//------------------------------// // The Confession // Story: The Gift // by Twilicorn //------------------------------// "Pinkie, you awake?" Whispered Twilight over to the sleeping bag laying on the floor. It shook it's head, accompanied with a moan. "Pinkie's not awake right now. Please leave a message after the beep *beep*," Twilight chuckled at Pinkie's attempts to be asleep, and jumped on top of her. "Today's the day we tell our friends!" Cheered Twilight. Honestly, she was nervous, but she could either panic again or act unnaturally happy. Unnaturally happy was working for now, so she stuck with it. Pinkie grunted, then with a sudden burst of energy, pushed Twilight off of her. Twilight stumbled for a moment, then caught her balance and began attacking Pinkie with a pillow. Giggling, they rolled around, hitting each other with pillows and blankets until Spike opened the door. "Breakfast time! Rise and sh-woah!" He was hit in the face with a large pillow, causing him to almost drop the letter from Princess Celestia. "Twilight, you have a letter!" Twilight stopped fighting, magically snatching the letter and prying it open. She read through it quickly, then rolled it up, blushing heavily. "What's it say! What's it say?" Pinkie bounced around the room, almost trampling Spike. "Nothing!" Cried Twilight, as it was snatched by Pinkie. Dear Twilight Sparkle. I see you have a new special somepony. When's the wedding, my elements? I better be invited! Laughter and Magic... I always pictured Laughter and Loyalty. Ha, Luna! Told you Twilight wouldn't have a co- This is Luna now. I apologize for my sister's foalish behaviour, but I agree on one question. When's the wedding? The Princesses Twilight Sparkle blushed as Pinkie Pie read it aloud, and buried her head under a pillow. Spike grabbed her by the tail and pulled her out, dragging her to the breakfast table, which was set with tofu bacon, toast, and daffodil sauce. Pinkie looked at it once, before glaring at Spike. "WHERE ARE THE MUFFINS WITH FROSTING?" She yelled, shaking the bookshelves in the other room. "One moment, Mistress," muttered Spike, darting back in the kitchen and pulling the muffins out of the oven. He quickly frosted them, then carried them out to Pinkie. "Here." Then he sat down, eating the bacon hungrily. "Oh, Pinkie, that was mean!" Exclaimed Twilight, then leaning over to kiss Pinkie. "Uggh! I'm eating in my room! Yelled Spike, stomping off with his food. Pinkie broke away from Twilight, scarfing down the muffins quickly. Twilight also finished eating, and with a yell over her shoulder that she was leaving, she and Pinkie went to Rarity's boutique. ---*--- Twilight raised a hoof, and knocked on Rarity's door. They watched through the window as she set down her work and walked over to the door. "Ah, Twilight darling! Come in, please! And Pinkie!" Rarity led them over to a couch, where they sat down comfortably. "So what brings you to my business?" "Well..." started Twilight. "Pinkie and I... have news. We... are dating. As a couple. As marefriends. And as fillyfoolers." Rarity gasped, though her shock was short. "That's wonderful! Look at you two! Are you going to tell the others?" Rarity gushed, clapping her hooves together. "Yep, next is Fluttershy, then Applejack and finally Dashie." Pinkie had spoken that time, her voice strangely calm. Rarity babbled on about weddings and how wonderful this was as they carefully excused themselves from the boutique. ---*--- Pinkie knocked on Fluttershy's door, a strange, rhythmic knock that seemed to be created on the spur of the moment. "You can come in," squeaked Fluttershy, and the two mares followed her voice in and to a back room. She was feeding Angel a very complicated sundae, and as she finished, she trotted over to her friends. "What's going on, you guys?" She asked, leading them over to a wooden bench in her backyard. "We're dating!" Exclaimed Pinkie. She was taking over the show this time, for sure. Fluttershy smiled, and muttered something about 'saw it coming'. "That's great you guys! Who else have you told?" "Just Rarity, and the Princesses apparently," smiled Twilight Sparkle, remembering the letter that morning. "Well that's great you guys! Good luck!" ---*--- Pinkie and Twilight