Inkwell, Meet Ponyville

Finally, it was the weekend. I had made it through my first week of Ponyville. Everypony got over the fact that I was princess, except for Diamond Tiara. She didn't matter to me, though. I was writing about my week in my journal about how school wouldn't let me bring Vera, when I heard a knock on my door.

"Inky! A letter from Princess Luna!" Spike yelled.

"Okay, I'm coming!" I opened my door trotted out of my room. Spike opened the letter and began to read aloud.

"Dear Inky, We art writing to inform thee that we shalt be visiting Ponyville very lief after thou hast received this letter. We are coming to visit thee and to give a big surprise. We art also bringing Auntie Tia, Cadence, and Shining Armor. Prithee reply, and we shall see thee lief my dear. Love, Luna. P.S. This is to be read in the Royal Canterlot Voice, lovingly." Spike read. "Oops. Hey Inky, why did she say 'love, Luna' instead of Mom?" Spike asked.

I was super excited that Luna was coming to Ponyville, because I had really been missing her. I took time to explain it to Spike, anyway. "Oh, well, I always called her Luna, because she never liked the sound of 'mom', " I explained.

"Spike," I said. "Take a new letter." He pulled out a quill and a piece of paper. "Dear Luna, I am super excited that you are coming! Definitely bring Aunt Cady, Shining Armor, and Aunt Tia. Twily will be happy to see them. See you soon! Love, Inky."

"Got it!" Spike blew the letter away, and within minutes, I heard a knock on the door. Spike walked away and began his daily chores.

"Twilight! Somebody's here!" I yelled to her. She was too involved in her book to pay any attention to me. I trotted to the door and opened it, casually.

"Inky!" Luna almost knocked me down as she tackled me with hugs.

"Luna!" I hugged her back. Behind her, I saw Aunt Celestia, Aunt Cady, and Shining Armor, smiling. I ran into their arms and hugged them, too.

With all the commotion and hugging, Twilight looked up from her book. "Guys! What are you doing here?" Twilight asked, excited.

"We thought we'd surprise you two," Aunt Tia started. "But Luna couldn't keep her big mouth shut and blabbed to Inky about it! She was just so excited."

"Inky, how did I not know?" Twily asked me. She ran downstairs.

"Well, I tried to tell you, but-- never mind. Oh, guys, come in!" Everypony trotted in and sat down in the library, and Twilight hugged everypony.

"So, Inky, how art thou liking the quaint province of Ponyville?" Luna asked.

"I'm loving it, Luna! You have no idea what great friends I've made! And everypony likes me being a princess! Well, almost everypony. I even got my own bat! Speaking of which, where is sh-"

"A bat? Whence? We LOVE bats!" Luna exclaimed. She ran me over and started looking around the library.

"Oh, I thought you'd be mad! You never let me have one in the castle. Let's see, her name is Guinevere, but I am calling her Vera. Vera? Where are you?" She fluttered out of my room and landed on my shoulder.

"You'd think she would be needy, but she's pretty good," Twilight commented.

"She is absolutely marvelous! May we see her up close?" Vera flew over to Luna's shoulder. She played with her wings. "Prithee Inky, is this a Moonlight Blue bat?"

"Actually, yes!" I answered.

"Oh, Inky! These art the bats of the night! We had one of these as a foal! We named her Stella. She looked just like Vera. Such great fortune bestowed upon us!"

"I'm glad you like her, Luna. So, Aunt Cady and Shining Armor, how are you guys doing?" I asked, as Luna continued to play with Vera.

"We're just fine, Inky. Thank you for asking!" Cadence answered.

“Good. Aunt Tia, how is the castle?” I asked.

“Very good. It’s been different without you there, but somehow, we’re still operating,” she smiled.

I laughed. “That’s good.”

“How is Flash Sentry? I mean, that was his name, right?” Twilight butted in.

“Oh, Twilight, Flash is fine.” Luna answered.

“You know Flash, too? He was, like, my only friend at the castle!” I said.

“Oh, yeah. Flash and I are…. good friends,” Twilight blushed.

“Yes, really good friends,” Luna smiled.

“Oh, please!”

We sat around the library and talked for about an hour. I was going to ask Luna when I would be going home, but I liked Ponyville. I didn’t want to go home. We continued to talk, until Cady asked about the friends I had made in Ponyville.

“Well, there’s Apple Bloom, who is Applejack’s little sister, Sweetie Belle, who is Rarity’s little sister, and Scootaloo. We are the Cutie Mark Crusaders! In search of our cutie marks, we go on all sorts of adventures! Well, actually, we haven’t gone on any yet, but whatever! There’s one filly, Diamond Tiara, who isn’t the most pleased pony about me being a princess, but it doesn’t matter. And there’s one colt I sorta liked...Button Mash or something? Sorry, that’s not important. As you can see, I have a lot of friends.” I told her.

“We see. Couldst We possibly meet these fillies? The Crusaders of Cutie Marks, thou said? It would be most pleasant, we art certain,” Luna asked.

“Sure, Luna! In fact, we could have them over for dinner if you would like, Inky. I can invite my friends, too!” Twilight suggested.

“That would be great, Twilight! We can go get them now, if you want,” I replied.

“Sure! You can get Apple Bloom and Applejack and Scootaloo. I will get Rarity and Scootaloo."

Luna got excited. “LET US GO THEN! WE RIDE UNTIL DAWNFALL! Oh, excuse us, we mean—let us go!”

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When we got back to the library, Twilight asked the Crusaders and me to set up the tables outside. One for the fillies, and one for the adults, she said. She trotted to the back of the library and pulled out two small tables using her magic. She lifted several chairs and set them up.

