Twilight's Cinderella

by FluffyWeirdo


Some Dance Lessons, please?

"So...What are you gonna be wearing to the event?"

Twilight asked as Rainbow looked up to see her face, seeing her sparkly purple eyes.

"Well, my mom said it will look to be somewhat blue with a lot of sparkles everywhere, which sounds kinda really girly, but you know... Just a one time thing."

Twilight giggles a little before replying, "It sounds pretty nice to me, I already can imagine you in it and you look..."

"Look what?"

"Beautiful.." That word almost came out as a whisper from her as Dash can see a tint of pink starting to form on her cheeks. She turns away from Rainbow looking to the right as the cyan pegasus rests her cheek on her own hoof.

"You really think so?"

She nods her head, yes. It was silent for a little, until Dash broke the silence a couple of seconds later, trying to break out the awkward silence.

"I bet you will look more b-beautiful though, Twi."

Dash stutters as she rests her head on her two hooves, trying to hide the blush that is starting to form on her cheeks. Twilight giggles as she looks back.

"Thank you."

"Hm...Do you know what your dress will look like, Twi?"

"A little, my mom told me that she is planning to get a kinda golden dress with some shimmering gold shoes."

"Wow, shimmering gold shoes?"

"Yep! I cannot wait to see them before the day of the 'event', and try on my outfit."

"I can't wait to see you in that dress.."

'WAIT WHAT?! DID I JUST SAY THAT!? Okay, okay Dash! Don't panic! Twi's looking at you! SAY SOMETHING!'

"...Ehe! I m-mean I can't wait for everyone to see you in the dress!"

'Oh Celestia, you blew it!'

"Oh! Well, thank you."

Twilight replied as she giggled a little again.

"Ehehe yeah..."

"So...is your mother, Firefly, entering with you?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah I think so, she always wanted to enter just like in those Disney movies.."

Twilight smiled, "Same with my mother! She got the idea since one of her cousins were there last year, her cousin said everything looked like gold once you entered!"

"Hah! Yeah! I can't wait to see it either! I heard Celestia changed the room up a bit since the last grand galloping gala."

"Yeah, she told me in one of her last letters, she said she loved the result."

"Oh really?"

"Yeah."

Twilight started to yawn, before looking at the clock, 4:38. I look at the clock realizing it's time for us to sleep before the day of tomorrow, as we have alot of work to do. Twilight starts walking away, heading towards the exit of the kitchen. Rainbow quickly raises a hoof before yelling something I did not expect to come out of my mouth at all...

"WAIT! I NEED TO ASK YOU SOMETHING!"

Twilight jumped as Dash screamed, believing she woke up every guard gaurding the castle.

"Y-yes, Rainbow?"

She said as she looked at the cyan mare, who was shoveling her hooves.

"I-i was wondering, you k-know..if maybe..."

"Maybe what?"

"Maybe you can show me...how to s-slow dance?"

Rainbow said as her cheeks started beating up, by the way Twilight was looking at her, confused, which quickly went away. The alicorn giggled.

"Of course, meet me tomorrow at noon, in the ballroom floor. I'll be there!"

Twilight says as she exits the room, walking towards her guest room. As soon Rainbow sees the cost clear, she doesn't squeal, and begins flying towards her guest room, shutting the door quietly. Rainbow throws herself in the bed, before turning off the lights, and getting under the covers. The pegasus sighs happily, drifting off to sleep.

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Mmm. The smell of fresh baked pancakes, dances in the air, as Dash smiles in delight. Her stomach started to growl, making her wake up from her dream.

"F-five more minutes..."

Growl.

"No! I don't want to go to school today..."

GROWL.

"Arghhh.." She said as she slowly opened her eyes to see her own guest room lit up a little. "Morning already?" She muttered as she sat up. Dash looked to her left to see her door a teensy bit opened, though she can still smell breakfast. 'Maybe Pinkie woke up early...wait!'

Rainbow quickly got out of bed, combed her hair, and walked quickly out the door. Walking towards the dining room, she can hear voices coming from inside, the princesses were awake! The Pegasus entered slowly to see everypony with a smile on their faces as they all are pancakes. What time was it?

"Darling! It's 11:07! You almost missed breakfast with us."

"Sorry, I just had a nice dream last night and...I couldn't wake up."

Dash said as she sat down next to Princess Luna and Rarity. Applejack looked up from her plate with a smirk.

"Nice dream? Is that why you wouldn't wake up every time Pinkie yelled at you sleeping beauty?"

"I'm not sleeping beauty! It was a great dream, and I didn't want to wake up from it and ruin the ending."

Luna giggled, "Yes, I know how much of a great dream you had."

"What do you mea- Oh..."

"Mhm!"

Luna smiled as she poured more syrup into her six stacked up pancakes. Creamy butter, soft pancakes, scrumptious berries, and sugary syrup! Celestia sighed with a smile as she turned her face to the excited looking Luna.

"Don't put too much syrup in your pancakes, Luna, you don't want to end up getting a tummy ache."

"Syrup is syrup tia! You can't get enough of this!"

"Ohh Luna."

Celestia playfully rolled her eyes as she turned to Twilight. The purple alicorn looked up with a smile waiting for her teacher to say something.

"Remember the ballroom I was telling you about? Well, it is open to only you, your friends, and us for now. You can use it for practicing or view."

Twilight gasped, "Really?! Oh this is amazing! Thanks Celestia!"

"No problem."

Rainbow took a swallow of her pancake as she listened to the two.

'Perfect! I'll remind Twilight of those lessons later. Thank Celestia!'

