Dreaming in the Sky

Twilight Sparkle

It took so much longer than expected but I think today was the day. I had completely convinced Shy to take me up. At first she had been completely horrified. If she was anyone else her scream would have echoed through and around Ponyville. But her whispered scream was quite adorable.

"No!" Her hoofs trembled and her wings and ears instantly folded back and in.

"No, no, no! Twi, I will not take you anywhere as dangerous as the clouds!" She had stopped for a moment, thinking about her sentence.

"I mean, not until you had wings. If you had wings. Well, I mean, not unless you have wings!"

I was doing my best not to grin - after all, Shy was simply captivating when she was angry. Nonetheless I had to rear in - this was what I wanted. And the only pony I wanted it with was her. So after our first little argument about my idea, Shy began to settle down. I took that chance to explain my miraculous want with her puzzled mind.

"Oh, Shy, love. Don't you understand? I don't have wings. And... well, as far as I know..."

My voice grew soft as time went on. It felt as if that one simply sentence was lasting much longer than I had hoped.

"I probably won't have any soon. So, just once. Please? I want to feel like I'm flying."

And that was all that had needed to be said. Shy's blue eyes had been pointed at the ground as soon as I had begun talking. Looking around the small cupcake shop we sat in, Mane Street Cakes, I was glad to see nobody was listening to our conversation. I was not being rational; any pony - except Pinkie, of course - would agree. And then the most rational pony I had ever met lifted her eyes up to mine. Her expression was so deep, so gentle, I nearly forgot what I had been speaking of.

"If you insist."

Her voice was so tiny and innocent I almost felt bad about the situation I was putting her in. But the emotion did not take over - instead I leaned over our small vanilla cupcake, with pink whipped frost dabbing on to my chin, and kissed her. My love.