It was already dawn by the time Twilight and I had finished reading the books, and trading information, not that Twilight needed it, she was just listening to me to make me feel like I’m helping. She’s read all the books, listening to her explain the Ursa Minor made something stir within me.
I certainly couldn’t allow myself to...fall in love...her voice was so...soothing… Everything about her made me feel warm inside.
“I actually helped put an Ursa Minor to sleep.” She said, and I snapped back into reality.
“That's really cool, Twilight! Don’t tell Rainbow Dash, but you’re the coolest of the Elements.” I joked, but my words were true, more than Twilight probably realized. She blushed and giggled. She made me feel so happy...her laugh was so adorable…
I shook my head, and read more of the book I was on.
“Shaking the cobwebs loose?” Twilight joked. I smiled at her, and she smiled at me. She then buried her face in the book she was on, purposely trying not to make eye contact. I laughed at this and put the book I was reading on the stack of those we’d read already.
“We’ve cleared this shelf too!” I pointed out.
“Now we get to organize them!” She said excitedly and stood up. She used her magic to start moving books to me, then I’d put them in alphabetical order. We finished organizing the shelf. Just as we were about to start on the third shelf, we heard a knock on the door. Spike opened it and Applejack was there with the other five ponies.
“We haven’t seen either of you all day! What have you been doing?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“We’ve been reading non stop!” exclaimed Twilight.
“Eggheads!” Rainbow joked. I grinned and picked up a book.
“Being an egghead is great!” I said happily, smiling at Twilight.
“I love to read, and so does Twilight.” I said.
“You two are perfect for each other!” joked Pinkie Pie. I laughed, and Twilight blushed as she giggled.
“I...I wanna do something important for the people of Equestria...” It was kind of random for me to say in this situation, but I wanted the six to know.
“Well, Twilight’s brother was the captain of the Royal Guard, but he’s in the Crystal Empire now…You could take his job.” suggested Rarity.
“No!” Twilight yelled suddenly. She put her hooves over her mouth and everyone in the room looked at her.
"I-I just..." She ran out of the room, and I looked confusedly at Rainbow Dash, who shrugged. The five ponies chased after their friend, I figured it best to wait in here.
"Did I cross the line? Should I apologize?" I thought to myself.
A few minutes later, Twilight returned with the other five ponies, her face red like a tomato. The five others were all grinning and giggling. I had no idea what was happening…
“Twilight, I’m sorry if you didn’t want me to take the job your brother had…”I started to say, but she cut me off.
“Its not that! I think you’d make an excellent Captain of the Royal Guard...but if you were...you’d have to move to Canterlot to be close to the Princess…” She said shyly, and blushing. I walked over to her, and knelt down.
“If you don’t want me to take the job...I could find a different way to help Equestria…” I said, getting closer to her. She looked at me, sadness in her eyes.
“You...You should do it…” She said sadly. I smiled and hugged her, she blushed at this. I don’t know why I felt like I had to say this, but…
“You...could come with me…Celestia would put us in a library, I’m sure, we’d even have more books to read.” I said, running my hand through her mane.
“But...I can’t...all my friends are here…” she said sadly.
“If you can’t come with me, then I’m not going.” I said firmly, she looked at me with big grateful eyes and hugged me. I hugged her back, and she nuzzled her face into me. I stroked her mane, we hugged for a while. I don’t know how long, but I know that I felt at peace the whole time.
After some time had passed, Twilight pulled away from the hug. I didn’t want to stop, but we did. I looked around and noticed that the other ponies had left. I walked over to the wall and sat in my usually place next to the door. I sat and thought about what I could do to help the citizens of Equestria...An idea suddenly popped into my head, I threw myself onto my feet.
“Spike! Spike I need your help!” Spike walked into the room, and I wrote onto a piece of parchment.
“Dear, Princess Celestia, this is Novy. I'm writing to you, because I had a question. I’ve wanted to do something for the people of Equestria since you made me a citizen, and I would like to know if it were possible to lead a guard stationed in Ponyville. I have the skills, and the capability to lead. With the possible threat of the Changelings, I think it would be a good idea.” I turned to Spike when I’d finished writing.
“Spike, how do I send a letter to the Princess?” I asked. Spike sighed and took the letter from me, green fire burst out of his mouth and burned the letter.
“Spike, that was important!” I yelled, feeling angry. Spike looked like he was about to sneeze, then green fire once again shot out and a letter hit me in the face, I caught it. I opened the letter and read it.
“Yes, I believe that would be a smart precaution to take, and I agree that you are capable of leading the guard. I hereby announce you Captain of the Royal Ponyville Guard.” I looked up from the letter smiling.
“Twilight! Twilight!” I yelled excitedly. She came into the room looking sad.
“I came up with a solution! I’m going to be The Captain of the Royal Ponyville Guard!” I exclaimed happily. I showed her the scroll and she read it. She looked up from the letter, smiling an even wider smile than mine. She hugged me tightly, and I blushed.
“I’m glad you’re staying…” She whispered in my ear. I tingled all over and hugged her tighter.
“I’m glad too…” I said softly back to her.