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The plan was now clear. But, every time she saw Twilight alone, Rainbow tried asking her for the lessons, only for Luna to call Twilight back in the room to practice a speech. When will her crush actually be free from princess duty? She sighs. Everypony is busy doing something. Rarity, dresses. Fluttershy, music. Applejack, food. Pinkie, decoration. Twilight, princess duty. Rainbow? Psh, she's got the day off since she already knows how to do a sonic rainboom.

She goes outside the castle, to the back, to adore the nature. Butterflies, birds, bees, squirrels, and many more animals peek from behind trees to see who wanders such a beautiful garden.

"Don't mind me.."

Rainbow whispers as she ventures a little closer to a little lake seeing her reflection once she reaches it. Squirrels, butterflies, and birds surround her, but she didn't mind...a little. Sitting down on her bottom, she touched the surface of the water with her hoof, sending a fish away. The pegasus smiled.

'Why couldn't I stop going fast for a moment? Take time to see what Twilight had always been seeing as a unicorn? Nature can be nice...'

A small yellow bird makes its way to her side and peeps. Dash turns her head to the right. The yellow bird sings a little note. Rainbow whistles back. The yellow bird smiles as it began to flap his wings. Up in the air, just above Rainbow's head, it sings a longer little note. Dash smirks, and stand up on all fours.

Feel the air, the summer breeze.
Just below me swims colors and fins,
Up above flies clouds of fluff.
While the air brings scent and wind.
Come join me..
Out in the green, out in the color of the rainbow...
Just take my hoof and take a stroll,
Just like life is supposed to feel,
Our hearts are pumping in a racing beat.
As we walk the floor of the beautiful color.
Come join me...
Out in the green, out in the color of the rainbow...
We should see what nature is supposed to look.
Come join me...
On the green
The colors of the rainbow..

The tiny bird sang a few more notes before becoming quiet. Rainbow giggled.

'Wait...'

She looked around checking to see if anypony had been spying. Only to find animals. She let out a sigh of relief.

"Thanks for the song."

The bird nodded.

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Rainbow continues until she reaches the front of the canterlot castle, and goes inside again. She walks up the stairs of where Celestia and Twilight will stand to shake the hooves of other ponies. When she reaches the top, she finds that there are big gold doors added in the wall. Has it been there before? She wasn't sure, but, even if she wasn't supposed to know about what is inside, her curiosity got the best of her.

The large doors of the room where everypony will be at in the event, make a noise as Rainbow opens it. Just a glimpse of the floor makes her want to slap herself to see if this is not a dream. She's right, it isn't. Pure gold floors, gold walls, gold everything! It's like living in every mare's dream before going to a 'fancy' restaurant. Where else to be?

"Woah.."

Rainbow says as she closed the door. She had entered to be on top of a balcony, with two pairs of stairs on each side that reach the bottom gold floor. She stepped down the stairs until she got to the middle of the room. Dash looked around, only to stop.

Twilight was standing on the balcony, giggling.

"Twi?"

"Rainbow."

"When did you-?"

"When did I come? I came when I saw the door opened. I figured someone would be in here."

Rainbow smirked, "Lucky to find you. I've been waiting."

"Yes, I know. I noticed your attempts. I keep my promises."

"Heh. So...No more lessons?"

"No more."

"Good!"

"Want to dance?"

Rainbow heart missed a beat as a light blush came to her cheeks, 'Calm down, Dash, she is just going to teach you how to slow dance...no biggie. Act natural!'

"S-sure! Why not? I mean, heh, yeah..."

"You okay?"

Rainbow nodded. Twilight smiled, and made her way down the stairs.

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"Just follow my hoofsteps. You'll be fine!"

"I-i can't! I keep stepping on your hooves!"

"Rainbow, look at me."

The pegasus looked up at her crush, looking into her sparkling purple eyes.

"You can do this, I believe in you.."

Rainbow hesitated. But she let it go and smiled, "Okay."

Twilight nodded with a smile, stood up, and stepped closer to the pegasus, signaling that the tenth take was about to happen. Rainbow did the same. The music started.

Both started moving slowly, while Rainbow looked down to see the movement on Twilight's hooves. Twilight took Rainbow by the waist, and spun slowly for the pegasus to catch up. Soon, Rainbow got the hang of taking slow steps, and slow spins, which Twilight now agreed to take to level two.

"Now, I am going to move a little faster, try to keep up, okay?"

"Okay."

Twilight started up the music again, and began moving a little faster. Rainbow chuckled a little as they spun around. Twilight giggled back.

'What is this feeling?...I feel so happy around Rainbow. Getting to dance with her? Made my Monday.'

The alicorn moved a little closer, making Rainbow look to the side to know how to move with looking. Rainbow held on to the alicorn's arms as they spun again.

"Thanks for the lessons, Twi, I really appreciate it."

"Just what...a friend would do."

"..."

"..."

"I can't wait for the event!"

"Me neither. Luna has had me practicing the speech until it was perfect! I can't wait to see everypony walk in through the big gold doors."

"Doesn't Celestia greet everypony at the grand hall?"

"She did, but this time we greet everypony as they go down the stairs."

"So all the princesses will greet them?"

"Mhm. Including me!"

"That's... Awesome."

The music ended, and both ponies stopped. They went back to all fours, and Twilight looked out the window.

"It's evening already?"

"Wow, time goes fast when we have a good time."

Twilight looked at Rainbow, whom was looking at the sunrise from the big windows revealing the outside. Twilight smiled.

"Yeah..."

Rainbow looks at the alicorn with a smile, "Meet me at dinner?"

"Mhm. The usual."