//------------------------------// // Surprises (Twilight and Celestia, Omniship, Romance/Friendship/Family) // Story: Bombastic Bookpony's Bazaar of Oneshots // by Bombastic Bookpony //------------------------------//         “I swear, the six of you are the strangest, most wonderful ponies I have ever seen in my life, and for me, that’s saying something.”         Twilight tore her eyes away from her-their beautiful airship. “I fail to see what you mean, Princess. We are just average newlyweds, going on a wild honeymoon.”         Celestia giggled. “Wild. That’s exactly the right word. Most ponies’ ideas of a wild honeymoon is going to some tourist trap for a week, seeing some sights, renting a hotel room, and well, in the next step, let’s just say my name is thrown around quite a bit,” she said with a wink, obviously enjoying Twilight’s deep blush. All these years, and the Princess could still get to her like that. “But you six? You’re going to spend a hundred days going around the world!”         “What can I say, Princess? We want our honeymoon to be special, and this just works for everybody! I get to see the world and take notes, Pinkie gets to meet new ponies and Griffons and such, Rarity gets to go to the cultural hotspots and see the fashion, Applejack gets to see their cooking, Shy gets to see new animals, and Dash gets to race dragons or find some sort of crazy trouble to get herself in. Besides,” Twilight’s voice lowered, getting sultry, “Being in that enclosed machine for a hundred days, just the six of us? I think your name will be thrown around a lot, Princess.” Celestia sputtered for a second, and Twilight took in the glory of throwing off her teacher. When she recovered, Celestia only smiled. “Ah, the student has become the master, I see. Seems like only yesterday that being close to ponies even in a strictly friendship sense was embarrassing for you.”         “It does, doesn’t it? To think, there was a time I didn’t know these ponies at all. Not their names, not their jobs, not even where they live. I was completely unaware of their very existence! I feel so sorry for past me.”         “Don’t, my dear, Every last choice of hers, every step she took, led her to this moment. She found the happiness she didn’t even know she wanted. And everypony, from her family to her teacher, couldn’t be prouder of her.” Twilight smiled at her mentor, eyes wet. “Thank you.” Celestia only nodded. Pinkie stuck her head out one of the windows. “Twilight! We’re all set to go! We can’t leave without our Chief Smarty Pants!” “I’m coming!” Twilight called back. She faced her teacher. “Thank you, for letting this happen.” “Come now, Twilight. All I did was let you stay in Ponyville. I’d have been a heartless monster to say no.”         Twilight just smirked. “You know what I’m talking about. I’m not stupid, Princess. You planned it all out from the start, getting us Elements together. The fate of the world really did rely on me making friends.” She chuckled to herself.         Celestia just looked at that beautiful airship, painted with each of their colors and smiled. “Yes, I planned for the six of you to come together as the Elements of Harmony, as friends. But this? I could never plan something this perfect.”         “Yeah. Plans have a tendency to develop in ways you don’t expect. My girls taught me that that’s not always a bad thing. See you soon, Princess.” She gave her a quick nuzzle before trotting into the airship. And as Celestia watched it take to the skies, she marveled at the fact that somehow, after all this time, her little ponies just kept surprising her. And she wouldn’t have it any other way.