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// And That's Sometimes Hard To Take 
// Story: A Compendium Of Cute 
// by TwilightTheAlicorn 
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	"S-s-she-e-e do-oesn't-t lo-o-o-ove me-e! She-e ha-ates-s me!" The sounds of a distraught filly sobbing reached my ears even through the soundproofed doors. "Princess Celestia thinks I'm a bad pony!" I sighed. That little filly was awfully impressionable, if she thought I didn't like her anymore.
"Twilight Sparkle, please, let me in. I need to talk to you." I asked, my voice gentle yet firm.
"Princess! I-I… But… You… Why do you want to talk to me? I'm not a good student!"
"Oh, Twilight. You are one of the best students I have ever had. Please, my little pony, may I come in?"
"Y-yes, Princess." the filly sighed as the doors became enveloped in magenta magic.
"Thank you, my faithful student. Now, why in Equestria would you believe that I don't like you?" I asked.
"I was wrong! Teachers don't like wrong answers, and I gave you a wrong answer, so why would you still like me?" I held back a chuckle. This was what I had seen in the unicorn, the one thing that I feared could hold her back. I was glad to get to it early.
"Oh, Twilight. You  are the smartest and most powerful student I have ever had. May I tell you a story?" I asked.
"Yes!" Twilight smiled brightly, her previous trouble almost forgotten.
I began with the traditional Equestrian opening:
"Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria, there were two young alicorn fillies.


"Can't catch me!" a blue filly with a crescent moon cutie mark yelled.
"Can too!" an older white alicorn replied as she ducked in front of a tree.
"Tia!" The blue alicorn had doubled back, attempting a pass at her sister. Tia had caught her, ending the game.
"Told you, Lulu! Now bow down before the ultimate power of Tia Solaris Rex!" Tia crowed. The entire town square turned to look at the Princesses and promptly obeyed the order of the elder sister.
"Ha! Not me! I am Luna Moonbeam Rex, Bringer of the Moon and Stars! You shall one day cower before Us as befits a Queen!" Little Lulu joked. The ponies in the square obeyed. All but one.
"Luna Moonbeam Rex! Celestia Solaris Rex! We do not abuse power this way! Come with me immediately! We are sorry, citizens of Everfree. Our children will not behave this way again, and know that before they are grown mares, they will know the proper way to behave." an older mare, taller than the average Alicorn, with a starry, ethereal mane, boomed. Her children skulked over to her side.
"Sorry, Mommy, but Tia started it!"
"Lulu dared me to catch her! It's her fault!" The bickering began.
"Girls, stop it! Now! That is no way for anypony to behave in public. You are both old enough to behave, so act like it! For now, you are to attend to your studies. Go see Mr. Books. Now." Galaxia chided.
"Yes, Mommy." Lulu said dejectedly.
"Yes, Mother. Right away." Tia said, her voice gaining an air of responsibility. "Come on, Lulu. We have work to do."
"Those girls," Galaxia sighed, "will always be tricksters, but I will always love them regardless."


"Wow! So Queen Galaxia didn't care what they did, as long as they made up for it? She sounds like the best mommy ever!" Twilight Sparkle's eyes sparkled, true to her name, and her voice was laced with awe.
"She was, my little Twilight. She was."