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// Chapter 11: Truth or... More Truth 
// Story: Twilight's Love Story: Part One 
// by Derpyforever 
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Chapter 11: Truth or... More truth
"You mean to tell me that you passionately, and not accidently, kissed a pony who is not Twilight," Randy exclaimed.
"Well I never said Twilight and I... that's not the point. My family has held a grudge against Fluttershy's family ever since that night, and I had too obey to never have anything to do with her or her family again. Of course that broke my heart, but thanks to my siblings and loyal cousin, I was able to move on. I worked on my talent as a guards pony and fell in love with Twilight the moment I saw her with Princess Celestia at the Grand Galaping Gala a few years ago. However, when I saw Fluttershy with Twilight a few days ago, I have been thinking that my family not approve me with Twilight.
"Why wouldn't they?"
"Come on Randy, you know how my family is, headstrong."
"Well... does Fluttershy know?" 
"I don't think so."
"You don't think Fluttershy knows what," exclaimed a very high and hyper voice, making Flash and Randy jump.
It was Pinkie Pie doing... well... what Pinkie does. Matt and Winny soon appeared from the darkness down from the corridor, breathing heavily.
"How...Is that...pony...so...fast," panted Winny.
"Well if you two would have stopped your sibling rivalry for a moment, you probably would have caught up."
"Yeah guys come on, you two are always... How do you know that they are siblings," Flash turned to Pinkie.
"Flash, she knows we're all siblings," Matt said, "I may have blurted it out."
"No-no-no this is bad... real bad," Flash mumbled.
"Why are you three so paranoid about being siblings," Pinkie asked.
"Because family are not allowed in the same squad. However, our mother wanted us watching each others backs, therefore we act as if we are just three very good friends."
"Then what about him," Pinkie pointed to Randy, "is he like a cousin or something."
"Oh don't worry about me, I'm actually just a friend," Randy said.
"Pinkie, now that you know our secret, you can NOT tell anypony, Ok." Flash said.
"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye," Pinkie recited. Everypony just looked at her, "what? If you knew me what I just did makes perfect sense... just take it as a yes."
"Well now that's cleared up," Matt declared, " where are the others?"
"We decided to split up to search for Rarity...,where's Rainbow Dash," Flash asked.
"She is missing as well," Winny said. 
All of a sudden, a purpleish glow came upon the walls. 
"It's Twilight," Pinkie exclaimed, and ran in the direction of the source of the glow, followed by the rest of the group.
Meanwhile, Applejack was making a shaky recovery after Twilight had cast an amnesia spell on her.
"Woo doggy, ah sure have one mighty headache, ah think ah'm going to walk ahead and see if ah can sort ma head out," with that she took a few strides ahead, just out of earshot.
"Umm Twilight," Fluttershy whispered... or talked normally, " umm, if you don't mind me asking, but Applejack said something about you having a secret, before she passed out. Umm, do you think you could, you know, tell me."
Twilight was silent for a moment, then said, "ok, but you have to swear to tell nopony."
"I swear," Fluttershy said.
"No... Pinkie Pie swear," Twilight said.
"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye," Fluttershy quietly chanted.
"Ok," Twilight took a deep breath in, "here it goes."
"I-,"
"Yes," Fluttershy starred gleefully.
"I-,"
"Yes,"
"I- have a crush on Flash."
Fluttershy stood there for a moment, then said, "I don't think that is much of a secret."
"No, I mean that I have met Flash before... sort of."
"Really? When?"
"At an opera."
"An opera... is it possible..."
"Is what possible?"
"It's just... I remember something... its a little fuzzy... never mind, I can't remember, continue."
"Well, Princess Cadance, my foal sitter at the time, had gotten sick and was not able to foal sit for the day while my parents attended family matter. So Shining, my big brother, was the only option available..."
(Flashback)
"Alright Twily... it looks like it's just you and me. What do you wanna do," said a teenage Shining, younger Shining did not look much different then older Prince Shining, his horn was a little smaller and came to a more of a stub, and he was not as big, but overall looked pretty much the same.
"I dunno... what do you wanna do, B.B.B.F.F." echoed a eleven year old Twilight. Besides having no wings or being much smaller, foal Twilight look exactly the same.
"I dunno... what do you wanna do?"
"I dunno...what do you wanna do?"
I du... oh come here you little foal," Shining chuckled, tickling his little sis.
"Shining... stop," gasped a laughing Twilight, "I give up... Uncle, Uncle."
"Ha, I always win," smirked Shining as he stopped.
"Not this time," Twilight exclaimed, "Sneak Attack!" Twilight tackled her brother to the floor and started nibbling on his hoof."
