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// Darts by The Princess Rarity 
// Story: Magic of Love: A Twidance Prompt Collab 
// by ArguingPizza 
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by The Princess Rarity
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"Hey, what's got you down?" Cadence spoke up, as she entered her friend's bedroom. "You haven't been at school in a few days."

"What do you think? I'm sick," Twilight muttered.

Cadence raised an eyebrow and let out a soft laugh. "I know you better than that, Twilight," she said.

With a scowl, Twilight crossed her forehooves. "So?" she mumbled.

"So what's wrong?" Cadence asked. "I know you're not sick. Your parents told me you're fine."

"I don't wanna talk about it," Twilight grumbled.

"Was it the bullies?" Cadence inquired in concern. She let out a frustrated sigh. "And if it was Blueblood again, I swear, that boy won't live to see the next sunrise."

"No, it wasn't them," Twilight said, with a pout. "They left me alone after the time I turned their leader into a frog."

Cadence stifled a laugh. "Now, I would have loved to see that," she mused. "But still, what's going on?"

A halfhearted, almost forced, smile made it's way on Twilight's expression. "It's nothing," she lied.

"I foalsat you for almost five years -- I can see right through your fibs," Cadence pointed out.

"I..." Twilight frowned, and swallowed. "Moondancer was cheating on me. We broke up," she admitted. "She was with some crazy disk jockey from the next town over. I just found out. It's been going on for months now. Everypony except me knew."

Cadence frowned. "You poor thing," she murmured. She climbed onto Twilight's bed and wrapped her wings around her friend. "C'mere."
Twilight nuzzled Cadence and let out a light whimper.

As she comforted Twilight, Cadence let her gaze wander around the room. Somehow, she managed to notice the hand-me-down dart board on the wall, and the open yearbook from last year on Twilight's dresser. The two things clicked together in Cadence's mind, and she levitated over the book, ripping out the picture of Moondancer.

Twilight glanced up and simply watched as Cadence pinned the picture to the board and levitated over the darts.

"One hundred points if you hit her in the eye," Cadence teased.

Twilight's smile twitched, and she coughed out a laugh.


~ x o x o ~


Twilight winced as she approached the master bedroom of the Crystal Castle. Cadence's crying could be heard from the hall, and going inside the bedroom was risky -- one would either witness her fury or depression. After all, the supposed love of her life had just broken her heart.

Still, it was only the right thing to do.

Twilight gently knocked on the door as she entered.

The sight was upsetting -- seeing her sister-in-law (or perhaps soon to be former sister-in-law) so ruined and broken.

"I'm... uh... sorry about what happened," Twilight muttered. "I already yelled at him, so don't worry."

Cadence let out a sniffle, and managed a nod as she barely moved in her bed. "Did you tell him I don't want him setting hoof in the Castle ever again?" she said softly, in a tone that was slightly harsh but mostly heartbroken.

Twilight slightly nodded. "Yeah, he ran out anyway," she replied.

"Good riddance," Cadence huffed. She levitated over a box of chocolates from the nightstand and popped one in her mouth.

"He did apologize, though," Twilight spoke up.

Cadence let out a very un-Princess-like snort. "So he goes off on a diplomacy meeting, cheats on me with some floozy and expects me to come crawling back after he says he's sorry?" she snapped. Her violet eyes were full of exhaustion and her expression was torn. "What an idiot. Does he think I'm stupid or something?"

Twilight shrugged. "We'll deal with him later," she assured. "But right now, I think I have something that will cheer you up."

Cadence grimaced. "Unless you have some more Ghirarfilly chocolates for me to drown my sorrows in, I don't think it'll help," she whined.

"Actually, in fact, I do have that--" Twilight said, with a halfhearted smile as she levitated over a bag of the candies. "And something else." With another part of her magic, she held up a dart board, with a picture of Shining Armor's face taped to it. "One hundred points if you hit him in the eye?"

Cadence wiped the chocolate from the sides of her mouth, and held out a hoof. "Give me those darts," she laughed.