Twilight sat in a chair, thinking over what she'd said to Pinkie. I was so quick to accept her and to say I'd try a relationship with her. Was that because she's my friend, or because I thought she wrote the letters. Twilight sighed and took a sip of her coffee. It could've been a mixture of both. I guess I just have to decide when I know who sent them. There really is no other way to tell... Twilight frowned, unhappy with such a vague plan, but accepted it as the only option.
A knock at the door broke her from her thoughts. "Who is it?" she called, not wanting to get up.
The cheery sound of Derpy's voice answered, "It's the mailmare! I have a letter for you Twilight."
Twilight shot to her hooves, making her way to the door quickly. A smiling pegasus greeted her there. "A letter?" Twilight asked. "Who from?" She hoped she knew the answer.
"Ya a friend asked me to deliver it to you, but I can't say who it's from. They want it to be a surprise." Derpy rummaged through her bag and pulled out a letter, handing it over to Twilight. Saying a quick goodbye, Derpy left and Twilight shut the door behind her as she returned to the kitchen.
I wonder why they didn't just send this one in the morning like the others. A quick flash of her horn, and the letter was out of the envelope and Twilight delved in. Her eyes widened as she read. There is no way I'm reading this right, she told herself. They used the Elements of Harmony. But so few ponies know anything about the Elements beside the fact that they saved the world. The pony who sent these knows about the elements, and the way the talk about me... It's like we're friends. The only ponies who fit both of those would be the princesses and... she gulped. my friends.
It couldn't be the princesses, that'd just be too... Twilight shivered, unable to finish the thought. Which means it has to be one of my friends. Twilight felt like she had been hit by a brick, the revelation like a physical blow to her stomach. One of my friends felt this way about me and I didn't see it? What kind of a friend does that make me? How could I not tell one of my closest friends had a massive crush on me? Am I just that oblivious?
Twilight could only sit in stunned silence for what seemed like the tenth time that week. When her brain could once again work, she asked the only logical question. Which one of them is it? Twilight shook her head, trying to think clearly. I know it isn't Pinkie Pie, so that leaves Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy. One of them wrote the letters. One of them has a crush on me.
Twilight thanked Celestia she hadn't managed to get to Carousel Boutique that morning. How awkward would it be if she'd gone to Rarity asking for help finding out who sent her the letters, only to find out that it was Rarity who'd sent them. Twilight let out a sigh of relief that that hadn't come to pass.
Wait a minute... Twilight thought, levitating the letter up to get a closer look. I don't think it could be Rarity anyway. This doesn't look like horn writing at all. Horn writing was always neater than mouth or hoof writing, one of the benefits of magic. Twilight was very glad she didn't have to take all her notes or write everything she did by mouth. Her tongue would get blisters. She shook off that unpleasant thought and returned to the task at hoof.
Rarity would never use mouth writing for something like this. For something as important as a love letter, she'd want it to be as neat as possible, and that comes with magic. Twilight mentally crossed Rarity off her list. That leaves Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy.
Twilight began to pace. Movement had always helped her think, and think she did. Derpy said a friend asked her to deliver the letter to me. All the girls are good friends with her, so that doesn't really help... Twilight brain chugged and churned through all of the information it had on the letters, at last giving her something to go off of. But if it came in the mail every morning at the same time I got my mail before, then whoever the sender is has to be before me in the mail route. She didn't get the letter off in time this morning, so they had to find Derpy to send me the letter. Twilight smiled triumphantly.
Applejack is after me in the mail route, and she's probably working right now. There's no way she could have gotten it to me in the mornings at that time, or talked to Derpy today to give the letter to her. It can't be Applejack. My secret admirer is either Fluttershy or Rainbow Dash.
Twilight thought about her two friends. They were opposites in almost every way, and one of them was her admirer. Twilight could picture Fluttershy writing the letters. It almost made sense. She was so shy that of course she couldn't tell Twilight in person. She would be too cautious to put her name on the letters. Fluttershy fit perfectly.
