[2nd-person] [Romance] [One-shot]

For 19 years you've lived with your family and helped run the inn they own. You've not really known much else, and so you keep to your normal life without much interruption.

However, when a certain group of ponies arrive to stay, your entire life changes dramatically...

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Competition entry: February Write Off

Well, this was incredibly rushed, and it didn't finish anything like I wanted it to - after all, I still had a lot to write when I hit 10k, and I had 3 hours to remove what I didn't need and end it before the deadline. I really need more than a week to come up with something suitable for a competition, but if it didn't have a time limit, the contest would never end. Congrats to the winners, and good job to everyone who took part.

So welcome to my first flop of a story. I'll try harder next time.

Twilight's annual assessment is coming up, and she must go to Canterlot to visit her mentor. She decides to practice a spell that's sure to impress, but it goes horribly wrong, with potentially disastrous consequences. Princess Celestia and her sister Princess Luna are forced to pick up the pieces that remain while maintaining a cover on the scandal.

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Twilight's magic fails somehow. The results can be comedic, romantic, or even horribly dark, but it's always a messy magical mishap from our mane mare. How often has that been used now? It's almost too easy.

Anyway, this is something I came up with while trying to break through my writer's block on my other story. It'll probably be 2 or 3 chapters long, but if people enjoy it enough, I might extend it.

Twilight writes a letter to Princess Celestia.

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I wrote this while listening to this.
It also happened to be the inspiration for this tale.
I don't know if the story alone is good enough, but I'm sure this should enhance it.

Image credit goes to clopin98. I simply went to find an appropriate image, and what I found was breathtaking.

I'm only marking the characters who make a significant impact on the story. Yes, Celestia isn't in there, but she's the cornerstone of this story.

Anyway, this is a one-off thing. I just found inspiration to write it, and I wrote it in about two hours. I'll even admit: I cried myself as I wrote it.

If you didn't enjoy it, please comment constructively. If you did...well, my work is done.

ZULU 0941 24 DEC 2011: After mulling it over for a while, and taking ideas from multiple users (as well as my own - I don't just steal others' ideas, you know), I've decided that I can continue this, and at some point I hopefully will. However, I've put it "On Hiatus" so it's easy to see when I do continue it. I reckon I'll get two or three other things out of the way first, and I need time to come up with more to it. Look forward to it!

To recognise the mane cast for their efforts in saving from Equestria from an eternity of night, chaos and other problems, Princess Celestia decides to invite them to the Mid-Spring Honours event, one where ponies of particular noteworthy achievement are rewarded with titles befitting their accomplishment.

Could this be the time for Twilight to make her move? Could jealousy cause an irreparable rift between two close friends? And is there more to this night than first meets the eye?

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I'll update the characters as they appear. Any criticism you have is fully welcome, as long as it isn't baseless insult; the more I learn about what you like or how to write, the more enjoyable I can make the story for you.