//------------------------------// // Misunderstanding. // Story: The Elements of... love? // by elmago02 //------------------------------// Five days remaining. ‘Ding.’ ‘Okay, just try to remember. How did I feel when Fluttershy kissed me?’ Twilight thought with a blush on her face. It was late at night and She was pacing around her room, holding a scroll and a quill with her magic. After getting back to her home, she decided that she had to document that special moment of the day, her first kiss. She had been thinking about it for more than half an hour and so far, in the scroll, she had written… nothing. ‘Ding-ding.’ ‘Ughh! I don’t know what I felt!’ Everything had happened so fast, that Twilight wasn’t sure of exactly what she had felt. She could write what she felt right now while remembering the event. Her heart beat quickened, her face felt warmer and she had developed the habit of touching her lips with a hoof each time she remembered it. Even if her first kiss had been stolen from her, she just couldn’t manage to get angry, not even a little bit annoyed, far from it, she was… ‘Happy? Ugh, I don’t know.’ ‘Ding-ding-ding.’ Maybe, that was exactly what she felt at the moment, but she wasn’t sure. She decided to change a bit the subject of what she was thinking. ‘What will I feel when I kiss the others?’  Twilight laid on her bed, burying her red face in the pillow. She could easily imagine it, kissing Fluttershy gently for a second time, or an intense kiss from Rarity. The taste of apples when kissing Applejack, or the sweet, sugary flavor on Pinkie’s lips. She could imagine kissing Luna under the starry night, or being above the clouds with Rainbow Dash. ‘“Or maybe you want them all?”’ Celestia’s words came to her mind. ‘Ding-Ding-Ding!’ ‘What’s going on with me? Just four days ago I was freaking out over all the love confessions, and now I’m thinking about the possibility of having all of them for-’ ‘DING-DING-DING!’ “Ugh, Trixie! What are you doing!” Twilight shouted, she stood from her bed and looked at the door of the bathroom. Trixie slightly opened the door with her magic, just enough so that a bit of steam and a little bell surrounded by a light blue aura levitated out from the bathroom. “I’m trying to call that servant of yours.”‘DING-DING-DING!’ “What servant? I already told you that I don’t have any kind of butler or maid.” “And what about that big lizard, Spine, the one that followed you around the other times.” Trixie said from the other side of the door. ‘DING-DING-DING!’ “First of all, Trixie, his name is Spike, not Spine. Second: He’s not a big lizard, he’s a baby dragon. Third: He’s not my servant, he’s my number one assistant. And finally, why are you calling him?” “Trixie forgot to bring a towel with her for the bath, so she needed your assistant to bring one for Trixie.” ‘DING-DING-DING!’ “Trixie, please, stop using that bell,” Twilight said a bit annoyed. “Spike is sleeping. He’s tired after cleaning the whole library and I would appreciate it if you stopped ringing that bell.” Twilight and Trixie had arrived to the library an hour ago. Trixie, with her dreams of being spoiled like royalty totally crushed after Twilight told her that she didn’t have servants and that she didn’t live in a castle, made her way upstairs to take a bath. Meanwhile, Twilight found Spike, wearing an apron, sleeping in the couch of the first floor, with a broom in one hand and a duster near his tail. Twilight grabbed him in her magical grasp and took him upstairs while admiring the incredible job he had done. “I’ll bring you a towel, Trixie, just wait a second.” Twilight said while moving to the closet where she kept the towels. “See, if you had more than one servant, you wouldn’t need to do this kind of things.” “That Spike is not my servant, and there’s no need for them when I’m perfectly capable of taking care of things around here by myself.” That wasn’t true, Spike was the one who took care of things. He cleaned, he cooked and he did the shopping, that while Twilight studied day and night. Twilight grabbed one of the largest towels from the closet and walked back to the bathroom’s door. “Trixie, here’s your towel.” Twilight waited for moment, but there was no answer. “Umm, Trixie?” Twilight slowly opened the door. A large amount of steam hit Twilight in the face. “Wow, Trixie, I understand that you haven’t had the chance to bath with hot water, but this is ridiculous. This is more like a sauna than a bath.” “Ahhhhh!” Trixie screamed. “Trixie, what’s wrong?” Twilight moved inside the bathroom, at the same time Trixie was going out. Both of them collided and rolled across the floor of the bedroom. The towel that Twilight was holding wrapped around both ponies more and more with each roll. Finally, they stopped, and Twilight