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// Repercussions, Part I 
// Story: Twilight and Blue Sword 
// by Rakoon1 
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Note: In this chapter we will see Twilight’s reaction after her first kiss with Blue Sword.

Twilight returned to the Crystal Empire as quickly as she could, almost landing in the entrance and entering suddenly, what surprised the guards who were guarding the entrance. She ran through the palace, in the direction of her room. She didn’t notice that she went through Cadance and Shining.

"Hello, Twilight, I see that you returned from your..." Shining began.

But she ignored him, passing by him.

"What's wrong with her?" Shining asked. "She seemed... upset."

"I don’t know" replied Cadance although suspecting of what had happened. "I honestly don’t know."

"I'd better go talk with her" Shining said, starting to move forward.

But then Cadance stopped him and said:

"Maybe it is better to be me to talk with Twilight."

"Cadance, I'm her brother" Shining said. "It is my duty as such to make sure if it's all okay with her. You know I swore I would take care of Twilight. Besides, Twilight and I always shared everything. Well, almost everything."

"I know, sweetheart, but you have to understand that sometimes there are issues that we would not talk to our older brother" Cadance said. 

"What kind of issues, anyway?" Shining asked, frowning a little suspicious. 

"You know, issues" Cadance replied. 

But seeing Shining’s distrust was still hovering in the air, Cadance said, to escape to that inquisitive look from her husband: 

"Ok, I think I better go see what's wrong with Twilight." 

And she went away hurriedly. 

"Something's going on here. And I'm gonna find out what it is" he said.

Twilight came to the hallway of her quarters, reached her door and entered in her room, slamming the door. That made the door of Rarity’s room open and she and Pinkie Pie put their heads out. 

"What was that?" Rarity asked.

"Is not it obvious, silly billy?" Pinkie said. "It was just Twilight entering in her room." 

"Yeah, Pinkie, I realized that" Rarity said. "But I want to know is why Twilight entered in her in that way." 

It was then Cadance arrived. 

"Oh, Princess Cadance, thank Celestia you're here" Rarity said. "Twilight went into her room like a hurricane." 

"I know" Cadance replied. "She passed by me and Shining and didn’t even notice us. I just hope that our plan has not gone wrong."

"Oh no!" Pinkie exclaimed, in her dramatic excited tone. "That would be a calamity, a disaster, a scourge, a..." 

But she did’t finish just because Rarity magically sealed her lips, saying, while freeing her: 

"We know, Pinkie, you don’t have to say that in such a redundant way."

"Sorry, but I have been studying the dictionary and I memorized all the words that there is in it for, you know, have a greater and more eloquent vocabulary... and also to realize what Twilight says when she speaks in that strange way of egghead" Pinkie said. "The problem now is that I have nowhere to use the new words I know, so I take each situation to say as much I can." 

"Girls, we must focus on the elephant in the room, remember?" Cadance asked. 

"Wait, there's an elephant here?" Pinkie Pie asked, starting to jump and look everywhere. "Where? Where? Where? "

"Pinkie, calm down!" Rarity said, stopping Pinkie with her magic and bringing her to the place where she was. "It was just a way of speaking. Cadance was saying that we should focus on Twilight."

"Oh, it's a shame" Pinkie said, disappointed. "I would love to see the elephant."

Cadance went to the door and knocked. 

"Twilight!" She called. "Can we come in?" 

But they didn’t hear any answer. Cadance, Rarity and Pinkie exchanged a look and then the first used her magic to open the door. The room was dark and Twilight was lying on her bed, with her back to the door. Cadance, advanced towards her, while Rarity and Pinkie Pie remained in the place where they were. She came to Twilight’s bed, going to the other side and nesting to level her eyes with hers. 

"Come on, tell me, what happened?"

"Oh, Cadance, something happened that should not have happened..." Twilight said. 

"Come on, tell me. You know I'm here for that."

Twilight hesitated, but she knew that she could count tell to Cadance even her most secret secrets. She made a deep breath and said: 

"I went to a place that Rarity and Pinkie told me. It is in the northeast of the Crystal Empire."

