Twilight came to the Ponyville train station with all her stuff. Flash and Spike followed, not to far behind her. The rest of The Elements of Harmony were already there. Twilight went up to her friends and they asked her what the note was about, while Flash and Spike just talked about sports.
"I wonder if Shining Armor and Princess Cadence had there baby already!" Rarity cried out.
Rainbow jumped right in. "I wonder what they named him or her?"
Pinkie started bouncing and squealing. "Oooooo, I wonder if there foul likes super fun parties, so I can throw them one."
Twilight smiled and gave a brief snicker. "Girls, we can't get too ahead of ourselves." She explained. "We don't even know what the note was for."
Everypony thought for a moment. There was silence. A few seconds passed and the Ponyville train came into its station. The train came to a halt, and everypony entered. While they took a seat, the conductor yelled, "ALL ABOARD!" And with that the train started moving on the tracks. Twilight and friends sat together, while Flash and Spike took a seat further away from them. The six mares talked for a while, until one of them brought up the subject of Twilight's guard.
"Sooo, how are you and your "personal guard" getting along." Rainbow nudged her.
Twilight's face turned bright red. "He is just my guard, he’s nothing special."
Her friends all looked at each other and smirked.
"Hey, do I hear Flash talking about you now?" Rarity asked, pointing behind her.
Twilight turned around to where Rarity was pointing. "Really, he is?"
They rest of them giggled. Twilight turned around all embarrassed.
"Let's face the facts Twi..." Applejack said. "You have a crush on him."
"No, I don't..." The blushing alicorn said. "I was just surprised that he would be talking about me, that's all."
"Oh, come on Twilight you obviously like him." Pinkie blurted out, almost so the whole train could hear her.
Twilight covered her mouth, and everypony on that car look at them, even Flash. Which made Twilight more embarrassed than before. "Pinkie, don't say stuff that isn't true." Twilight said aloud. Everypony just looked at her, then went back to their own business.
Meanwhile Flash and Spike were talking about comics, sports, and other stuff. But when Twilight's friend, Pinkie Pie, started saying that Twilight liked somepony, Flash couldn't help but wonder.
I wonder if the Princess of Friendship likes me? Flash thought to himself, blocking out everything else around him. He shook his head. Nah, nopony could ever love me. I'm nothing compared with royalty, and the princess could never fall in love with me. Flash buckheaded himself for the thought of the princess liking him, and looked over at the purple alicorn. She's just so beautiful, kind, and... He buckheaded himself again, for that thought. He knew that it was wrong to think of the princess, he was suppose to protect, that way. He started to hear his name being called out.
"Flash... Flash... Flash" Spike called waving his claw in front of Flash. "HEY, EQUESTRIA TO FLASH!" Flash snapped out of his own world, and into reality.
"Hmm... yeah I agree with you." Flash went on. "I'm with you 100%. Yeah." He smiled nervously.
Spike smirked. "Okay, then what do you agree on?"
Flash's face started turning red, a bit. "Well, why do you need to know?" He asked. "You were the one talking about it."
"Don't you need to know what you agree on?" Spike asked.
"No, because I already know." Flash answered.
Spike was confused. "Then what just happened?" He shook his head.
"We agreed that Twilight was beautiful." Flash said, then went into shock. He remembered that all of that stuff was all inside his head. Flash's face was turning bright red, all the way up to his ears. Spike stared at him, and started laughing hysterically.
"That proves my point." Spike pointed out, still laughing. "You don't only have a crush, but you are in love with Twil- HMP!" He was cut off by Flash covering his mouth, with his hoof.
Flash looked around, then back at Spike. "Don't say it out loud." He backed off. "She can't know yet."
Spike looked quizzically at him. "But she has to one day."
"No, she doesn't." Flash answered. "First, why would she like me, out of all the stallions in Equestria. Second, it would be very unprofessional for a princess to date her guard. Third, that would mean that I would have to tell her one of the biggest secrets in my life, and then I would never have a chance with her." Flash sighed in disappointment. "I don't ever want to tell it, to her especially."
"Why?" Spike asked.
Flash looked over at Twilight with a sad look on his face. "Because she would know how much of a nopony I am."
Spike was confused. "Well can't you at least tell it to me?"
Flash looked back at Spike. "I can't."
"Why?" Spike asked again.
"Because you would judge me, like everypony else." Flash said under his breath.
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Hours later...