“Well, I guess I just did it for you, but what does it matter?” Twilight walked inside and talked to the mares and Shining Armor. The Crusaders and I sat down at the table and began to talk.

“So, how is Button?” Sweetie Belle asked, kidding. Button Mash was a colt in my class that I had a HUGE crush on. He was really cool, and he was a total gamer. I had always liked a gamer. He was so funny, and sweet, and…well, clumsy. But most of all, he was CUTE. He had a brown coat, and a mane with different shades of brown. And he wore this little hat with a pinwheel thing on it. And he didn't even have a cutie mark!

“Oh sweet Celestia,” I muttered. “Button is fine. It’s just a little crush,” I lied. Little was the last word I would use.

“Okay then…” Scootaloo snickered.

“Really? You too, Scoots? What’s next? You, Apple Bloom?”

“Why? Are we pushing your…. Buttons?” The fillies laughed while I rolled my eyes, smiling.

Twilight walked out of the library, with plates of food levitating in the air trailing behind her. “Dinner is served!” Each plate had hayburgers and apple slices. She set them down on the table, and we each sat down.

“Wow, this looks great! Did Spike cook it?” Apple Bloom asked.

"Yes I did! Thank you," Spike replied as he waltzed outside and sat down.

I immediately dug into my burger. I was starving after my tiny daisy and daffodil sandwich I had had for lunch that day.

"Wow, Appul Bwoom, thith is willy good," I spoke as I chewed.

She laughed at me. "I'm glad."

"So, Twilight, how is it being a princess?" Shining Armor asked.

"It's really cool, but it's a lot of work, too. Actually...." Twilight started. I had heard her talk about it so many times before, and I started to drift off.

As I daydreamed, I saw Button. Boy, was he cute. That soft brown mane, the adorable hat...and what a gamer. I walked up to him. Hi there, Button, I said to him. He looked at me for a second and began to talk. Inky, I love you. Let's get married and have foals. Do you wanna play Space Invaders? My heart soared. Of course, Button! I ran into his arms, and we sat down and started playing. So, Button said. Do you like living in Ponyville, Inksy? I smiled and told him that I loved it. He clumsily leaned over to kiss me. I was surprised. I leaned in and......INKY!

I snapped out of my daydream. "Huh, what?"

"Wake up!" Scootaloo yelled.

"Oh, sorry. I was daydreaming about Button......." I drifted off, and Button and I leaned in again.

"INKY! Are you crazy? You don't have a chance with him! You realize Diamond Tiara likes him, too, right?" Sweetie Belle put in.

"WHAT?" I nearly exploded. "But I LOVE Button!"

"Woah, sugarcube, calm down. We'll get you two together. Right, guys?" Apple Bloom asked the other fillies.

"Yeah!"

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When we finished dinner, we all gathered inside of the library with mugs of hot cocoa.

Luna began to speak. "Alright, everypony. Hark to us, for we have a large surprise to bring to the fillies."

The Crusaders and I exchanged excited looks and turned back to Luna.

"We shall be touring....... all of Equestria! And Twilight, thou art hereby allowed to endue all thy friends too! Inky, because thou art our daughter, we will allow thee to bring one other friend, along with the Crusaders, if thou shouldst like."

My brain rushed. This was some of the best news I had ever heard. I was going to go all of Equestria!  I could bring Button as my one friend! Yes!

I ran into Luna's arms. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I exclaimed. This was going to be the best trip ever! I just had to knock up the guts to ask Button.

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That night, the Crusaders slept over at the library again, and Luna and the other royalty (not Twilight, of course) left for Canterlot once again. We hugged and said our goodbyes, but it was sad. Luna said we'd start the trip next month. We talked the whole night about my Button fantasies, and we plotted upon how I should ask Button to come around Equestria with me. We were all going to ask him together at lunch, so that it wouldn't look like I was asking him out on a date. We were going to make sure Diamond Tiara wasn't there, and then we would be all set.

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So, at lunchtime on Monday, a day after our sleepover, the Crusaders, and I got into the food line right behind Button. Luckily, Diamond Tiara didn't notice us.

"Hi, Button," I started nervously.

"Oh, hey INKY!" Button look didn't notice it was me until he looked up. For some reason, he looked nervous. I turned around and quickly looked at Sweetie Belle, who was directly behind me. She smirked and walked away, along with Scootaloo and Apple Bloom. I was confused and nervous. What was happening? It didn't matter; I kept on talking.

"So..um...y-you know how, um, my mom is Luna, right? Well, um, she said that we were going on, um, a tour of Equestria and that I could bring, um, one friend other than the, um, Crusaders, so um, well, I though that, um, maybe you would, um, want to, um, come...maybe?" I smiled nervously.

Button looked dumbfounded. "Su-re!" His voice cracked. "I, uh, mean s-sure," he giggled nervously.

"Ok, alright then, see you later!" I walked away with my heart pounding out of my chest.

“O-ok! Bye!” Button waved after me.

I walked up to the lunch table and sat down next to the Crusaders. “He said yes!”

“Yay!” We jumped up and hoof-bumped in the air.

“Wait a second, why did you guys walk away?” I asked.

“Because you guys were having a moment!” Sweetie Belle said.

“Um, hello! It can’t be a moment if he doesn’t like me!” I exclaimed.

“But he DOES!” Scootaloo said.

“Wait, what?”

“Yeah,” said Sweetie Belle. “Button and I are really close friends, and he said that he DID have a crush on you! You couldn't see it?”

“REALLY?” My heart exploded. This was the best moment of my life!