Not to worry Flash, besides I have a few extra copies in case something like this happens.”
He looked at me, ready to protest, “But–”
“No buts Flash, or am I going to have to give you an order?”
“It would probably be the silliest order any guard would ever receive,” Flash said thinking out loud.
“Hm, I guess, but that’s beside the point. Don’t worry about the book Flash, now come on and have a seat.”
He sighed and followed me into the library.
“I’m sorry that you got caught up in that storm. I completely forgot about it.” I took a seat on a cushion and watch Flash rest on another one.
“Aw, it’s okay Twilight. A little rain never hurt anyone. Now if I was struck with lightning then we would have problem.” I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or to keep feeling bad towards him. “Not helping?” He looked kind of sad.
“Well… no, not really Flash.”
“Okay, then… um, how’re the wings holding up?”
I took a look at them and let them flare out. “Mm, better, that’s for sure. Still getting used to even having them.”
“When do you think you’ll be able to give flying a try?”
“I don’t know,” I brought my wings back to my side. “When these things stop springing involuntarily I guess. To be honest, I’m a little scared of flying.”
“Aw, it’s not so bad. It gives you a sense of freedom and acceleration. You’ll love it.”
“I just don’t want to mess up and fall or something.” I lowered my head. I always have a fear of messing up. It’s just not something that I can handle well. Never in my life have I ever taken failure lightly. I always prepare myself to make sure that I don’t fail. Flying was never something I had to consider. And its physical components may prove to be even more difficult than learning the science and magic behind the Pegasus ponies and their abilities with weather. I’m not exactly an athletic pony.
“Hey now.” I saw a Flash’s hoof touch mine which got me to look up. “All you need is a good coach and you’ll be flying as if you were a natural born Pegasus in no time.”
I felt myself blush. “You really think so?”
I chuckled. “Are you kidding? Twilight, in case you haven’t realized it, you earned your rank because you had a lot of passion, determination and a hard working spirit. Just a fraction of that is going to get you in the air flying.”
He looked so confident; he has a lot of faith in me. I felt my heart race and the blush on my cheeks grow redder. I welcomed the warm feeling. There was a silence while I just stayed there looking at Flash.
“Say Twilight?”
“Yes Flash?” I managed to ask… not fully sure how, but I did.
“If you won’t let me pay you back for the book, will you at least let me treat you to a meal the next time you’re at the Crystal Empire?”
I blinked taking it in. He caught me by surprise and I wasn’t sure of what to do. What could I do? I mean, he did just ask me on a date right after he gave me such a great compliment… I think… Wait, get a hold of yourself Twilight, he just wants to make up for losing the book. Don’t let your developing feelings for him blind you. Oh boy, why couldn’t he ask me on a proper date? Was I unappealing? Did he not like me? No, wait, that can’t be it. If he didn’t like me then he wouldn’t have spent most of his vacation with me in the first place. He likes me… but does he like me like me? Wait, is that a blush… I saw a bit of red on his muzzle… Maybe… he’s taken a liking to me too.
I opened my mouth but nothing came out. The words were stuck in my throat and I momentarily panicked. Come on, he’s using this as an excuse to ask you out just accept his offer. Finally, I got the words to come out, “Um, sure.”
He smiled before his smile turned into a smirk. “What, no protest?”
Well there went that moment. I rolled my eyes but smiled knowing he was just teasing. “Nope, but I hope you can show a mare a good time, or else.”
“Or else what?” He chuckled. “You’ll banish me to the moon?” He laughed.
I let him keep laughing, sending him to the moon never came to my mind, but I kind of wanted to see him squirm a bit. I kept a look on him. He noticed and looked at me nervously.
“You wouldn’t.” He looked rather scared. I kept in a giggle.
“Oh, I don’t know, I am an Alicorn after all, sending you to the moon should be easy as pie.”
“Pie?” We turned to see Spike with a tray that had three mugs balanced on top of it. “Well I think we might have some apple pie in the fridge.” He walked up to us. “Mind taking this Twilight while I go check.”
I smiled and took the tray in my magic. “Sure Spike.”
“Be right back.”
I set the tray down on a nearby table and levitated two mugs off the tray. I brought one over for myself and one for Flash.
“Thanks Twilight.”
“You’re welcome Flash.”
We took some sips from our mugs.
“Wow, that little dragon of yours sure knows how to make a nice of hot chocolate.”
“He does tend to handle these things more often. Although, he mainly experiments with recipes that require gems of some sorts.”
“Oh yeah… I forgot that he eats gems. It’s still weird to me. How does a creature live off of rocks?”
“I… don’t know, even when we tried to look into dragons, it seems ponies know next to nothing about them.”
“Well, maybe you’ll need a wild dragon to study proper behavior, but not its biology.”
“What do you mean?” I looked at him as if he grew an extra head.
“I mean, can’t you use magic to see what goes on inside Spike when he eats?”
I gasped.
“What? What’s wrong?” He placed his mug down and walked to me.
“Why didn’t I think of that?” I started pacing around. Of course. It was so simple, how did I not think of it before… Well, now that I think about it, I never really gave it that much thought, plus I might lose my own lunch if I try to see what goes on in Spike’s body. I started to imagine what it might be like to see Spike’s insides… I started getting sick just thinking about it.
“Whoa, easy there Twilight.” Flash steadied me. I shook my head to get the thoughts out of my head. My wings, for some reason, sprang out.
“Hey!” Flash was sent flying… literally. He managed to take flight in the air after my wings hit him.
“Sorry Flash, I lost control for a bit there.”
Spike came in and said, “We’re in luck, there were three pieces of pie exactly.” He held another tray with three pieces of pie on plates. He looked from the tray to us. “Um, is there a reason why you’re flying inside?”
“Twilight’s wings attacked me.” He came back down.
“No they didn’t, they just sprang up. I’m still getting used to them, you know that.” I told him a little angry
“It was horrible they came right at me.” He covered his face with his wings.
I started to giggle understanding he was just joking.
Spike joined, “Oh yeah. Twilight’s wings are a pair of the scariest things I’ve ever seen.”
We all just laughed.
“Well, we’d better finish that hot chocolate before it gets cold.”
After a while, I told the boys to just entertain themselves for a bit while I get some studying done. “Oh, Twilight, I forgot, I left a scroll on your desk for you.”
“Oh, thank you Spike.” I walked up to my room and looked for the scroll. I opened it up and saw it was from Cadence. I read with all my suspicions confirmed from before. She was trying to get us together after all. By this point, I couldn’t really get angry. I did get to spend time with Flash and I’ve come to really like him. I sure hope he feels the same… he did blush earlier…
When I looked at my desk, I remembered what it is that I came up here for in the first place. Oh right. I mentally slapped myself. Get the colt thinking out of your head in into the books.