slowly opened her eyes to see Trixie lying over her, muzzle to muzzle. “Sparkle, get away from me!” Trixie said as she tried to pull away, but the towel wouldn’t let her move, not even an inch. “Me? You are the one on top.” Both ponies struggled and tried to set themselves free. Trixie wet coat was pressed against Twilight’s. “Agh, Trixie wait, you are making me wet.” “Just hold for a second,” Trixie said with a groan, “Just… a bit… more…” Trixie accidentally placed one of her hooves between Twilight stomach and her wing, which caused the alicorn to gasp. “Trixie, not there… please,” Twilight said between moans. In the second Floor of Sugarcube Corner, the eyes of a pink mare shot wide open. She sat on the bed for a moment and looked through the window, in the direction of the library. “My spider sense is tingling.” A frown appeared in her face, she kept looking for a while until realization hit her. “Silly me, I don’t have a spider sense.” Pinkie flopped back to her bed and started to snore. She returned to her dream, the one where she and Twilight were smooching in Twilight’s room after a good and refreshing bath. Twilight’s wings slowly started to stretch as much as they could in the towel. “Wait, Sparkle, it got really tight in here, I can barely…” Trixie stopped as she focused her eyes in something. Twilight tried to look at what caught Trixie’s attention. From Twilight’s position, an upside down dragon was sitting in a basket, watching the two mares in the floor with sleepy, half opened eyes. Twilight’s heart sank as she realized what this little accident might look like to the dragon. Her face started to get hotter. She tried to say something, tried to explain what really was going on, but her brain couldn’t think of anything. The silence in the room stretched for a moment until finally, one of the three who were present in the room spoke. “Ugh, I must be really tired. I don’t need dreams of Twilight making out with that showoff, Trixie.” He plopped his tired body in the basket. “Let’s just go back to the old good dreams, where I’m sleeping till late.” A few seconds later the snores of the dragon filled the room. “That little lizard!” Trixie harrumphed. “Calling Trixie a showoff, I’ll show him.” “You won’t be showing him anything, he has already seen too much.” Twilight said as she struggled under Trixie. “Let’s just get out from this and go to bed.” Trixie smirked. “I’ll have to decline that, Sparkle. Trixie already told you that she’s not interested in you, and she doesn’t want any trouble with your friends.” “What are you tal…” Twilight’s eyes shot wide open. “Oh, nononononono. I’m not talking about that! I meant it like we need to go to sleep. Not together, you in the spare bed and I in my own.” “Relax, Sparkle, Trixie was just joking with you.” Trixie tried again to move away, just to get the same result. “And going to bed without eating? What kind of hostess are you?” “Alright. Now, Let’s just do the logical thing that we should have done from the beginning, use our magic.” Twilight purple magic surrounded the two mares, levitating them two feet over the floor. The towel was unwrapped and the two mares landed softly on the floor. Twilight then levitated the towel over Trixie head and dropped it so she could dry herself. “Okay, let’s go make sandwiches and after that we go right to bed.” Trixie opened her mouth but Twilight lifted a hoof to her before she could say anything. “You know what I meant.” “What? Trixie was just going to say that sandwiches wasn’t what she expected to eat while staying with the princess. You know, if you had a maid, we could ask her to prepare us a proper dinner dinner.” “Well, too bad.” Twilight walked out the room, Trixie following closely. “We will start practicing magic tomorrow.” “Practice magic?” Twilight stopped a pair of steps from the stairs. “You do remember that that is the reason why you are staying, right? To improve in magic.” “Oh, of course, Trixie was just… joking with you again.” She smiled awkwardly. Twilight sighed, resuming her way to the kitchen. ‘I’m starting to regret this.’ Four days Remaining. Twilight woke up early the next morning. Trixie was still sleeping, so starting the magic lessons would have to wait. She just sat in the kitchen table and ate her cereal while reading a book about the history of cereals. Steps from the main room caught Twilight’s attention. She closed her book and looked at the kitchen entrance to see her little assistant walking inside and scratching his back. “Good morning Spike.” Twilight said as she used her magic to grab one clean bowl and placed it in the table. “Yeah, good morning.” Spike replied, not as cheery as usual. It could be for the hard work he did in the library yesterday. Just this morning, Twilight realized how clean the ceiling was. But Twilight knew that it wasn’t the reason. Spike still needed time to get over Rarity. “You did an amazing job cleaning the whole library.” “Yeah,” Spike said barely audible. As the dragon grabbed the cereal box, he noticed Twilight’s worried expression. “I mean, thank you, Twilight. I know you gave me the day off, but I just didn’t feel like sleeping the whole day.” He poured some milk in his bowl. His mood slightly improved as Twilight levitated a topaz next to him. Feeling better, he decided to start a conversation. “You know, Twilight, I had this weird dream yesterday. Twilight smiled at Spike’s improved mood. “Oh, and what was it about?” Spike looked down, “No, forget it, it’s kind of… awkward.” “Oh, come on Spike, you can tell me anything.” She insisted, trying to keep Spike’s good mood. “Umm, well, last night, I dreamed about you, and...” He coughed, the next part was hard to say, specially to Twilight. “This is the first time I have dreamed something like this, I don’t even know why I dreamed about it. I guess it has something to do with what has happened to you lately.” He took a deep breath. “You were, umm, making out, with another mare.” Twilight’s body paled, “I-I was what?” Twilight had totally forgotten of the events of last night when she woke up that morning. “The weirdest thing is that you were making out with that self-conceited of Trixie, gross.” He looked up at Twilight, who’s eye just kept Twitching, “Ummm, Twilight?” A loud yawn and steps from the main room caught Spike’s attention. He turned his head, his eyes widened. “Ugh, Trixie’s muscles are sore after all the action from yesterday.” Trixie walked to the table and sat between Spike and Twilight. “What’s for breakfast?” Spike looked at Trixie for a moment, then looked at Twilight, who was even more pale than before. Spike jaw dropped. “Oh Celestia, it wasn’t a dream.” “No, Spike, it’s a big misunderstanding. I can explain-” “And you were at that while I was in the room? Twilight!” Spike said a bit annoyed and disgusted. “I… I…” Twilight turned to look at Trixie, who had helped herself to a bowl of cereal. She wasn’t paying much attention to the discussion. “Trixie, help me here. Tell Spike what really happened.” Trixie took the spoon with cereal and milk to her mouth. She chewed slowly and then swallowed. “Okay, Spine, what you saw yesterday is a big misunderstanding.” Spike ignored Trixie’s mistake in his name, he rubbed his chin as he tried to remember the “dream”, “Really, a misunderstanding?” Trixie nodded. “Then explain this. The first thing that I remember was Twilight saying that you were making her wet.” Twilight’s face color did a complete turnaround, from pale to red in less than zero point ten seconds. “I saw you both lying on the floor, Trixie on top. I remember Twilight moaning and Trixie saying that it got really tight in here,” he paused for a second, “and just now, Trixie said that her muscles were sore from all the action of yesterday.” Spike crossed his arms and looked at the two mares. “Okay, start explaining now, or call a psychologist. I think I will need it after seeing the pony who has taken care of me my whole life and a pony I don’t like making out in the floor.” Trixie face was red, but not as much as Twilight. “Hmmm, It really looks like we were making out. Just don’t go saying it, Trixie has a reputation to keep.” “Trixie! You are not helping!” Twilight pressed her hooves against her temples. “Look, Spike, we weren’t… doing that. I was just bringing a towel to Trixie after her bath. We crashed against each other and got we got tangled with the towel. Trixie was still wet from her bath, so while we were struggling to get out from it, she was getting my coat wet.” “I…” Twilight blushed and made little circles on the table with her hoof. “I was moaning because, while struggling, Trixie placed one hoof inside my wing, and… I’m kind of sensitive there.” She blushed harder. “The part of getting tighter, that’s because my wings stretched a bit, making the towel tighten around us.” Spike looked sceptical, “I guess that makes sense, but what about what Trixie said, that part of  her muscles being sore from all the action of yesterday.” “Well, I guess that’s because of our little problem yesterday during the pet’s play date.” Spike rubbed his chin. “Hmm, that explains everything, except one thing.” Twilight gulped, “W-What thing?” She asked hesitantly. “What is she doing here?” Spike pointed at Trixie, who was finishing her cereal. “Don’t tell me that she has fallen for you too.” “Trixie is not interested in Sparkle!” Trixie complained. “Oh, right, I haven’t explained that.” Twilight cleared her voice and took a few breaths that helped to dismiss her blush. “Spike, Trixie will stay with us for a while. She’s going to