gave each other a glance before walking into Applejack's farm. Granny Smith was old-fashioned, and what if Applejack disagreed. "We have to do it." decided Twilight, walking through the gate. Applejack was bucking apples off of a nearby tree, and they bounced (or at least Pinkie did) towards her. "Hi y'all! What brings you to this side of Ponyville?" Applejack's western accent was accentuated with panting. It was clear she had been working since dawn, and it was scarcely 3 o'clock. "Pinkie and I are dating," rushed Twilight Sparkle, her eyes begging with Applejack to accept it. "Huh? What? Wait... No!" Applejack tore off towards her home, leaving Pinkie and Twilight in the dust, more confused than ever. Pinkie shrugged, her hair drooping just the smallest amount. Twilight leaned over and kissed her, and that small flatness was gone. "Let's go tell Dashie!" Exclaimed Pinkie, and they trotted off towards Dashie's house. Twilight cast a cloud walking spell, and grabbing onto Pinkie's back, with one swift jump, they were at Dashie's. "Uh... Hi?" Said Dashie, just waking from her nap. "What's up?" "We have news!" Yelled Pinkie. "We're dating!" Dash blinked slowly, then backed carefully away from them. "Get out! Your fillyfooling disease might be contagious! Stay out of my house!" Dashie leaned forward carefully, just far enough to slap Twilight swiftly in the face and push her off the cloud. Twilight fell, Pinkie grabbing onto her hooves. Suddenly, they landed in a large wheelbarrow of apples. "Applejack!" Yelled Pinkie, unharmed from the fall. Twilight, however, had a quickly forming bruise on her face, and a twisted ankle on her back hoof. "Now settle down there Pinkie! I think Twilight's hurt! When I realized you guys were going to tell Dashie, I remembered how she doesn't exactly accept everything. Loyalty can't last forever," she added sadly, hoisting Twilight on her back. "Now let's get you to the Hospital, for at least a check up!" ---*--- Twilight laid on the bed that had been made for her by Spike at home. Nurse Redheart had said she was fine for the most part, and gave her a brace for her ankle. Pinkie was sniffling, sad but not flat maned in the corner, and Applejack had gone to talk with Rainbow Dash. She shifted, and Pinkie looked up at her from the puddle she had cried earlier. "I'm so terrible Twilight! I let her attack you, and I didn't even fight back! What kind of pony am I?" She whimpered, and the puddle was growing into a pond. Despite the strain, Twilight cast a water holding spell on the water that was probably going to flood the basement, and put Pinkie in a large inflatable pool. "It's not your fault Pinkie! You didn't have any time to react anyways." She clambered out of bed, hobbling on three legs, and used her magic to fill the pool with water. Smiling, she began doing a dorky 3-legged doggy paddle, while Pinkie began bouncing lightly. "So you forgive me Twilight?" "Of course!" Exclaimed Twi, kissing Pinkie's wet (yet somehow still springy) mane. Suddenly, Spike walked in. "First off, I don't want anything happening in that pool," he numbered on his claws, "And secondly, the basement is flooded a little Twi. Any spells?" Twilight grinned and chuckled to herself, before casting a spell that lifted all the water into the nearby river. Pinkie and Twilight kissed again, when there was a bang of a door opening, and the sound of a pony being dragged in. "Who's there?" Yelled Twilight, wondering if her house had been broken into. "I's me," grunted Applejack through gritted teeth. She was dragging Rainbow Dash, who was lightly flying to avoid touching anything in Twilight's home. "Now say it, Dash!" "I'm sorry," grunted Dashie, her teeth bared. "But it's still weird!" Twilight and Pinkie grinned at each other, then grabbed Applejack and Dash and pulled them in the pool. "Elements of Harmony Pool Party!" Exclaimed Twilight, mocking the Cutie Mark Crusaders. "Not yet, darling!" Smiled Rarity, as she did a graceful jump into the pool, followed by Fluttershy who flew carefully in the water, careful not to get her wings wet. Rainbow Dash grinned, and snuck under the water, then pulled Fluttershy down, so her whole body was soaked. The rest of the mares giggled, and they had a great party.