Twilight Sparkle looked at her reflection, pressing her hand into it. Her hand, not hoof. She had to remind herself how to properly name her extremities if she didn't wanted to raise suspicions.
She was slowly getting used to this new body of hers. It was a little strange standing on her hind legs or just legs, she told herself; all the time but she was getting better at it. Taking a good look she wasn´t such a hideous creature as she first feared. She looked strange, for sure but she wasn´t so different. Her hairstyle was pretty much the same and her new body had the same color as her old coat. She missed having a horn and her magic, opening things with these hands was rather difficult.
She inspected her new muzzle, a nose was called and find it funny. Her whole appearance was funny, cute in a way. She started making faces at the mirror, trying to see how expressive she could get.
“Umh, are you alright?”
Twilight jumped and almost hit her head with the ceiling. Fluttershy squeaked and tried to retreat inside the toilet stand.
“Fluttershy, you...startled me,” Twilight said.
“That´s...unusual. I´m usually the one who gets startled,” Fluttershy said.
Twilight laughed and got up. Fluttershy left the stand and approached the mirror to wash her hands. Twilight played a little with her fingers and, even she was with her back facing the mirror, she could tell she was blushing. Thankfully, Fluttershy was blushing as well. This made her smile. This girl shared a lot with her friend, not just the name.
“Did you have problems finding the bathroom?” Fluttershy suddenly asked.
“Excuse me?”
“Well, you told me that you entered the boys room early this morning,” Fluttershy explained, her cheeks getting a little redder.
“Oh that! Well, you see...” Twilight pressed her fingers, struggling to find a believable answer.
“I´m sure a new school is always confusing. Everything is new and...scary,” Fluttershy said with almost a whisper.
Despite the distressed tone of her voice, Fluttershy´s words actually relieved Twilight. She didn´t suspected her, she just thought she was a confused exchange student. It seems as long as she didn´t do anything too strange, she wouldn´t suspect she was a strange creature for another world.
“Twilight, are you done already?”
“Was that..your phone?” Fluttershy asked.
Twilight rushed to grab the backpack from the floor. “Yes! It´s my...phone thingie. That must be my...brother. I better go answer him. Hahaha!”
Twilight rushed to get out of the toilet before she did anything else that could ruin her cover. Fluttershy simply stood there, blinking confused.
After several minutes of running, Twilight stopped and sat down next to a line of lockers.
“Spike, you were supposed to be quiet!” she chastised the purple dog inside the bag.
“I´m sorry Twilight, but you were taking forever to be done,” Spike replied.
“It´s get a while getting used to this body, Spike. You can move the paws now,” she said and Spike uncovered his eyes.
“And you have no idea who awkward that was...”
“I´m sorry Spike, but I couldn´t risk letting you in the hallways unprotected. That Sunset Shimmer could return at any moment and capture you or something.”
“Hey, I can take care of myself. If she tries to do something funny..” and he growled just like a dog would.
“You know, you seem to be having a lot of fun being a dog.”
“I like being able to scratch my ears!” he said and proceed to do just that.
“Well, I´m glad one of us it´s getting used to all this madness. I still don't know how to call half of the things in my new body. Fluttershy must think I was crazy or something...” Twilight said, blushing at the memory of her making faces in the bathroom.
“Why would she think that? She hasn´t even see you in this body.”
“Not our Fluttershy, this Fluttershy. The one of this world. She seems like such a nice girl and I thought she could be oru friend here but if I´m not careful I could scare her away,” Twilight explained.
“Why are you so worried? If she´s anything like our Fluttershy, she´s the kindest of ponies. Or is it people? How do you call this things again?” Spike asked.
Twilight giggled, lifting him up and putting the backpack on. “I´ll to call them friends.Now, let´s see if we can find some information on this place.”
******
After a full day of researching in the library with those computer things, Twilight should have been dead tired but for some reason she couldn't sleep. She was looking at the yearbook, going through the pictures of all the students. She laughed at Pinkie´s who couldn't keep a straight face on any.
She then flip the page and found Fluttershy on her second year. She looks so distraught, trying to use her hair to shield for the camera. That was something the pony version of ehr would do but for some reason, Twilight felt it was wrong for her to do so. Back in Ponyville, she usually dismissed Fluttershy's attitude. She enjoyed peace and quiet as well, so she could understand why Fluttershy would try to hide away from crowds or loud parties. But she also knew that Fluttershy was perfectly capable of taking care of herself, that she may look weak and defenseless but was capable of facing any dangers. She stand her ground against a dragon! That was something that Twilight always admired of her friend, her resolution that hide behind a shy demeanor.