"Oh no," Shining pretended to be wounded, "I surrender,  you are a true master of uncle."
"Ha," stood up into a pretending-to-pose-in-victory Twilight, " I claim this victory, for Queen Twilight."
Shining stood up and bowed, "Upon losing this battle, I am your humble servant for Twenty-Four hours. What do you request your majesty."
Twilights stomach grumbled. "I request a breakfast fit for a Queen," she declared. Then she was scooped up by Shining and put on his back. "Then," he yelled, " to Joe's Donut we go." With that, Shining, with Twilight tightly holding on, ran to their favorite Donut shop.
After taking there seats, Twilight and Shining started talking.
"Soooo, I hear you got a crush on Cadance," Twilight teased.
"No I don't," Shining said banefully.
Twilight gasped, "You do! My Brothers gotta crush, my brothers gotta crush."
"Zip it," Shining threaten, realizing ponies were starting to stare at the singing foal and her highly red brother.
"Shining and Cadance sitting in a tree K-I-S-..." Shining stuck his hoof in her mouth.
"I said zip it," Shining blushing deeper than he ever had. 
After receiving there food from the sniggering waiter, Twilight noticed a poster on the window.
"Hey look, the opera is playing tonight. Let's go see it."
"Oh no, there is no way I am sitting through some boring, old opera."
"Ok, then maybe I can have my first sleepover, just me and you."
"Uhh, sleepover?"
"Yeah, it could be fun. We can have makeovers, tall about colt bands, and watch mushy, romantic movies."
Shining sat there eyes widen, "so when is the opera again?"
The two ponies had to take a train since the opera was outside of Canterlot, but not to far. Once they arrived, they went inside and took some seats.
"I'm so excited I get to see my first opera, I mean I have read about them, and now I'm going to see one. Thank You Thank You Thank You Thank You. Shining shhh, it's starting," Twilight exclaimed. Shining just rolled his eyes, but once it started, he fell asleep.
A few minutes went by, and Twilight was watching every moment until a young colt sat next to her and started throwing popcorn at people.
'Well that is not very nice,' she thought. She turned and looked at her brother, who was snoring quietly. She turned back to tell the pony to stop but he had moved back to his family. That's when she saw the orange coat colt with brown hair with a streak of blue. All of a sudden, she felt her heart pounding faster, She felt her face starting to heat up, and her legs shaking. She stood there staring for a moment, then snapped out of it when she saw the other pony who was throwing popcorn wave a hoof in front of the one she was staring at. Then realized the pony she was staring was fixated on something. She followed his gaze until she saw what he was looking at, then felt of twinge of jealousy when it was another mare.
She looked at his brother again, who was still sleeping through the opera, then said, "Sweet dreams B.B.B.F.F." She looked back at the colt to see he was talking to the other mare. Her jealousy shot higher than before when they ran off together. She was about to run after them, until she was grabbed by the neck. 
"Now where do you think you are going," it was Shining, who, unfortunately, woke up just in time to see Twilight leave.
"Well... I got hungry, and... you were asleep..."
"Then just tell me, I wouldn't mind. Anything to get out of here. Come on, let's go to the snack bar."
They were about to approach the snack bar, until they heard "NO" being yelled. 
"Maybe this is a bad time," Shining said. However, Twilight didn't listen, and ran to the snack bar,"Twily wait!"
She saw the colt and mare being dragged apart. 
"You are grounded for the next six months mister," the colt's mother yelled before leaving.
"Then I will return back here then," the colt yelled back
"Six months," Twilight whispered.
(Present)
"Wow... I never would have guessed," Fluttershy said, "umm not to get off topic or anything, but what did the mare look like?"
"Ohh uh," Twilight stuttered and surprised, "I think she had a green mane and, umm, a blue coat."
"Ohh... I thought for a second... but like I said, it was a fuzzy memory. It might not even be real, I guess I will see how Applejack is doing," and she flew ahead to catch AJ.
"Ohh Fluttershy, one day you will remember. One day. And when that day comes, our friendship will be tested."
(Flashback... again)
Six months after the opera, Twilight snuck away from her family and went looking around Cloudsdale in a hot air ballon, in search for the colt. She was about to give up until she saw an orange blur head for the ground. Curios, she head for where the blur went.
When she landed, and walked around, she was horrified of what she saw. The colt she loved kissing the pink mane, yellow coated pegasus she saw at the opera. 
Without thinking, Twilight ran with tears in her eyes. She kept running until she bumped into Shining, who was furious.
"Twilight," he scolded, "Why in all of Equestria did you run away, we all been worried sick when we saw you were gone! What were you thinking!"
"I didn't think," she put her hand over her heart, "I died." 
(To Be Continued...)