On the other hoof there was Dash. Twilight just couldn't see the pegasus writing a secret love letter, let alone a love letter. Dash was more of a pony who would just fly in and sweep you off your hooves. She'd say she liked you and then ask you on a date, and that would be that.
Fluttershy fit so perfectly that Twilight was almost ready to teleport over to her friends house and ask her on a date. There was only one problem. Twilight knew what Fluttershy's mouth writing looked like.
Rainbow Dash flew around her house in a panic, a recently finished letter in her hoof. "Where is it!" she yelled as she tore open the drawers in her kitchen, rummaged around, and then slammed them shut when she didn't find what she wanted. She moved through her home like one of the tornados she rarely created, leaving debris and wreckage wherever she went.
"Where did I put those envelopes!" Needless to say, Rainbow Dash was not in a good mood. She'd gotten little to no sleep the night before, and as a result hadn't been able to get the letter for Twilight off in time, plus she was late to work. Normally, that wouldn't have been such a big problem, but her mind just wasn't in the right place. Every time she wasn't actively thinking about something, her mind would just wander off to her feelings last night. She kept denying it, but the realization was slowly creeping up on her.
Dash zipped out of her bedroom, her frustration reaching critical levels. She'd had enough. She icily stomped over to her desk and put the letter down. She needed to blow off some steam, and if she had the letter with her, there'd be nothing left of it afterward. She turned to leave, just as a glimpse of white under the dictionary caught her eye. She stopped, staring at the offending corner.
All was still for a moment as she stared until finally, she sighed, letting her body relax. "Of course it's here. It was here the whole time," she grumbled, swiping the envelope and carefully putting the letter inside.
She began to walk towards the door, but paused. She looked down at the letter again. "What am I doing?" she asked herself. She slowly walked towards her living room, set the letter down on the table, and threw herself down on the couch. She watched the letter as if it held the answer's to the universe.
"I can't avoid this forever, can I?" she asked no one in particular. She groaned and rubbed her forehead with a hoof. "Of all the times I had to fall for somepony..." She stared up at her ceiling in defeat. "Pfft," she snorted. "A week ago and I would've been complaining about who I fell for." She sat there in silence, letting that fact sink in.
"There really is no hope for me anymore, is there." Her words had a sense of finality in them. "I've fallen for Twi." She had accepted the fact, and she felt an unexpected warmth spread through her. "I've fallen for Twi," she said again, letting the sound of the words assure her it wasn't a dream.
Rainbow Dash reached over to the letter, pulled it out of it's envelope, and tore it to shreds. She sat down at her desk and quickly wrote up another letter, the shortest of them all.
Dearest Twilight Sparkle,
Tomorrow. 4 P.M. The park north of town.
An Admirer
She smiled at the simple letter and placed it in the envelope. She made her way to the door. "All I have to do is deliver this letter, and the prank will be over!" She sighed, adding in her head, And maybe Twilight and I can have something between us. Smiling widely she opened the door.
There was Twilight Sparkle, a letter in her hoof. Her face was sheer horror, pain, and betrayal. She'd heard what Dash had said. The smile fell from Dash's face instantly. Tears began to fall from Twilight's eyes and in an instant she was gone with a flash, leaving only the letter behind.
oh rainbow.....
Poor Dashie. Poor Twilight. I'm...I'm...
2569768 Pfft, no. Nobody else would make an Elements of Harmony comparison like that.
the fuck just happened???
Agh, first you play with the reader making it seem like she'll guess the wrong pony, and then the misunderstanding cliffhanger happens.
Yep, pretty much exactly as predicted, to the second...
Comma, bro. :3
Dashie~! Your prank had collateral damage! On yourself, no less.
<3 DarqFox
Well crafted, brother.
DAMNIT I NEED THE NEXT CHAPTER NOW!
2569785 Shit went down.
YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE ME HANGING LIKE THIS!
2569838>>2569843 The wait won't be long. The entire thing has to be posted by noon tomorrow, EST.