But this Fluttershy was different. She look scared and hurt, like she had not a single friend in the world. Fluttershy always said that it was her friends that gave her the strength to continue, but this Fluttershy seemed like she had nobody to watch her back. Twilight felt a little anger building up at this world. This high school was a terrible place if such a nice and gentle person couldn't find a single friend.
Twilight didn´t liked that. She wanted to help Fluttershy, she wanted to be her friend. To stand by her side, to give her courage to stand against the likes of Sunset Shimmer. She wanted to make her move away that pink barrier and show her pretty face. She moved her finger over the picture, like trying to move hair away and look at those bright blue eyes...
“tiwlight?”
“AH! Spike, you startled me!”
“Sorry,” Spike said, rubbing his eyes. “But why are you still awake? You should get some sleep.”
“I know, I just couldn't sleep. I was looking at this picture of these girls, thinking about how much they resemble our pony friends.”
“They do look just like them,” Spike said, looking at Rarity´s picture and being unable to hold his tongue inside.
Twilight was still staring at Fluttershy, remembering her first encounter with her. How scared she looked, how small compared to her even the books she was almost as tall as this world Applejack. She felt her body heat and her heart beat faster the longer she stared at the pic.
“Spike?”
“ye-yeah?” Spike wiped his chin, hoping that Twilight didn´t noticed the drool all over the book.
“When you met Rarity, you fell in love at first sight with her, right?”
“Uh?” Spike didn´t know why she was asking that. He looked at her and she seemed distraught, almost hurt. “I guess so. I just thought she was really pretty, the prettiest pony I´ve ever seen.”
“But, how did you feel? It was here, like a fire inside?” she asked, placing a hand on her chest.
“Twilgiht, what are you talking about?”
“I think...I think that the same thing happened to me, Spike.”
“Is this about that guy you bumped in the hallway?”
Twilight didn´t answered.
“Oh, so that´s what this is about? Haha! You got a crush! Oh, that´s sweet! Wait until the girls fidn out. Or better yet, Shining Armor. He´ll probably go after that guy and be like, hey you, stay away from my Twiley! Hahaha!”
Spike didn´t understood her. After all, he was still a baby. His crush fro Rarity was just that, a crush. She couldn´t help her understand what she was feeling. He couldn´t help her sort through these confusing emotions.
“And of course, he´ll still has one more brother to go through before getting to you!” Spike said, puffing his chest out.
“He better be careful then. He wouldn´t want to angry a fierce dragon,” she said.
“That´s right! I´m...” And Spike yawned. “A fiercesome dragon...”
Spike felt asleep in the mid of the sentence. Twilight placed him in the improvised bed he had made with old books and covered him with the blanket. She then let go a yawn. Spike was right, she needed to rest.
Twilight took a last look at the yearbook and closed it. She looked at the night sky through the ceiling glass, remember her first night in Ponyville.
This may not be the return of Nightmare Moon but to Twilight, it seemed like an even scarier deal.
*************
Twilight was exhausted. She basically collapsed on the bench after she finished explaining things to Rainbow Dash. She had managed to convince her to join her efforts to stop Sunset Shimmer, but she had to go through an exhausting soccer match before it. She had never been the most athletic of ponies before and this new body didn´t help matter. She obviously lost the match but Rainbow only wanted to test her guts and so she passed. Twilight giggled, that was something her Rainbow would do as well.
Twilight felt a shadow over head and a refreshing bottle of water standing next to her.
“Umh for you...”
Twilight got up and looked at Fluttershy, who was hiding half of her face with her hair.
Twilight took the bottle and thanked her. Fluttershy response´s was to give a soft squee. Suddenly, Pinkie jumped in Twilight´s field of vision and started assaulting her with questions.
“Sure you want water? Or you would prefer apple cider? Apple juice? Grape juice? Orange juice? Strawberry juice?”
“Please stop, Pinkie Pie. You are downing her with your questions,” Rarity scolded her.
“I´m not drowning her with questions! I´m drowning her with suggestions! Or is it offerings?”
Pinkie seemed confused and looked at Fluttershy, who retreated inside her hair. Rarity let go a very loud sigh, causing Pinkie to blush, offended. Before the old arguments that teared this group apart resurfaced, Applejack appeared, carrying a bag full of soccer balls.
“Well girls, Rainbow is on board. Once soccer practice is over, she´ll join us in Sugar Cup Corner....Twilight, why are you laughing at me?”
