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// Surprises 
// Story: Twilight's Sister 
// by SabrinaRoth 
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	After bumping into that dark mysterious stranger, I continued on my way home, trying to get back into my book, but I kept thinking of the stallion.  The stallion, with his ominous horn and his sinister eyes.  I couldn’t stop thinking about him.  Whenever I thought of his beautiful eyes, I shivered.  but not in a bad way.  The way that makes you squirm with delight.  I finally gave up on reading my book, tucking it in my the bag of books on my back.  I had to get home before I crashed into another dark and mysterious stallion.

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Shining Armor was waiting for me at the door of our apartment, staring at something across the street.  “Where were you Kat?” he asked distractedly.

“I accidentally ran into someone while I was reading.” I answered, “Anyway, why do you care?”

All Sining Armor did was ruffle my mane and push my glasses back onto my nose.  “Runt.” he said affectionately.  I head-butted him in the chest, and followed him inside.

“Any tests today?” my father Night Light asked.  

“Nope, not till Friday.” I say, a little disappointed.

“By the way, Twilight’s looking for you.” Dad informed me.

“I’ll go find her.”

I trotted upstairs, my head filled with images of the stallion, and nearly ran into the wall a I rounded the corner.  I came upon Twilight’s room, and say her pacing the floor, waiting for me.

“What’s up Twi?” I inquired.

“I just saw the most amazing thing!” She exclaimed, barely able to stand the silence.  “Shining Armor and Cadance are in love!”

“Don’t be silly Twily.” I reply, disbelieving.  “What makes you think that?”

“I saw them nuzzling each other in the cafeteria this afternoon at lunch.” she stated.

“Oh?”

“Yeah!  They were sitting alone together in the corner.  I was following Shining Armor to find a table with him, but he went to site with Cadance, so I stayed away.  It’s a little bit embarrassing to be seen with your foal-sitter at school, no matter how amazing of a foal-sitter she is.”  Twilight explained.

“Hhhmmm.  You might be on to something.  I think I saw him staring at something across the street when I came in.  It looked like he was watching Cadance walk home.” I said.

“Wow.  Our brother, the dorky Shining Armor, is in love with my foal-sitter.  The amazing Princess Cadance.” Twilight muttered.

“Well, he is captain of the football team.”

“What has that got to do with anything?” She asked.

“You’ll see.”

“What do we do know?” Wondered Twilight.

“We follow Cadance and Shining Armor on their next date.” I answered cockily.
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I dug around in my drawer to find the black leather jacket that Cadance had given me in an attempt to help me find a sense of fashion last time she babysat Twilight.  I had never worn it instead, choosing to keep it in my dresser for “emergencies” like this.  I carefully maneuvered my cap onto my head, guiding my horn into the hole meant for a unicorn.  I slipped on my black boots, another one of Cadance’s failed attempts, and trotted outside, waiting for Twilight.

“Hey, slowpoke.” She greeted me. 

“Hey yourself.” I replied, head-butting her side.

“Let’s do this.”

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