Twilight could see the sun setting, but could still see the top of the Crystal Empire glisten. She sighed, and looked back at her friends. She thought for a moment, looking back out the window. Does Flash like me?' She asked herself, mentally. I mean, at this point it's just a friendship, but can it be more? Flash is just different. He and I just have a strange relationship, he understands more than I could ever tell my friends, but at the same time I might just be overthinking things. Twilight broke out into a small smile. If I only knew the truth, then I probably not worry. Plus this might be a phase that I am going through, it'll be over soon, hopefully. Twilight saw that they were closer to the Crystal Palace, and started gathering her stuff up. The rest of the Elements of Harmony looked out the window, then gathered their stuff up as well. The train stopped at the station where they were greeted by Shining Armor.
"Shining!" Twilight called, running up to him, and hugged him.
Shining hugged her back. "Twily, how are you?"
"Good." Twilight told her brother about everything that happened, with the exception of the speaker incident. Everypony else started walking after them, when Twilight and brother were walking toward the Palace. When they finally made it inside the Empire, the girls went to go see Cadence right away. While Shining had a meeting with Flash.
"So, how is everything..." Flash's captain asked. "With protecting my little sister and all?"
Flash told the honest truth, again with the exception with the speaker incident.
"Sentry, what is that on your wing?" Shining asked.
Flash looked at his wing, and looked back at his captain. He knew he was waiting for an answer.
"Well, you see the princess was organizing a parade, and a speaker was falling off a flout." Flash started answering. "So I pushed her out of the way, it landed on me and made a fracture in my wing."
Shining nodded. "I see, but is Twilight okay?"
Flash nodded back. "She wasn't hurt at all, Sir."
The two talked for a couple more minutes, then Flash was dismissed to keep guarding. Meanwhile Twilight, her friends, and Spike were talking to Cadence.
"How are doing, Cadence?" Fluttershy asked.
"I'm actually doing very well." The pink alicorn answered. "How are all you?"
"We're doing well." Rainbow said. "Twilight even has a coltfriend." She nudged the purple princess.
Twilight's face turned bright red. "He is not my coltfriend."
"But you want him to be your coltfriend,right?" Rarity asked.
"Can we please stop talking about my love life, please?" Twilight begged.
Everypony laughed.
Twilight smiled nervously. "I'll take that as a yes."
Thirty minutes passed, and everypony was still talking. Then Cadence noticed the time.
"Oh, goodness. You all should be getting ready for bed." Cadence told them.
They all nodded, and started walking toward the door, with their stuff.
"GOOD-BYE CADENCE!" Pinkie said at the top of her lungs.
"Good-bye Cadence." The rest of them said, before heading out of the door.
While they were walking, Twilight bumped into Flash once more. She looked up at him, and blushed. Flash took her hoof in his and lifted Twilight off the ground. It was normal to Flash by now, but he always loved the priceless look on the princess's face. It made his heart feel warm, and he got this fuzzy feeling seeing her. The problem was, they were just friends, and the princess didn't like him like he liked her. It was just so complicated, the way everything worked. Flash felt his heart sink to the pit of his stomach.
If only she liked me as I did for her. Flash told himself.
Twilight and her friends made their way toward their room quarters, and entered inside. Once Twilight went inside, she looked into a mirror, and put her crown on.
If only he liked me as much as I do for him. But we're only friends. She didn't want to give up hope, but Flash didn't have feelings for her. If he did, it was only friends. Twilight walked towards the closes window and closed her eyes.
"Star light, star bright, the first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight. I wish Flash would have feelings for me." She opened her eyes, and looked upon Luna's night sky. Twilight looked closely at the star she wished on. It was almost like it gave her an answer through it's twinkle. She smiled. "Thank you." She said to the star, then went back to unpacking her things.
Meanwhile....
"Cady, what are you doing?" The blue maned unicorn asked asked his wife.
"Hmm... oh, nothing." She answered, and kept staring off into space.
Shining shook his head. "I know you're thinking of something."
"It's just..." Cadence explained. "Do you think Flash and your sister like each other?"
Shining got a little frustrated. "Oh, not this. And I know now why you had Flash be Twily's guard."
The pink alicorn smiled. "But I haven't been able to play matchmaker for a long time, this will be fun." She said. "Plus I am for certain that they are perfect for one another."
Shining made a pouty face. "But what if something happens, and he hurts her?"
"Believe me my dear, that won't happen."
"Mmm... okay then." Shining sighed, then gave his wife a kiss on the cheek. "I love you."
"I love you, too." Cadence replied.