Twilight uncovered her mouth and tried to regain her composure. “I´m sorry! I´m not laughing at you, it´s just...there was a store in my old town that had the exact name.”
Applejack stared at Twilight for a few minutes and Twilight began to sweet, afraid that she had ruined her cover again. Luckily, Applejack just shrugged the issue away. “Mmh, weird. Anyways, I´ll stay to help Rainbow. You can stay if you want.”
“Uh uh, I want to stay! I´ll help you two!” Pinkie Pie announced and grabbed one of the soccer balls, making it bounce on her head. She tried to imitate Rainbow but end up hitting Applejack in the head and causing all the balls to spread across the field.
Applejack grumbled while Pinkie squeaked and apology. Rarity laughed out loud, making no effort to hide she was mocking Pinkie. Fluttershy backed down scared at the look of Pinkie turning red with anger.
Twilight took Rarity by her hand and said “Rarity, I need your help with something. Fluttershy, would you help the girls cleaning up?”
Fluttershy nodded and began collecting the soccer balls, peeking through her hair as Twilight and Rarity go behind the benches.
“Auh! Twilight, you´re hurting me!”
“I´m sorry, I just need to take you away before you start another fight with Pinkie,” Twilight said letting her go. “Why are you giving her such a hard time? I thought you two have already fixed things.”
Rarity finished blowing her sore hand and answered, “I´m not giving her a hard time. It´s just that Pinkie is never careful. She does needs a little scolding once in awhile.”
“I know Pinkie can be a little overwhelming at times but still...is there something more going on between you two?”
Rarity crossed her arms and made another “pfft” sound. “Whatever do you mean?”
“Wellm you seemed a little hurt when you thought Pinkie had rejected your help.”
“Of course I was hurt! She basically insulted me!”
“I understand that but the way you got so angry, well...”
“Well what? What are you exactly insinuating?” Rarity was now yelling at Twilight, her white face turned a shade of red.
Twilight held her hands up and backed away. “I´m sorry, I didn't mean to say anything, I was just...”
Rarity realized what she was doing and retreated, looking embarrassed. “My apologies, darling. that was rude of me. It´s just, you remembered of Sunset Shimmer.”
“What?” Now it was Twilight´s turn to be offended.
“She used to make that sort of remarks in the hallways for everybody to hear. Implying that I was...interested in Pinkie Pie,” Rarity said, blushing.
“I´m sorry, that wasn´t my intention. I just noticed how angry you were and I jumped to the wrong conclusions.”
“Maybe they´re not entirely wrong...” Rarity murmured.
“Excuse me?”
“Twilight, may I ask you something?” Twilight nodded. “Have you met Fluttershy for how long exactly?”
Twilight played with her hair, suddenly uncomfortable by the question. “A day, I guess. Why are you asking?”
“Uh, no reason. I just, noticed something. It´s probably nothing, I just have a weird attention to details. It´s probably nothing,” Rarity said, awkwardly laughing and playing with a soccer ball that had rolled behind the bench.
Twilight was also feeling awkward, playing some more with her fingers. They stood there, avoiding each other looks for about a minute before Twilight mustered the courage to ask. “What did you exactly noticed?”
“Well, when you were having your little match with Rainbow, I took notice that you kept glancing at Fluttershy.”
“Oh, I was?”
“And everything you seemed about to give up, you looked at her and got a second wind.”
Twilight didn´t replied, she just twirled her hair harder while her cheeks turned a full red.
“But don´t pay me attention! I read way too many romance novels. Three days romance and all that.”
“And what about love at first sight? Do you believe in that too?”
“Why do you ask? have you met a cute boy in your first day at school?” Rarity joked but Twilight wasn´t laughing. She looked back at Rarity with hurt eyes.
Rarity noticed the looks and lowered her defence. They say no words but somehow, they both feel like sharing a secret. Like they could be honest with each other and say what they couldn´t to anybody else.
“What are you two doing back here?”
They both startled in surprise, something that Twilight was starting to get tired of.
“Oh, it's just you Rainbow Dash,” Rarity said.
“Well, sorry. Were you expecting the captain of the softball team or something? Oh wait, that's me!”
“No need to be so rude,” Rarity said, crossing her arms again.
“Whatever you say. Hey Twi, give me five more minutes and we´ll head to Sugar Cup, okay?”
“Yes, that´s...okay.”