2569852 I fucking love you.
You better write the full cycle of depression for Twi after that. Having pure heartbreak after such innocent budding attraction has so much potential, I am really looking forward to reading just how crazy she goes before Rainbow saves her with a kiss.
2569863 Good, cause right now I kinda hate myself! Now I have to get back to work.
This definitely has me on the edge of my seat. Great work!
Hurhurhurhurhur........
Having a hard time comprehending the last paragraph, twilight was on rainbows cloud home suddenly crying for what reason? She seemed happy to accept any of her friends, so why the tears? She was gone? Did you mean to say that she teleported? Because you missed that verb if you did. The only reason she should be feeling betrayal, is if she has already learned it was a prank. but to the readers knowledge she hasn't, so that doesent make sense.
...Huh? Am I missing something here? Why is Twilight suddenly all sad and depressed? I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
oh no poor Twi! Dashie what have you done! >.<
2569974>>2569982 Dash was talking aloud, and Twilight heard what she said.
What will the answer be? more on it at 11
This chapter wasn't so much "going downhill" as "going off a cliff.
"Going downhill"? More like "a slow descent into the depths of FEELS"
poor timing Dash, poor timing
dammit not only the chapter was like going off a cliff, it also has a cliffhanger (huzza) poor joke attempt i know but great chapter
Oh my.... I have to know what happens... This is like my old cocaine addiction all over again
What of what Rainbow Dash said hurt Twilight? All she heard was that Rainbow Dash fell for her? I'm confused.
Quite a few grammatical errors.
Well... Shit.
2570220
"And the prank will be over."
Twilight heard Rainbow say it was only a prank, which sort of crushed her heart.
I love the update rate. But the feels so many of them!
Twilight you dumb
Ohhhhhhh sheeeeeeiiiiiitt...
Welp it finally happened. Rainbow, ya done goofed. Time to hide until this whole thing blows over.
oh well, time to go crawl into a hole and think about how long it takes twilight to forget about her existence
Well shit.
My reactions throughout this chapter...
GASP! DERPY!
Twilight's piecing it together!
Rainbow is accepting her feelings and ending the prank!
Rainbow opens the door... ...
Realizing that I'll have to wait to find out how it ends.
Sees in a previous author's comment that the final chapter will be up by noon!
I look forward to hopefully reading the finale after I wake up (overnight jobs are hell by 6 in the morning).
Till then, thanks for writing!
2570626 sort of how I see Twilight at the end of this chapter.
Oh snap. Either Rainbow is going to admit her feeling or Twilight might light her on fire. Either way I can't wait to see what happenes!
2570491 I think its time for Rainbow to spill everything... including how it started as a prank but ended not so much like one.
dam that's bad.hopefully in the next chapter every thing will be ok.or in my mind in a dark futer twilight completely hates rainbow dash and tell her friends and they all get pissed at her and stop being her friend and it start's to rain whiel rainbow dash cry's.well cant wait till noon.(realises it's monday and almost time for school)NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hmmm... I get the ending, where Twilight heard Dash say it was a prank, but we seem to have an extra mystery letter in the mix. It sounds like Derpy delivers the letter that Dash wrote the previous night, but then it seems like Dash didn't send it... She searches for an envelope for it and then ultimately tears it up here instead. Or did she send that previous one with Derpy, then immediately write a whole new one (Despite already being late for work), look for an envelope, then tear it up and write the meeting request instead?
It's a confusing sequence of events. Regardless, I look forward to seeing how this all resolves!
Oh noooooo, dash is in some shit now
2570886 I'm puzzled too, I thought I was reading the events that led up to Derpy's delivery...
Ohhh Dashie
Update soon please, the suspence going to kill me
2569852 So when will that be for those of us who are on GMT?
Rainbow dash lives in a cloud, how could twi get up there?
2570771 fire was one of my first thoughts too ..odd
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2571107 cloud walking spell and shit brah!
WHY YOU DID THIS YOU ASSHOLE! EVERYTHING COULD HAVE BEEN SO GREAT BUT NOOOOO YOU MADE BULLSHIT!!!
YOU BETTER FIX THIS!!!