Twilight's Sparkle

    Twilight walked out of the ragged entrance, waiting for their ride to come. She sat on a bench that was right next to the un-inviting castle. She sat there for a while, calmly blushing and twirling her hair in deep thought. If she was doing those things, that only meant one thing: she had a deep crush on somepony. Obviously her crush must have been Flash Sentry, because once he walked through the door, she focused on nothing else but his eyes.  He greeted her with a small smile and sat next to her on the bench.

    "Hello princess. Thinking about some things?"

    Twilight  shook her head and refocused. "Yeah, sorry about that."

    Everything was silent for a while. Every now and then they would look at each other and smile.

    Twilight thought to herself. Ugh, I can't keep smiling at him. C'mon Twilight, think of something!

    Flash finally broke the silence. "Um, princess, can I ask you something?"

    "Yeah, sure."

    "W-what would you do...if....someone you really want to be friends with....just doesn't accept you the way you are?"

    Twilight paused. What was he talking about? Was he asking for advice? Did he want something from me? Is he saying he likes me?

    "Well, I would definitely stop trying to be their friend, and move on."

    Flash smirked and looked up at Twilight's face. "Thank you."

    The purple mare looked puzzled. What did I do? Did I just win his love or something?

    "Um your welcome? But thanks for what exactly?"

    "You really want to know?"

    The princess nodded her head. Flash was silent for a moment, but then began to speak.

    "Well, when I was younger, in all my grades, I was kind of the geek of the school."

*SQUEE* FLASH BACK TIME!!

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    Flash at the time was is 5th grade. He walked up to the teacher to get his math test. "Oh no" he thought. He hid his paper under his wing. Meanwhile his friends were at the playground, talking about their grades. Flash walked out the back door and headed towards his friends who were putting their backpacks with the other students' underneath an oak tree.

    One of the boys waved his hoof to him. "Hey Flash! Over here."

    Flash slowly walked toward his friends. "H-hey guys. What's up?"

    "We were just talking to each other about the grades we made. I made a  D."

    The second boy spoke up. "Yeah, well I got a C+."

    The third boy boasted. "I got a B. Ha, try and beat that! What did you get Flash?"

    The boys all looked at Flash, waiting for an answer. He just stood there nervously.

    "W-well, I got....I got an...an A+...."

    The boys looked at each other worryingly. This was the 8th time that year that he got a great passing grade. And anypony who made higher than a B would be beat up by the school bullies. Suddenly, a tall indigo colt and 3 other ponies walked up to the boys.

    "Well well well, looks like it's time for my daily grades." He snatched Flash's paper from under his wing.

    The young colt and his gang looked at each other, then looked at Flash mischievously. Flash knew this was it. He slowly walked back as the bullies walked towards him. They pounced onto Flash's back and beat him up. Flash's friends ran up to the bullies and tried to defend Flash by punching them on their nose. They ended up getting punched back, but they ran inside to get the teacher. The ponies who where at the playground saw what was happening, and started cheering them on, chanting, "Fight! Fight!". The fight lasted 2 minutes, and when the teacher came outside the crowd left, and there laid poor Flash, crying. The bullies got detention and a trip to the principle's office while Flash and his buddies were sent to the school nurse.

    Later that night, Flash ran into his room, slammed the door, and cried his heart out.

    "Nopony likes me!" He sobbed. "I probably should just kill myself right now. Nopony would even care. They wouldn't even notice I was dead."

    His mother came into the room and sat down on his bed. She stroked his mane, trying to calm him down.

    "Sweetie, don't say that. There are a lot of people who care about you. Your dad and I, your cousins, your neighbors, your friends, we love you."

    Flash raised his head and showed his wet face. "You really think so mom?"

    "Why wouldn't we? You're kind, you're smart, heck you're adorable for crying out loud!"

    The sweet mare tickled her son, making him laugh out of control.

    "M-mom! Stop! I c-can't breath because I'm l-laughing so m-much!" Flash fell off his bed.

    He got up and dusted himself off. He hugged his mom as a way of saying thank you.

"BACK TO THE PRESENT TIME"

    "Later, when I grew up, I came to the Crystal Empire to become a royal guard. Obviously I passed the test and officially am a guard now. When I became a guard, ponies actually liked me for a bit. Now for some reason, they bully and tease me. I tried fitting in but I kept making a fool and an embarrassment of myself."

    Twilight was shocked. She had no idea what to say to him.

    "Erm, sorry Princess. I guess I got a bit too personal."

    "It's fine, but...I had no idea Flash." Twilight still was a bit shocked.

    Flash smirked. "I-it's really no big deal Princess. Besides, who would like a guy like me."

    Twilight looked up at him and smiled. "Well, lets see. There's your parents, your family, your friends.......and me."

    Before the guard knew it, he got a big kiss on the lips from the young alicorn princess.

    He counted  the seconds it lasted. "1...2...3...4...5...6...Shut up brain let me enjoy this."

    It only lasted 8 seconds, but when Twilight was done she winked and trotted off to the ride that finally arrived. Flash was blushing like crazy, and the only thing he could say was, "Oh....my.....sweet.....Celestia...."

    Meanwhile, while Flash was temporarily paralyzed Twilight also was blushing like crazy. She thought to herself out loud.

    "Oh my gosh...I cannot believe I just did that."