It was a lovely morning. The trees slightly swayed as a light breeze flowed through the wind. The sunlight glimmered through the open window in the new crystal castle. Twilight's bedroom had perfect lighting. The purple alicorn still lay in bed softly, sleeping like a foal. Spike, her little dragon was fast asleep in his crystal bed (the cold floor) and his woven blanket of cloth. He snuggled his sewn Rarity plush and snored loudly. Twilight slowly got up. Her navy blue mane was messy, tangled in knots and very difficult to manage without some sort of shower or bath. She yawned and stretched her hooves and legs. With a smack of her lips, she waltzed out of her comfy, satin bed and carefully trotted towards her bathroom. She tip-hooved around Spike, as to not wake him, and entered her bathroom. She turned on the light. Inside the bathroom revealed a normal toilet, a crystal counter with sink built-in, a walk in rainbow shower (most benefits to a pegasus or alicorn), and a bath with enough room for an adult pony, mare or stallion, and a small foal. She trotted towards the shower and turned it on rejuvenate. Rainbow showers could be used with any species of pony. Rainbow showers were designed to give the coat and mane a shiny color, rest sore muscles, and (for pegusai, or any winged species) fix and restore feathers. Twilight waited for the right temperature for rejuvenate, then went in the shower. The cold rush of the rain water woke Twilight in an instant. She jumped up a bit as her hazy mind quickly got up to speed to realize that Spike was calling her.
"Oh Twiiiilllliiiiiiiiight!" he called.
"Spike, I'm kind of busy right now!" she replied, trying to yell so Spike could hear her against the water.
"Princess Celestia sent a letter!" he called back. His footsteps got closer and closer as Twilight quickly tried to cover herself with a white towel made of 100% pure cloth. Even to her levitation magic it was soft to the touch. She tried not to get it wet as she looked at the letter through the glass and read it to herself.
'Dearest Twilight, Please join us at the Canterlot Castle for a big surprise. Please come no earlier than 10:00am and no later than 12:00pm. From, Princess Celestia'
"That isn't very normal of her...." she whispered under her breath. "Spike, please set it on my nightstand so I could read it when I'm done with my shower here." she spoke up a bit. Spike did as he was told, and sat on her bed. He looked for the remote to watch some cartoons. He flipped through the channels as Twilight took her shower. Twilight took her shampoo and ruffled it through her mane and tail. She looked in the mirror next to her and made goofy faces into it at herself. "Lookin' good Twilight!" she said to herself in a lower voice, as to mimic a stallion complimenting her. She giggled to herself as she washed it out, and followed with conditioner. As the conditioner rested in both her mane and tail, she levitated and used a pointy comb to comb it. After spending what seemed an endless amount of time on her mane and tail, she washed out the conditioner. She walked out of her rainbow shower and wrapped herself in her white cloth towel. She trotted towards the sink to brush her mane and tail, drying it as well with her pink hairdryer. She levitated her toothbrush, already prepared with toothpaste, and brushed her teeth. Two minutes pass and she is done, like clockwork. She dries her body off one last time and walks out of the bathroom.
"I'm going to head to Canterlot, do you think you can stay here while I'm gone..?" she asked the purple dragon who sat on her bed, watching cartoons.
"Yeah, just as long as you stammph-" he stuffed his mouth with the popcorn he got from the cabinet in the kitchen. He finished chewing and continued. "-stay in Canterlot, and not go anywhere else." he said.
She nodded in confirmation that she would only stay in Canterlot. She trotted downstairs and out of the castle, but not before waving to the little purple dragon on her bed. She prepared her wings and blasted off to Canterlot. She flew over many clouds, and avoided many ponies flying today. The wind through her mane made the flying experience just that much better. "Barely lift myself off the ground?" she asked herself, quoting Rainbow Dash. "Well you should see me now, Rainbow Dash!" she said. She didn't bother to fly back, who knows where Rainbow would be? Besides, it was 10:30am and she didn't want to waste time. She soon saw the transformation from grassy fields to rocky mountain sides to civilization. She lifted her head up from the ground and got a very welcoming greeting with a large metal pole. She didn't bump into it too hard, but hard enough for her to fall onto the ground and rub her head a bit. She looked like a complete fool. She blushed a light pink to all the ponies around her that went from a daily schedule to staring at the flustered alicorn. "S-sorry..." she whispered. She covered her face with one of her wings, trying to hide her face from shame. She ran towards the castle as fast as she could, until she ran into a sign that said:
'THIS WAY TWILIGHT SPARKLE!'
She followed where the sign pointed to with a purple and pink striped arrow. She opened the yellow door that led to inside the castle.
"Hello?" she asked the empty room with party decorations. "Anypony home?" she asked again.
She jumped up as she was then welcomed with Celestia, Luna, and Cadence's voices at once. "SURPRISE!!!!" they shouted. "Happy Birthday Twilight!"
"I-it's not my birthday...." she said. "Not for another three months...."
"See? I told you it was in November!" Cadence glared at Celestia.
"Well I'm sorry I don't remember!" Celestia replied back.
"How about we just party for the heck of it?" Luna suggested.
The three princesses nodded in agreement, as Twilight trotted towards them. They sat on the couch with chocolate cake and candy corn. They watched movies for hours, then played some games. They played Pin The Tail On The Pony, Go Fish, Hide and Seek, and Truth or dare.
"Alrighty Cadence, truth or dare?" Twilight asked.
"Truth!" Cadence replied.
"Am I allowed to wait to ask her the question and take my turn two more times..?" Twilight asked.
Celestia and Luna nodded in confirmation. Twilight spun the bottle again, which now landed on Celestia. "Truth or dare?" Twilight asked her teacher who sit in front of her.
"Truth..." she replied with slight curiosity. Twilight then spun the bottle again, in this case, landed on Luna.
"Truth or da-" she asked, but was cut off by Luna answering.
"Truth." she said with a blunt tone, obviously knowing Twilight wanted to ask them a question.
Twilight looked at Luna in shock. "Okay, my question is, how did each of you become a princess...?" The three alicorns in front of her turned from a calm expression on their face to an expression very hard to describe. It was almost as if they were shocked and saddened at the same time. Rough seas were about to tread on your journey through each of their lives, Twilight. Each and every detail of their lives.