"You're talking about the Oasis of the Heart, don’t you?" Cadance asked. 

Twilight nodded. 

"And did you find it?" 

Twilight nodded once more. 

"And how is it?"

"Well, I don’t know how to describe it" Twilight replied, standing and sitting. "It's the most beautiful place I've ever seen. Trees whose leaves have a red light and radiate flowers with an immense and delicious smell and, in the center, there is a lake with an island where there was the biggest and oldest tree of all the trees that were there and it was by far the most beautiful I had ever seen. All it glowed and radiated light."

But then the enthusiasm of Twilight was replaced by a certain melancholy and she said: 

"Of course that the oasis was not the only thing I found." 

And she lay down again. 

"I'm all ears" Cadance said. 

"As I explored the oasis, I found myself with somepony" Twilight said. "With Blue." 

"And something happened, right?" Cadance asked. 

"Well, it happens that we..." Twilight began, hesitating to say the last words. "We gave a kiss."

When she said that, it heard little squeaks that were from Pinkie Pie and Rarity. They, seeing Twilight and Cadance looking at them, smiled and blushed while Rarity said: 

"Sorry, we got excited." 

Cadance then turned his attentions to Twilight and told her: 

"But Twilight, that's wonderful. It was your first kiss. Unless... he didn’t like it."

"Actually... he said he liked the kiss" Twilight confessed.

Upon hearing that, Rarity and Pinkie Pie wanted to make another squeak, but Cadance created a soundproof bubble that has prevented them from hear the squeak. When they stopped, the bubble disappeared. 

"But that means he likes you" Cadance said. "It means that your feeling is mutual for him." 

"I'm not sure, Cadance" Twilight said. "I mean, he is my brother’s best friend. I don’t know if he really liked the kiss we gave." 

Cadance sighed and realized she had to tell to Twilight about the true power of the Oasis of the Heart. 

"Twilight, look at me." 

She did so and Cadance continued: 

"You know, the Oasis of the Heart is much more than a shelter from the arctic or a place full of beauty and light. It has a secret power. It can reach the heart of the ponies and boost their emotions and feelings."

"So you're saying that everything I felt when I met Blue there, all my wishes to come to the fore, it was all because of the oasis?" 

Cadance waved. Upon hearing that, Twilight began to ration and then realized. 

"Wait, you three have planned all this?" She asked to Cadance, Rarity and Pinkie Pie, sitting. 

The last two gave nervous smiles, but Cadance said: 

"Maybe we could have arranged a way to you both meet each other in the Oasis of the Heart. But it was not our responsibility what happened there."

Although Twilight feels deceived and manipulated, she could not get angry with her friends. After all, they just did what they thought was best for her.

"Twilight, you're not mad, are you?" Pinkie Pie asked. 

"If you are, we are so sorry" Rarity said. 

"Don’t worry, girls" Twilight answered them with a slight smile. "I'm not angry with you." 

"And I don’t know if you realized, but you were not the only one to be under the oasis’ influence" Cadance said. "Twilight, if Blue liked your kiss, it's because he really liked it. It is almost impossible to hide what you feel at that oasis."

Hearing what Cadance said, an immense happiness was born in Twilight. After all, maybe Blue felt for her what she felt for him. However, her insecurity about everything was placed on the plate of the scale that was the opposite of the one that contained all these thoughts, rebalancing everything. Blue might have enjoyed the kiss, but that doesn’t mean he truly felt love for her.

"I don’t know" she confessed. "I still have much to think about. I don’t know if I'm ready for all this."
"Sure" Cadance said. "We will give you all the time you need. Right, girls?"

Rarity and Pinkie Pie waved. Twilight smiled at the three. It was good to have friends like them. After Cadance rose up and headed to the bedroom door, exiting with Pinkie Pie and Rarity. 

When they came out, Twilight dropped down again on the bed, fixing the roof. That day had been loaded with a lot of emotions. First, she met Blue Sword again, then the two gave a kiss and after that she discovered that it is possible that Blue had reciprocal feelings towards her. Twilight’s head was a real mess, but she was determined to organize everything and decide what to do.