Rainbow raised an eyebrow, wondering why she was blushing. She looked at Rarity and noticed she was bright red too. Rainbow was about to ask if something was about to ask if something had happened between them but ultimately decided not to. Shrugging her shoulders, she bent down to pick up the missing soccer ball, failing to notice her cell phone fell from her pocket.
Just before Rainbow left, Twilight noticed it and picked it up.
“Rainbow, you left your phone thingie...”
“Oh thanks. Phone thingie? I bet you are not a very good with electronics,” Rainbow joked.
“Judging by what she did at the library, I´ll say so,” Rarity said, making Rainbow laugh.
Twilight was a little offended by the comment but decided to ignore it. “I don´t know much about these thing but they are fascinating. You can even take pictures with them!” Rarity and Rainbow Dash looked at each other, smirking at Twilight. “Hey, you have a picture of Applejack here!”
“Give me that!” Rainbow yelled, taking it away and blushing red.
“Rainbow, that was unnecessarily rude,” Rarity chastised her.
“Shut up. It´s none of your business. And why are you blushing now?!” Rainbow yelled at Twilight.
“It´s just that was a picture of Applejack's...behind,” Twilight explained.
Rainbow blushed even harder and Rarity let go a “Oh my.”
“It was an accident, okay? She just happened to turn over at that moment!”
“I´m sorry, I didn´t mean to imply anything,” Twilight apologized.
“Yeah, you did! You are just like Sunset Shimmer!”
“Sunset? What did she do?” Twilight asked.
“I bet she embarrassed you in public just like she tried to do with me,” rarity said, looking sad.
Rainbow took a deep breath and explained, “She showed up at the showers, saying she had taken some pictures of me and Applejack behind the gym benches. We were just talking, I swear! But Sunset was implying something different and the entire team started making fun of me.”
“What? How could they? Are you telling me that in this world you get shunned for something like that?” Twilight yelled.
Rainbow and Rarity looked at her confused and Twilight covered her mouth.
“i mean, in my old school something like that would never be allowed.”
“Well, I´m sure Principal Celestia will not let her get away. When the coach showed up, Sunset retread but the damage was already done. I already get a lot of gossiping for being a sport girl and she didn´t helped matters,” Rainbow said.
There was a moment of uncomfortable silence, the three of them looking away to make the moment go faster.
“Girls, I´m so sorry for what Sunset Shimmer did to all of you,” Twilight said.
“Why? It happened long before you transferred to this school,” Rainbow said and Twilight bit her lip.
They didn't know the truth, after all. She was responsible in a way. Sunset might have been Celestia´s student before her but she the crown was in her care and so, she should have stopped Sunset´s ambitions. She was sure her friends will say the same things as this Rainbow, that she wasn´t responsible for anything that Sunset sidd but Twilight couldn't´help but feel that it was her duty to stop her and fix the damage she had done.
“Despite that, I´ll never judge you or mock you like she did. I want to support you and, if you accept me, be your friend.”
Rainbow and Rarity smiled again and Rarity said “I think we already consider you that, dear. And for the record, I support you in your romantic pursuits.”
“Wha-what romantic pursuits?” Twilight stuttered.
“You talking about her having the hots for Fluttershy?” Rainbo said.
“What? What do you mean?”
“Girl, you are not exactly subtle.”
“No more than you are about Applejack,” Rarity retorted, jumping to Twilight's defence.
“Hye, I told you that there´s nothing between the two of us!”
“Rarity, that wasn´t very nice,” Twilight said.
“Well, I´m sorry. But I don´t think it´s fair she makes fun of you when she is so blatantly obvious in her intentions. She should be more honest with herself.”
“In that case, you should be honest about your feelings for Pinkie.”
“What? You and Pinkie?” Rainbow asked.
“Don´t be ridiculous. Beside, it´s not like she would ever noticed it.”
Another awkward moment of silence fell upon them, the three looking away, scratching their arms or playing with a ball.
“Have any of you ever felt something like this before?” Twilight asked.
Rarity shook her head while Rainbow hid her face behind the soccer ball.
“These feelings are so strange to me. Everything is. Since I got here, I haven't got a long enough moment to pause and analyze them and I´m not even sure I want to. I don´t have much time left here and I don´t know what to do, how talk to her. I´m scared, to be honest.
”
Rarity then hold Twilight's hand, tight. It wasn't like Twilight did, it didn't hurt. It felt comforting.
“Don't worry, honey. We are here for you. We´ll help you go through this.”
“Yeah and we better start taking care of that jerk Sunset SHimmer!” Rainbow declared, patting Twilight´s back.
