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// Forgotten - LiquidFirest0rm 
// Story: TwiDash Prompt Collab 
// by TwiDashCollabs 
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Twilight merrily trotted back towards her home in the Ponyville library. Books and different parts of her current research project floated along behind her, held within her magical grasp. She had been out far longer than she had thought she would have been, as she noticed that all the lamps were already lit and there was scarcely a pony to be seen. Looking up into the sky she saw the moon just now starting its way across the sky.

A chilly wind blew through the town, ruffling her fur and feathers. She shivered at the change in temperature, and promptly increased her speed to get out of the cold faster. As she approached her tree home, however, she noticed that the downstairs light was on. Normally this would mean that Spike was still awake, but he was at a sleepover with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, so it couldn’t have been him.

Nervousness crept up inside of her, and she decided against using the front door. Instead she teleported up onto the balcony outside of her bedroom. Carefully setting her things down, she carefully opened the window that led into her loft. Her ears were at attention, swiveling around, trying to pick up on any sounds that somepony had broken into her home. At the same time, she looked around, noticing that nothing looked disturbed.

A sudden slam from further into the library caused her to jump, almost willing her to fly back out of the library and go find a guardpony to come help. After a few moments of silence, however, she regained some of her wit and moved closer to her bedroom door.

Placing an ear against the smooth wood, she listened intently for any more sounds coming from the other side. Hearing nothing, she carefully opened the door, just enough to see through the crack. The other side of the door looked just as undisturbed as her bedroom. Pulling the door open a bit further, she noticed that the only sounds she could hear was the crackling of the fire inside the fireplace.
Creeping towards the edge of the staircase, she finally got a look at the main room of her home. Expecting to see the worst, her mood was instantly lifted by the heartwarming sight that she saw.

Her marefriend, Rainbow Dash, was asleep on the couch by the fireplace. A daring do book, which she assumed had once been held, had made its way to the floor and now lay there half open against the couch. A light snoring sound made its way to Twilight’s ears, confirming that the pegasus mare was indeed asleep.

As she made her way closer, she noticed some things on the table that didn’t belong to her. Taking a better look, she saw a bouquet of flowers and a card laying there, her name written on the front of the envelope in Rainbow’s bad mouthwriting.

Opening the envelope with her magic, she pulled the card out and began reading it. Tears worked their way into her eyes as she set the card back down on the table. She let herself openly sob a couple of times as she just stared at the simple card. A sound from beside her caused her to turn her head, seeing Rainbow get up off the couch. She stretched for a moment, before making her way over to where Twilight was now sitting. When she got within arms reach, Twilight pounced on her, crushing her in a hug as she openly started crying.

“Oh, R-Rainbow! I’m s-sorry! I- I-” She gave up trying to talk and settled for crying into her marefriend’s shoulder. She was suddenly surprised when she felt a hoof gently stroking the back of her head.

“Hey, hey. Shh. Twi, it’s ok.” Rainbow tried to sooth her, holding her tight and stroking the back of her head gently. She would have wrapped her wings around her as well, just for good measure, but they were currently pinned beneath Twilight’s forelegs.

“I’m such a bad marefriend.” Twilight muttered into Rainbow’s coat.

“Hey, no you’re not.” Rainbow said, giving her a gentle squeeze. Twilight push herself back out of Rainbow’s embrace.

“How can you say that? I forgot about our anniversary!” This caused Rainbow to smirk.

“Thats ok, that just means you get to make it up to me.” She said, leaning in and kissing Twilight. Twilight’s eyes widened at the implications of Rainbow’s statement before they slowly closed as she went along with it.