start studying magic under my tutelage.” “This is a joke, right? Please, Twilight, tell me this is a joke.” Spike waited for Twilight to answer, to tell him this was a joke, but she didn’t said anything. He pinched his arm to see if he was having a bad dream, but the pain was real. “This week just keep getting worse and worse.” Spike said in defeat while silently continuing to eat his breakfast. “Spike,” Twilight said as she placed a hoof on Spike’s shoulder, “you can take the day off. You could use some time outside the library.” “Yeah, I could use some time away from… her.” Twilight could easily see that Spike wasn’t fond of the idea of Trixie staying here, and she couldn’t blame him after what Trixie has done. Spike finished his breakfast and left the library to find something to do. Twilight cleaned the bowls and moved to the main room of the library, followed by Trixie. “Now that I think about it, Trixie, what made you scream last night?” Twilight turned to look at Trixie. “Oh, It was horrible. Yesterday, after Trixie took her bath, she took a look at the mirror and found that… that she has a gray hair in her mane! This is a fatal blow to Trixie’s image!” Twilight looked silently at Trixie’s mane for a moment. “Umm, isn’t your mane already gray?” Trixie humped, “for your information, Trixie mane color its a beautiful pale cornflower blue.” “It looks a bit gray to me, almost silver.” Trixie glared at Twilight. “Oh, oh, wait, you are right.” Twilight smiled awkwardly under Trixie’s glare. “Ummm, a beautiful color.” Trixie kept glaring, so Twilight decided to make a quick change of theme. “Well Trixie, let’s begin the teaching!” That caught Trixie’s attention. “Oh, this will be good. What are we going to do first? Something to warm up like levitation? Or something more advanced like transmutation? Are we going to make something invisible? Ohhh, we can try that teleportation spell of yours.” Trixie said with excitement. “Nope, we are going to read.” Twilight happily answered, levitating a dozen of books to the blue unicorn. “Read? Seriously?” “Yes, before you start doing magic, you need to comprehend the theory behind it.” Twilight opened one of the books and started to read through it. Trixie sighed, ‘I’m starting to regret this.’ With that, she grabbed one of the books and started to read. They kept at that for the rest of the day. Three days remaining. It was the middle of the afternoon, Twilight was currently chatting happily with Spike in the kitchen while Trixie read books in the main room. Twilight was currently telling Spike about what had happened the day of the play date. “And the second after that, the Ursa Major was nowhere to be seen.” Spike had his eyes wide open, “that’s amazing, Twilight! I have never seen you doing something like that, well, except for the times you use the Elements of Harmony. But this is the first time you show so much magical power by yourself. That must have been even more power than the day of your magical surge!” Twilight looked away for a moment, “That’s the thing, Spike. It was way too much magical power. I teleported an Ursa that is way bigger than this library, and, I teleported her from the Whitetails Woods to the Everfree Forest.” “That’s surreal, Twilight. When did you get this powerful?” Twilight looked directly at Spike, “I have a little theory. The last time I checked my magic reserves and magical energy, It showed that I have a bigger level than most of the unicorns, but not enough to do something like this.” “Then what is-” “But,” Twilight interrupted Spike’s question, “that check was half month ago, a few days before I accidentally swapped the cutie marks of the girls.” Twilight looked at Spike, but he didn’t seem like he was making the connection. Twilight sighed, “a few days before I turned into an Alicorn.” “Oooohhhh, that means…” “Yes, Spike. My theory is that I not only got a pair of wings that I can’t use properly yet. My magic reserves increased and the magical levels incremented considerably. I didn’t know this before because I haven’t checked my magic since that day. The first week after the coronation, I was busy reading a lot of important documents and learning things that I need to know as Equestria’s new Princess, and the days after that…” She blushed before continuing. “I was busy with all this love thing. So, after teleporting that Ursa, this is the most logical conclusion.” Spike looked silently at Twilight for a moment, “Wow, is like you just evolved.” “Ummm, what?” “Yes, like a Ponymon!” “A Pony-what?” “A Ponymon. This is amazing, your basic stats improved and you evolved from a psychic type to a Psychic/Flying type.” Spike rubbed his chin. “It’s like you evolved from Twilight to… Twilord!” “Spike, what are you talking about?” “Oh, you see, yesterday when you gave me the day off, I went out and met Button Mash. He is in Sweetie Belle’s class. So we talked for a while and then invited me to play games in his home. He showed me this cool game called Ponymon. You have to catch them all and beat all the gym leaders to become a Ponymon master! That game is amazing and the new version just came out last week! Originally, there were only one hundred and fifty Ponymons, but now, there are over six hundred!” Twilight looked a Spike, one thing crossed his mind, ‘what is he talking about?’ She shook her head. “Oh, ummm, I should go and look how Trixie is doing with her studying. Spike, if you want you can go and play again with, umm, Button.” Spike eyes shone with joy, “Awesome. Thanks, Twilord!” Spike ran out from the kitchen and made his way to the exit. “Don’t call me that!” Twilight shouted, but she was sure Spike didn’t heard her. She shook her head again as a smile adorned her face. Spike seemed to be doing fine and Twilight was happy to let him do something that would keep his mind away from anything related to Rarity. Sometimes she forgot how mature Spike was for his age. Twilight stood from the chair and walked to the main room, where Trixie was reading intently. “Hey Trixie, I’m happy to see that you are so focused in that book.” Trixie didn’t answer, she didn’t even move. “Umm, Trixie?” She lifted her hoof to touch Trixie’s shoulder, but her hoof just went through her. “What? This is… a magical illusion?” A loud snore sounded in that moment from behind the couch. Twilight walked around it to find a blue unicorn sleeping on the floor. “Trixie!” “Get away from my things!” Trixie shouted as she adopted a defencive stance. She looked around her to see that she wasn’t in one of the streets of Manehattan. “Right, Trixie is in Sparkles home.” “W-what was that?” Twilight said a bit shaken by Trixie’s sudden outburst. “Nothing.” Trixie stretched her legs. “Is dinner ready?” “Dinner? It’s only tree in the afternoon. You didn’t slept that much.” Trixie sighed, “sorry for falling asleep, but Trixie hasn’t done anything besides reading since yesterday. Can’t we practice some magic already?” “Hmm, well, I guess we can.” “Excellent! What are we going to do?” “Levitation.” Twilight said simply. “Levitation? But that’s the easiest of the spells!” “Before trying advanced magic, one must master the basics.” ‘Trixie is definitely regretting this.’ Two Days remaining. Rainbow Dash was clearing the sky over Ponyville’s train station. She had been busy this last few days, not only with her job, but also with planning her date with Twilight. That was hard for her, as she had never given much thought for romance. But for Twilight, she was willing to do whatever she could to make the most awesome date ever. She kicked a few clouds before the arrival of the train to the station caught her attention. As the doors of the train opened, a white unicorn stallion ran out from one of the wagons. Rainbow Dash immediately recognised and was surprised to to see him. She watched from afar how the unicorn made his way through the crowds of ponies, while wearing a peculiar serious expression that Rainbow decoded as problems. He was moving to Twilight’s home. “I should gather the girls, there might be an emergency.” She flew off in the direction of Fluttershy cottage. Twilight and Trixie were back at reading books in the library.Trixie was at least happy to see that the content of this book was about some magic that she had never seen before. Twilight had also promised her that that afternoon, they would start some advanced magic after Trixie showed complete mastery of the basics. Meanwhile, Spike was just sorting some books that the pair of mares had already read and putting them back in the shelves with the help of a ladder. “Well,” Twilight started as she closed the book she was reading, “Trixie, are you ready to put in practice what you have been studying?” “Really? Are we really going to do some serious magic?” “Of course, I think you already understand the concepts necessary for what we are going to try today.” Trixie smiled with joy. “This will be so great and powerful that no one will-” The loud slam of the door interrupted Trixie and made Spike fall from the ladder. “TWILIGHT!” The stallion shouted from the entrance of the library. Unicorn and Dragon looked quite annoyed at the moment.. “Sh-Shining?” Twilight walked closer to her BBBFF. He was breathing harshly, and wore an expression of total anger that she had never seen. “Why are you here?” “Twilight, is it true?” He said as he gave a step closer to his LSBFF, who in return gave a step back as she started to feel scared. “Tell me,” he said with a stern voice. “Shining, what are you talking about.” Shining used his magic to open the saddlebags that he had in