Twilight flinched a little but was smiling. They may not be her friends from Ponyville but they had a similar spirit. She felt comfortable around them, she felt surrounded by friends.
*****
“This carriage is amazing!” Twilight said, enchanted by the mini bar inside the limousine they rented.
Rarity was glad they didn´t actually had a drinks service, otherwise things will get awkward.
“Was your school near a farm or something, Twilight?” Pinkie Pie asked her.
“Oh no but I´ve never ride in a vehicle like this,” Twilight explained, sheepishly grinning.
“Me neither. This is my first time in a limousine. It´s very nice,” Fluttershy quietly added.
This seemed to end the conversation and the ride could continue, but Applejack couldn't avoid making a question
“And what´s so bad about going to a school near a farm?”
“Nothing! I grew up in a farm too and went to a community school, It was booooring!” Pinkie said but nobody really laughed.
Actually, the atmosphere inside the car was extremely uncomfortable. Applejack, Pinkie and Fluttershy were in one side of the limousine with Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle in the opposite one. Spike had descended from the backpack and was playing with the windows buttons.
The silence around them was strange, They were supposed to be friends now. Twilight had even confessed she was a pony from another world. Well, actually Pinkie Pie had figured that on her own somehow. But things haven't improved. Rainbow Dash tried to avoid looking at Applejack, competing with Spike with the window´s buttons. Rarity inspected her fingernails absently minded, occasionally taking a glance at PInkie who looked restrained, sitting in the middle of Applejack and Fluttershy. Applejack simply stared at the street while Fluttershy looked at her knees. She looked up and found Twilight staring at her. She blushed and lowered her head. A few seconds later she looked up again.
“Is something wrong, Twilight?”
“What? No, why?”
“You were staring at me.”
“I wasn´t staring. i was admiring your dress,, that´s all.”
“Oh, okay...”
the tension could be cut with a knife. Applejack and Pinkie looked at each other, wondering what was really going on. Rarity and Rainbow knew but kept playing in their respective corners. Once Spike got tired of pulling the window up and down and moved to play with the mini bar door, rarity felt the need to break the ice, so to speak.
“So Pinkie, did you get any guy to invite you to the dance?”
“Nope.”
“Really? No one did? Note vne that cute guy from the party committee? What´s his name, Spooky?”
“It´s Pokey and no, he didn't invited me,” Pinkie said, pouting.
“You sound a little disappointed, sugarcube,” Applejack said.
“Meh, his loss. He had plenty of chances. Besides, I don't need a dte. I can just hang out with you, girls! None of us have a date and we´re still going to have fun, right?”
Pinkie´s declaration brought them all a smile and it seemed like the awkward moment was gone. Unfortunately, being comfortable for Rainbow meant crack a joke and she couldn't avoid saying the wrong one.
“I´m surprised Applejack didn't bring his big brother. He´s the only guy he hangs with all day.”
“And what's that supposed to mean?!” Applejack yelled at her, causing all to gasp.
“Relax, AJ. It was a joke.”
“Not your best one, Rainbow.”
The situation was even worse than before. They all avoided looking at each other, grumbling or murmuring with their arms crossed. Spike was the only one totally unaware of the tense air.
“I actually was invited by a boy,” Fluttershy declared in a soft tone.
“You were? By who?” Rarity asked.
“One boy from the ecologists table. I don't even know his name so that´s why I turned him down.”
“Poor guy. Imagine how much he struggled to gather the courage to ask you out in the first place. You are very popular with the guys, you know that?” Applejack said.
“That´s...not true,” Fluttershy murmured.
“Yes, it is! you are the prettiest and most liked girl at school, Fluttershy! All boys talk about you!” Pinkie Pie declared.
“Yeah, I heard that. All the guys in the gym keep talking about you. And Rarity,” Rainbow said and Rarity made a gesture to dismiss it.
Fluttershy blushed a little, playing with her hair.
“It´s true, Fluttershy. You are very pretty and kind. You shouldn't need to hide behind your hair. You should let others see how beautiful you are,” Twilight said.
Now the other girls were starting to pick up the clues. Applejack and Pinkie looked each other and then at Rainbow and Rarity, whose faces tell they knew full well what was going on. Fluttershy sat straight on her seat and was about to ask a question. A crucial question.
“Twilight...”
“Twilight has a date too!”
All the girls screamed and jumped out of their seats.
“Spike, you have to stop doing that!” Twilight yelled and Spike lowered his ears.
“You do have a date for tonight, Twilight?” Fluttershy asked her.
