"Twilight!" Cadence was alarmed. "Who is that?" Twilight shouldn't have simply jumped at a random stranger like that. Even if he was incredibly cute.
"It's Shiny Ammo, Cadey! He's home early!" Twilight kissed the stallion's cheek ecstatically, making him blush slightly in embarrassment.
"I'm Shining Armour, Twilight's big brother. And I guess you're Princess Cadence? My parents told me they'd hired a new foalsitter."
Oh, sweet Celestia, he's cute. Was he talking to me? Yes. Okay, Cadence, you got this. Just act normal, 'kay? No tricks, Mr Brain. This is no time to be---
"Um, Princess Cadence? You there?" Shining Armour was giving her an odd look. "You, uh, are Princess Cadence, right?"
Okay, he's talking to you. ActnormalactnormalactnormalpleaseforCelestia'ssakeactnormal.
"Huh? Um, yes, that's me. I'm the, uh, the new foalsitter. P-pleasure to meet you." Thank you so much brain for not screwing this up.
"Yes, well, I've heard a lot about you. All of Twilight's calls are to tell me what a great time she had with the foalsitter. So when the Captain gave me the day off, I decided to come early and see this amazing foalsitter for myself. Now, um, can I come in? I have a ton of stuff to put down."
"Oh! Uh-of course! Sorry 'bout that." For the first time, Cadence noticed that the white stallion had an enormous saddlebag on his back. Embarrassed, she stepped out of the way. Shining Armour crossed in front of Cadence, dislodging Twilight from his neck and dropping her expertly on Cadence's back.
"See ya later, kiddo," he said to his sister. "I've got work to do."
Cadence watched him go with a stupidly dreamy look on her face. Twilight looked at her worriedly.
"Are you okay Cadey? You look funny."
"Yes, Twilight, I'm fine. Do you want to finish your drawing for Shiny Am--- Shining Armour?" Regaining her usual composure, Cadence carried the purple filly back to the sitting room to finish their project.
The rest of the day went by in a blur, with not much going on except Twilight chattering on about "Shiny Ammo." Cadence was about to leave without seeing Shining Armour again, but as she left he came running up to say goodbye.
"Hey! Uh, I just wanted to say that I think you have a great gift. It isn't easy to get Twilight to go to sleep. You should be proud of yourself." He looked nervously at the ground. This wasn't the reason he was here at all.
"Oh! Um, thanks, I guess."
"Okay. Bye then. See you soon."
"I hope so." Cadence said earnestly as her coach pulled up. "I gotta go. Bye!"
"Hey there, Princess!" Florence greeted her in the usual way, then said mischieviously, "Meet anyone special today?"
"What?! No. He-he's just a friend. He's Twilight's big brother." Cadence struggled not to blush, despite the fact that Florence couldn't see her.
nope, definitely nothing going on Florence.
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A near-EXACT copy of my comment.
I love it!
Ever thought of Venus? or maybe some name related to it? Venus is the god of love after all. It's a celestial body too. For the mum's name i mean. Also good story
This is very very good.
One minor nitpick: It always jolts me out of the story for a moment when you bring up a pony's "arms" since, well, technically they don't have those and forelegs aren't always such a great substitute either. (Not that you're the only author on this site to accidentally anthropomorphize them like that on occasion, mind.)
Also, towards the end of this last chapter, your dialogue is missing leading quotes in a couple of places:
Yes, Twilight, I'm fine. Do you want to finish your drawing for Shiny Am--- Shining Armour?"
and
Okay. Bye then. See you soon."
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Arm is actually the correct term. It's such a pet peeve of mine that the idea of "arms" being wrong has proliferated in the fandom. Like saying they have inverted knees, it makes me want to punch someone.
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Well, the only reference I can find on short notice is this Wikipedia article, but that actually seems to agree with me -- equines may have "forearms", but those are then still defined as part of the foreleg, not of a larger "arm" as such.
*slight shrug* On the other hoof, we do see ponies do things like hug each other on the show, so maybe that is just semantics.
nothing gets past florince
well im eagerly awaiting the next chapter :)
Isn't Florence a female name?
GAH!!!! just relized that theres no part after this one
I'd imagine that this would have been how they really met.
Okay, next cha-hey! There's no next chapter? Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!?
Cheer up, Rarity. The next one will be here soon...I hope.
Favourite/Email Updates Check, you have me hooked.
Yes armour spelt the proper way
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Well, according to both Alexa and Siri armor is spelled just like that. In fact I’m using my phones dictation and that’s the way it spelled it automatically. It’s also spelled that way in the dictionary.