his back and pulled a scroll from inside. He levitated it to Twilight, who grabbed it with her own magic and unrolled it to start reading it. “Umm, Spine, who’s that stallion,” Trixie asked to the little dragon that was rubbing his back. “How many times do I have to tell you that my name is Spike, not Spine.” Spike said a bit annoyed. “And he’s Shining Armor, Twilight’s brother.” He looked at Trixie for a moment. “I’m surprised you don’t know him. He got married to Cadence, one of the princess of Equestria and current ruler of the crystal empire.” “Well, that all must have happened while I was working at the rock farm. A lot of news didn’t reached that zone.” Trixie said with a shrug. “And why is he here?” “I don’t know, but it seems to be something really important.” Dragon and unicorn watched the pair of siblings from the distance, Twilight had just finished to read whatever was written in the scroll. She was pale and shaking. “Shining, I… I can explain.” “Tell me, Twilight, why does this letter say that-” “Dash, ya sure this is somethin’ serious.” Applejack asked as she ran along her friends in the direction of the library. “I’m a totally sure, AJ. Shining Armor’s expression, it could only mean bad news. We have to get to the library fast.” “Ooh, I just hope that we can help with whatever the problem is.” Fluttershy added as the group finally arrived at the library. “-you are going to have six dates with six different ponies?!” “Oh my, I think we should let Twilight to handle this… problem by herself.” Rarity said as they looked through the open door of the library. “Shining, it’s… it’s complicated, but I can explain-” “No, just tell me who they are and I will go and add a pair of horseshoes to their cutie marks.” Fluttershy eeped at Shining statement, making their presence known to the ones inside the library, and that was the only warning Shining got. A white blur ran to Shining Armor and gave him a buck in the flank that sent him flying towards one of the bookshelves. He fell to the floor and was buried by an avalanche of books. At some point, Spike and Trixie had gotten themselves some snacks and were spectating the show from the side. “Change of plans, we are getting involved. No one is going to kick my flank just for loving Twilight.” Rarity looked at the lavender alicorn. “Ummm, sorry for kicking your brother, darling.” Shining got out from his tomb of books, he shook his head and then looked at Applejack while he rubbed his temple. “I must have hit my head really hard. Did you just said that you… love… Twilie?” “Umm, Shining,” Twilight started as she got closer to her brother. She sat in front of him. She knew she had to told him, but she first wanted to have things sorted out, to have the dates before having this talk to any member of her family. “The six ponies that are mentioned in the letter, you probably thought that they were stallions, but the six of them are mares, and…” She looked back at her friends. “Five of them are my friends.” “Oooohhhhhh,” Shining didn’t expected this, “I… I thought… and that’s why I was… Ummm...” He looked directly at his little sister. “So you like… you are into.” “I’m not… Well, I wasn’t… maybe. Ugh! I don’t know, I never gave much thought to that. So much has happened, I just…” Shining looked around, his eyes landing on the pony sitting next to Spike. “So… I suppose the sixth one is that unicorn over there.” “Why does everypony think that Trixie is in love with Sparkle?!” Trixie was getting annoyed of everybody assuming that she was in love of Twilight. “Ummm, no, the other pony that love me is… Princess Luna.” “Hmmm, I would be in a serious trouble if I were to kick her flank. Twilie, I think I will need the full version of this.” “Then you should stay for the night, Shining. The story is quite long.” Spike walked to the big stallion that laid over the books. “At least this one won’t be as awkward as the one about you making out with Trixie three days ago.” “Spike!” Twilight shouted at the same time Trixie facehoofed. “They WHAT?!” Three ponies shouted, Rarity fainted and one mane made the sound of a balloon deflating. “Girls, is not like that-” A crack was heard in the room. Fluttershy’s gentle aura had changed to one of danger, Rainbow Dash was snorting some steam from her nose and Applejack was stomping her hoof. Before Twilight could calm them down, Trixie used one of her stage tricks, the smoke curtain, to distract the other mares and make her escape through one of the windows. Applejack,  Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash didn’t hesitate in following. “Trixie! I told ya not to try somethin’ fancy on Twilight!” “You can’t move faster than me, Trixie!” “You won’t get away from new Fluttershy.” “Wait! Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy! This is a big misunderstanding.” The athlete, the caretaker and the farmer ignored Twilight as they chased after Trixie. Spike evaluated the situation, the one he had caused with his slip of tongue and there was only one thing to say. “Whoops. Sorry, at least Luna wasn’t here. Who knows what might have happened.” “Spike! You just- Ugh! Just stay here while I go and make sure they don’t kill Trixie. Shining, we will continue our conversation when I’m back.” “Sure, Twilie.” Shining watched his sister ran out to the town. Spike moved to the door of the library. “Twilord! Just use explanation! It’ll be super effective” Spike shouted. “Don’t call me Twilord! And you better have the library organized when I come back!” Twilight disappeared at the distance. “Spike,” Shining called to the little dragon that was closing the door. “What is this light?” Spike looked in the direction of Shining voice. He was standing next to the Elements of harmony. He saw the light that vanished a second later. Only Spike and Shining managed to see the light, as Rarity laid unconscious on the floor and Pinkie Pie was busy talking with… a plant? “I don’t know, Shining, but this has been happening for a week. I don’t think is something to worry about.” “If you say so.” Shining said simply. “Hey, Shining, if you want you can go and eat something from the fridge. I would prepare you something, but I have to clean this mess.” Spike gestured at the pile of books in the floor. “Sure, I haven’t eat since this morning.” Shining disappeared as he entered the kitchen. Spike started to organize the library but took a little break to observe Rarity’s unconscious body. It still hurt to see her, but he knew, that with a bit more of time, he would finally manage to move on. “My spider sense was warning me,” Pinkie mumbled to the plant. “But I don’t have a spider sense.” One day remaining. Yesterday had been a crazy day for Twilight, crazier than usual. After saving Trixie from three of her friends, and explaining that all had been a misunderstanding, she returned home to explain this to the others. Twilight’s friends were happy to hear that it had been all a misunderstanding. They left the library,  but not before giving another warning to Trixie. Shining Armor waited patiently for Twilight to finish talking with her friends, and when they left, he knew it was his turn for the explanation. Twilight started to tell him how all this had started, her talk to the princess, and the decision to date them. At this moment, Twilight was walking with Shining to the train station. He had to go back to the Crystal Empire. “You sure you can’t stay one day longer?” Twilight asked as the pair of siblings walked through the station platform. “I’m sorry, Twilie, but I have to go. I’ll come back another day, maybe that time you can present me your marefriend.” “Shining!” “I’m just teasing you, LSBFF.” Shining hugged Twilight affectionately, then pulled away and ruffled her mane. “And sorry again for… threatening your friends. I really thought, when I read that letter, that you were going out with six stallions, and as a big brother, I had to do something.” “Don’t worry about that, BBBFF.” The whistle of the train sounded, signaling that the train was about to depart. Shining got inside and found an empty sit next to the window. He opened it and continued his talk. “So, Twilight, you are serious about this dates.” “Yes, I’m completely serious about this and I can’t help but feel more excited with each second that passes.” Shining smiled. “Tell me, you think the one perfect for you is among the six of them? Will you be able to choose one?” “That… I don’t know. That’s something I hope the dates will help me with.” “And what if you can’t choose one? Will they be okay with that?” The train started to move, slowly gaining speed. Shining just closed the window and left Twilight to think in what he asked her. Twilight just watched the train get smaller in the distance until it disappeared. She then made her way to the library. She walked fast, as she had promised Trixie that today, no matter what happened, they would definitely start practicing some advanced magic. She gave some thought to what Shining told her. Tomorrow, was the day of her first date. She felt a bit nervous and anxious. ‘What if I can’t choose one? Will they be okay with that? Will I be okay with that?’ She just couldn’t wait to know the answer of that. She decided to change her thought to something that had been bugging her since yesterday. ‘Who sent that letter to Shining?’ Discord watched the lavender alicorn walk from up in the sky. “The fun starts tomorrow, and I don’t have any idea of what to do.” He tapped his chin, and shrugged, “I guess it will be a surprise, even for me…” “But then, what’s life without a few surprises?”