“Flash Sentry asked me to accompany him to the dance but I never got the chance to answer. I ran off the room,” Twilight explained and she noticed the way they were all looking at her. “I had to! I was in hurry. I had to get the dance fixed for tonight. I don't have much time left, the portal will close tonight.”
“And you will never come back,” Fluttershy said.
It wasn´t really a question. they all knew that Twilight will have to leave soon and there will be many questions that won´t get answered or even made in the first place.
The limousine stopped, having arrived at Canterlot High. Twilight took a deep breath, remembering the task at hand.
“We have a crown tor ecover and a dance to assist. We need to get out there and do our best.”
She extended her hand, waiting for them to repeat the gesture from early when the fixed the dance floor. Rainbow was the first to do so, flashing a bright smile at her. Rarity followed her suit, then Applejack, then Pinkie and finally, Fluttershy. Spike added his paw at the bottom, wiggling his tail i happiness.
Twilight looked at Fluttershy and they both smiled. No question were asked, no confession made but they felt there was no need right now. Right now, they had to stick together, as friends.
They all got out of the car, ready to take on Sunset and the fall dance.
****
“You will take care of her, right?” Twilight asked, looking at Sunset who had started to fix the school's entrance.
“Well, she did did some mean things to all of us. Are you sure her transformation is sincere?” Applejack asked.
“I'm sure she is. And speaking of being sincere, I have to make a confession. It would probably do no good but after all that happened, I feel I wouldn't be a good princes if I didn't come out and say...”
Twilight was interrupted by Rainbow placing a hand on her shoulder.
“Twilight, let me go first. Because if I don't do it now, I would never do it.”
They all watched as Rainbow walked towards Applejack. She stood in front of her, struggling to get the words out.
“I...like you.”
“Okay?”
“No, I really like you. Like how when you really like somebody, that you want to spent all day with that person? That kind of like you. Now, i know everybody makes jokes about us but...”
Now Applejack interrupted her, taking her hands. “So? Let them make jokes.”
“Really? Are you sure about this? Don´t you care what the others will say fi you an me, you know?”
“You´re Rainbow Dash, captain of almost every team in the school. Since when do you care what other people think?”
“Heh, guess you´re right,” Rainbow said, leaning a little closer to Applejack.
“In the spirit of honesty, I have to come out clean with you, Pinkie,” Rarity said. “I´m sorry for making fun of you and saying all those nasty things. The thing is, well I...”
“Have a crush on me since we met in first year and never gathered the courage to tell me so you patiently waited for me to realized but I realized years ago but I wa waiting for you to make the first move because I was also scared and being silly like you were?”
Rarity blinked a few times before answering, “How do you keep doing that?”
Pinkie Pie simply shrugged.
“So, you figured it all out, uh?”
Pinkie shrugged again.
“All those years of silently pinning for you ruined.”
“Rarity!”
“I´pm sorry, I do like romance novels too much,”
“And, do they always ends in a happy ending?” pInkie asked.
“Not all of them. But I believe this one does,” she answered, taking Pinkie´s hand.
Twilight smiled at the scene. Spike was terribly confused by the whole situation and looked at Twilight for an explanation. She decided to explain it later.
“Let´s go, Spike.”
“Twilight, wait!” Fluttershy said. “I need to tell you...”
“Rarity,” Twilight said, turning over. “You say this could be considered a three days romance, right?”
Rarity nodded, not really sure what she was going for with this.
“Then, it´s a shame we only got two days.”
And then Twilight leaned forward and kissed Fluttershy.
Now Spike was really confused by the whole situation. Applejack and PInkie were a little surprised but their couples squeezed their hand, reassuring them everything was alright.
Fluttershy was surprised too at first but she soon began to return the kiss.
Flash Sentry had approached Sunset to talk to her and got a good view of what was happening. He looked both surprised and hurt. He turned to Sunset who gave him a silent nod, answering all his questions with that simple gesture. When Twilight let go off Fluttershy she caught a glimpse of him and gave him a sad smile. He responded waving her goodbye.
Twilight turned her back and moved to the portal. The other girls approached Fluttershy, offering her comfort.
“Twilight, are you alright?” Spike asked.
“I´m fine, Spike,” she said, wiping her tears.
“I don't really get what's going on but, does this mean you will try to kiss our Fluttershy once we cross the mirror?”
“No Spike, I won't.”
“Umh why exactly?”
“Because...” And she turned around, to give the girls a final look. “That Fluttershy isn´t my Fluttershy.”
And the second they crossed the gate, the moon moved in the sky, closing the portal for another thirty moons.
