//------------------------------// // School Girl Crush // Story: Gems and Jewels // by FIeetfoot //------------------------------// Gems and Jewels Author: Fleetfoot Editor: Silver Spoon The moon shone brightly through a window. Princess Celestia had just risen the moon and everypony appeared to be at rest. However, Canterlot is a place were most ponies don't rest. The streets are quite busy and the traffic had only died down a little. A teenager appeared to be flipping through a book, only to find all of them blank. Her quill was briefly dipped into a small pot of ink before writing. She levitated what seemed to be a brown book with flowers on it. Her mane was a lilac purple that perfectly matched her orchid colored coat. Sparkler, that was her name. Her cutiemark represents her passions for crafting and selling jewelry by three diamonds on her flank. She would sometimes make jewelry out of beads, but she never had known that would be her destiny. Sparkler's writing was ever so elegant. Her pen perfectly placed at the top left corner of the page. Then she began to write slowly, and gracefully. The letters eventually spelled out School Girl Crush. She lowered her pen about a centimeter on the page and wrote, March 2nd. March 2nd It's been a week since mom, dad, and I moved to Canterlot. I go to this school called Canterlot High. Everypony seems nice, but they never notice little town folk like me. I've been having a strong feeling around a stallion. After a conference with all of my best friends, Twilight Sparkle and Lyra. Well, Twilight Sparkle was some-what of a help. She has been going to this magic school, and after a quick tumble we became best friends. Lyra on the other hand, was more like the new girl at school seeking friends. Just like me! Her name is Lyra, hard to pronounce through her braces but I figured it out. She seems more like a teal color type of pony. Lyra is quite the energetic nerd you might say. She's more of the laid back and easily distracted ponies. Although, she jumps at the name of her favorite character, Nightmare Moon. Legend has it that a mare was locked in the moon forever, and that mare's name was Nightmare Moon. That's just a legend of course, I find it foolish to believe in. But back to what I was focusing on. Twilight Sparkle helped by making us read the entire list of Canterlot's inhabitants. Sometimes befriending a bookworm backfires, when it comes to needing information. Anyways we gathered at my apartment. Oops! I forgot to mention since mom had a slow mail day. We don't have much money until dad invents some sort of time machine. Luckily, we had enough to buy an apartment big enough for all three of us. Well anyways, we gathered in my room on the carpet. This is pretty much how the conversation went: "I'm surprised you have your first crush! It says here that his name is Comet Tail. He is a school genius! I'm surprised he doesn't go to my academy!" Twilight exclaimed, while showing pictures of him over Hoofbook. "Twilight, you know he isn't a unicorn like you right?" I ask in a concerned voice. I'm sure Twilight had already figured out he wasn't a unicorn. But that still wouldn't stop Twilight from making googly eyes over him. "Well, I've seen him around school a lot. Normally hanging around the nerds. Like Shining Armor!" Lyra said cheerfully. "You mean my older brother?" Twilight asked. "Of course! This provides an opening for Sparkler." Lyra soon lifted herself to her hooves and gazed out the window. "What type of opening?" I ask. Twilight was still reading a news article about him, while Lyra stared at the city lights. It's like I couldn't even get their attention for one second! Twilight finally stopped reading and scratched her mane with her hoof. Maybe she had heard my request for an opening and was already planning an opening. "Well, I assume I could distract my brother while you go at it with Comet Tail. Of course we would have to distract the other nerds. But I believe Lyra can handle that," Twilight explained. "Yeah, yeah. I'll take care of that." By this time Lyra had already sat down beside me and was levitating a small object. "Well, ladies I'd say we've got this whole thing planned out!" I said cheerfully. Of course later on into the night they had to leave. I don't really do much the rest of that night. Just a quick run-over of the plan and I'm off to bed! It was a normal day in Canterlot. A bright sunny day, as the sounds of joyful ponies filled the air. They had long forgotten of the crimes that had been committed long ago. Everypony felt safe as they walked down alley ways. Dinky Doo however, never forgot the stories her sister had told her when she was younger. She remembered how dangerous those criminals were. They were given nicknames because of their crimes. Purpleflash because of her speed, and Blaster because of her ability to, well blast ponies. Although, there was something off about Sparkler's way of telling the story. It seemed to be a little fishy you might say. Nevertheless, Dinky kept searching for a book to read, when she finally came across an old book. It appeared like a worthless book until she read the title, Sparkler's Diary. She quickly opened it and stopped on the second page. It wouldn't hurt to skip forward a little bit, she thought. Dinky began reading, and smiled at the thought of her sister. A few months before she had moved to Ponyville to continue her career as a jeweler. Eventually, she found a place to stay and made enough money off of selling her jewelry. She was a successful pony, and Dinky wouldn't be surprised if Sparkler raised her own foals to be successful also. Dinky shook the thought away and continued. March 5th Good day Canterlot! Or should I say good night? I do most of these entrees at night when I have the time. It has been one day every since the plan was launched, and I think Comet Tail is beginning to fancy me. He says "hi" every once in a while to me in the hallway. I think he may have a crush on me too! This is awesome! My first crush and he likes me back! Instead I was intending to talk about a strange way Comet Tail acts around me. He starts to get really clumsy, and landed flat on his face once. I'm not sure what's going on here. But I'm certain he has a crush on me! He told me to call him Comet, and I shall do so. April 1st It's been a long time since I have written in here. Well what the heck! Time for an entry! It's almost summer! Well, about one month away. I cannot wait to go to the summer sun celebration! I cant believe I will get to see the real thing in Canterlot! Here is what it said on Ponypedia: Summer Sun Celebration An ancient book written about sixty years ago, contains the legend of the Mare in the Moon, who is set to return and bring everlasting night "on the longest day of the thousandth year"–the summer solstice–since her defeat, which is also the thousandth year of the Summer Sun Celebration. Princess Celestia sends a pony each year to oversee the preparations for the celebration in Canterlot, where it's being held this year. Nightmare Moon claims to have been imprisoned for a thousand years, so this indicates that the first celebration happened after Luna was imprisoned. It is a celebration of Celestia imprisoning her and restoring the sun to Equestria. I can't believe it! Comet Tail invited me to his formal party as a "friend". I don't know how you invite a female friend to a formal party as a "friend", but he did. April 22 Everybody seems to be buzzing about the Summer Sun Celebration. Twilight seems to be having fun with her brother. Turns out "the plan" made them closer friends. The alicorn at school is the most popular girl. It's all because of the fancy wings and horn she has! I wish someponies actually liked her for her personality, and not just her powers. However, I didn't just do an entry to gossip. I just wanted to say our relationship has grown stronger. Well, not an actual relationship, just a friendship. April 24th The royal mail business can go either way, and this time it went South. Money is short and I'm running out of ink for my quill. Writing by candle light isn't that easy as it seems. I hope I have enough ink to last a few days.