I woke up the next morning with the sun's rays beating down on my face. Today was the day I make my move. I let out a yawn and slid out of bed. I looked over at Spike who was still sleeping in his little bed. I decided not to wake him and headed downstairs. I opened the front door and stepped outside, taking in the morning air.
I made my way through Ponyville, stopping in front of Sugarcube Corner. Ever since Pinkie Pie and the Cake family moved away, this place has become a restaurant. Ponies always come here for breakfast now because the food is just so good. Anyways, I entered and found an empty table. I sat down and thought about how I was going to approach the pegasus. Would she find it weird that I felt something? Me being a mare and all? Or would she not mind? I had no idea what to expect or how I would feel afterwards. Especially if she said no. A unicorn approached my table, a clipboard and a pen hovering next to her.
"Can I get you anything?" she asked in a kind voice.
I wasn't sure if she was really happy working here or if it was in the job description.
"I'll just have some toast with butter." I said.
"Sure thing." she said with a smile, heading towards the back room.
I laid my head down on the table and thought about... well... everything. Everything from when I first arrived in Ponyville to this moment. All the friends I made. All the adventures I went on. Everything. And to think I wound up here was almost unreal. ow could everything have gone so well and then all at once become unbearable. That's exactly how I felt when I heard of Rainbow Dash's passing. And then I saw that pegasus and everything lit up inside me. I HAD to meet her. She was the one.
"Here you go." said the unicorn, setting a plate of toast down in front of me.
I watched her walk away and then looked down at the toast. A raise one of them to my mouth and took a bite. Just then a light blue unicorn sat down at my table with me. She set down a plate of eggs.
"Hiya, Twilight." she said.
"Hey, Heartstrings." I said, taking another bite.
"What's up?" she asked.
"Oh, nothing." I said. "I just..."
I stopped when I saw her. The pegasus. She was getting up from one of the tables and began making her way to the front door. Heartstrings followed my gaze and saw her, too. She gave me a look.
"You like her?" she asked.
"Huh? What?" I said quickly, snapping out of my trance. "No. I, uh..."
"It's all right." Heartstrings said with a laugh. "I know what you're going through."
"You do?" I asked, setting the piece of toast back on the plate.
"You know Lyra?" she asked me, moving her plate to the side.
This surprised me.
"Y-you... are in love with... Lyra?"
"What?" Heartstrings asked, apparently shocked by what I said. "No. She's my sister."
"So, what about her?"
"She's going out with a mare."
"Really?" I asked. Finally. Somepony going through exactly what I was going through. "How's it going?"
"Extremely well, actually." She let out a laugh. "A lot better than I had originally thought, too."
I quickly stood up and ran for the door. I could hear her yelling but couldn't make out what she was saying. I looked around and caught a glimpse of the pony. She was rounding a corner. I took off as fast as I could. I rounded the corner and couldn't see her. I had lost her again. Why does this keep happening. I backed up to go home and bumped into somepony. I turned around and found myself face-to-face with... her.
"You following me?" she asked me.
"Well, uh..." I hesitated. "Yes."
"Why?" she asked curiously.
She didn't seem weird or anything. She seemed like a normal everyday pony.
"I wanted to, uh..." I tried to think of what to say. I suddenly said something without thinking. "I wanted to meet you."
"Really?" she asked. I said nothing. "I've seen you around town. And every time I did, you were looking at me. What's up?"
I started to blush and sweat. I was so nervous, I couldn't think straight.
"I... uh..." I stammered.
"It's all right." the pegasus finally said. "I was watching you, too."
"Say what?" I asked, shocked.
The pegasus smiled. "Wanna hang out sometime?"
I hesitated for I don't know how long. "Okay." I finally said.
"Names' Pepper Mint."
"Twilight." I said, almost trance-like.
"See ya tomorrow, Twilight." Pepper Mint said before walking off.
I was left standing alone, in shock from what happened. She finally spoke to me. And we're gonna hang out later. And what did she mean when she said that she was watching me as well? How long has she been watching me. And why was she watching me? One way or another, I would find out.