Letters from an Irritated Princess

by Tired Old Man


It's About Time Those Lost Crusaders Made Their Mark

Dearest Cutie Mark Crusaders,

Finally. You've done it. For the first time in... well, the history of ever, we have three undeniably similar triplet cutie marks. I don't need to stretch my thinking too much to see that all of you have discovered that you share the exact same main talent at the same time, which is a glorious sight to these weathered eyes. However, don't be surprised if your Hidden Marks differ--they likely will, and that's okay. You don't have to share everything. Believe me, that can get awkward very quickly.

Yes Luna, I am talking about my toothbrush. And my hairbrush. Just because you have glitter dust fights with yourself doesn't mean I should deal with the aftermath in my own hair!

Ahem. But those will probably come way, way later in your future. And with marks like that, I have no doubt you'll open up some Lost and Found Talent Agency of some kind. Helping those without talent find it, and those with talent to improve on it, sounds like a new sort of adventure that will never fully end for you. Talent is always out there, looking to be discovered or refined. So good luck, Crusaders. You'll need all you can get.

Oh, and Luna has something to say as well.

Hello, dear Crusaders. I'm so happy that you have discovered your true talent. I'm sure many others have expressed this sentiment to you by now, but this is a momentous occasion to remember for us in particular.

You may not know this, but my sister and I had discovered our talents at roughly the same time. It may sound silly, but it all stemmed from a small dare. "I dare you to... move the sun!" Oh, how she laughed it off as something impossible! One pony couldn't possibly do something like that!

She refused, of course, but I wouldn't have it. I upped the ante with a double-diamond-dog dare that I'd move it too!

No, I said I'd do the sun too! Tia, the moon was your triple-diamond-dog dare, not mine!

Yes, I'm certain that wasn't when we nearly doomed the world with a lunar eclipse. That was the week after the dare. Trust me--the blood moon is a thing I'd rather not live through again.

Now, where was I? After my sister's dare of no return, we had made good on our bets. Barely, but we'd done it. Knowing we could do something we thought was impossible...

It filled us with determination to do more, to better ourselves. It was the moment that set us down our path. I won't tell you what your path is--that is a journey you will have to discover for yourself, dear Crusaders.

Only now, you have a direction to follow. So follow it, and don't look back.

Wishing to your success,

Princess Luna and Princess Celestia

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Mayor Mare,

Thank you for this informative report concerning some of these questionable school projects approved by the board of education, or more specifically, Spoiled Rich. Truly, her gumption to insist that a stained-glass window of her daughter is an educational piece the school needs to 'grant a grander appreciation of the finer arts' is the sort of legendary bullcrap my Canterlot nobles would dream of.

Rest assured, I'll come up with a proper response to these egregious claims in a short time. You'll know when it comes--you'll be the first to get a copy of it, before the real one reaches her mailbox.

Cheers,

Celestia