It was very early in the morning and the lights of the sun had slowly come from outside the window moving towards Twilight’s bed and delicately touching her chicks. After a couple of minutes of her face being illuminated she finally woke up. Her head felt heavy and she also experienced a mild dizziness, result from staying up until very late in the night reading book after book. She has been thinking of installing some curtains on her bedroom’s window, but she never does because she knows that without them she would probably sleep the whole day without even noticing.
She shook her head off, she was still in half sleep, then she jump from her bed and walked to the bathroom. She stood up in front of the mirror and saw her mane being a mess, also she noticed what appeared to be the start of eye bags. She jumped into the shower in order to help her wake up and to start today’s activities. She washed her face several times as if the water will clean her skin condition I really need to stop doing these late night studies she thought while the warm water fell making the purple pony relax.
Once she was ready to start the day, she walked down the stairs very carefully trying not to wake Spike up, if he doesn’t sleep at least 10 hours he gets all cranky and Twilight felt too tired to deal with that. She arrived to the kitchen where she used her magic to levitate a coffee pot and started the stove. As she prepared everything to make a nice breakfast and coffee she remembered something Oh! Today is monday! Each monday the mail arrived, usually it didn’t came anything special more than bills or magazines she was subscribed to, but every once in a while she received letter from her parents or her brother and reading those first thing in the morning assure it to be a good day.
As the door opened she could see how the town looked so lively and happy. Everypony had started their morning routine, many of them were walking around the streets, the stores looked full of ponies shopping, and it was the same day the band ponies practice. This atmosphere combined with the sweet aroma of the pastry coming from Sugar Cube Corner made what started as a heavy and really painful day a nice and full of energy morning. Twilight closed her eyes for a moment, she found herself lost in her own mind almost daydreaming, but thankfully she was brought back into reality when Rainbow Dash flew by busting some clouds. The alicorn smiled when she saw her friend flying so freely and watched her disappearing leaving a beautiful rainbow behind her.
She reached her mailbox and noticed that all the letters were free, usually the mail ponies tied all the letters and packages with a string to hold everything up, however now the string was gone, thankfully using her magic she didn’t really needed a string to hold the letters. After taking her mail, she left the door of her house half opened to leave some of the atmosphere into the house. She ate her breakfast and drank her coffee, she felt like herself once again, but suddenly she noticed something coming from beneath the table.
“Watcha doin?!” It was non other than Pinkie Pie who was hiding under the table and jumped out
Twilight was startled from the sneak attack of her friend she almost fell from her chair “Pinkie?! How did you get there?”
“You left the door opened, silly” Said the pink pony with a giggle
Twilight rolled her eyes in annoyance, and asked “What brings you here so early?”
“Oh! I was doing my deliveries and I thought to just come and say hi”
“Deliveries?”
“Yeah, the Sugar Cube Corner now has a delivery service and they put me in charge. Can I take some coffee?”
“Sure. But careful it’s still hot”
Pinkie took the coffee pot and poured all of it’s content into her mouth, she drank until the last drop and after a couple of minutes she started to shake.
Twilight’s face showed her concern about her friend’s well being “Pinkie, are you… okay?”
“SorryTwilightgottagoIhavetomakemydeliveriesseeyoulatertakecarebyebye” And faster than a sonic rainboom the pink earth pony disappeared leaving nothing but a pink puff.
At least this time she didn’t make a mess she thought the princess with annoyance. The time to do her chores was about to arrive and Spike had just walked down the stairs and collapse onto the couch in the living room, apparently he still needed some more sleep, but he knew Twilight wouldn’t let him.
To finish her morning rituals the princess took her mail and scanned through the letters trying to find something interesting Biils… Bills… Stone Taster Magazine… To Princess Twilight Sparkle… Bills… Wait what? She stopped her scanning and focused her attention on the fourth letter. It was a regular shaped with a plain white envelope and the words To Princess Twilight Sparkle written on the front, no return address, no stamp, there wasn’t even Twilight’s address. After inspecting the letter she decided to open it and see what it contained.
Dear Princess Twilight Sparkle:
There is something I have been meaning to tell you since a long time, but never managed to find the words to do so. Every time I have the chance to talk to you or spend a moment with you my throat closes and no matter how much I struggle my body refuses to obey what my mind commands leaving these words inside of me.
I just wanted to tell you that ever since I met you I have been secretly admiring you. How sweet you are to everypony, how you have saved everypony from disaster and never asked for a reward, the way you see everyone as equal and even though you are a princess now you are still see yourself as the rest of us. You are the kindest, most generous, and smartest pony I have ever known.
I wish I can one day be just a bit like you.
Yours Truly.
Your Secret Admirer.
After finishing reading the letter Twilight couldn’t help but to smile at the letter. It was crealy written by a fan considering the mistakes and the way it expressed itself, but it was sweet enough for the princess to feel a little embarrassed Wow I never had a secret admirer before… Or maybe I did, but I couldn’t have known. I wonder who this pony is. Whoever he or she is he or she certainly made my day.
Spike had finally raised from the sofa and stood next to Twilight “Hey, Twilight, what you got there?”
“Oh it’s nothing” She said “Just a letter I got. Now, time for you to start the checklist” She took a scroll and a quill with her magic.
Spike gave a big yawn showing he wasn’t ready yet “Can I at least have some breakfast?”
Twilight smiled “Okay, but do it quickly we have 9 minutes before we get behind schedule”
She folded the letter and walked back to her bedroom leaving the baby dragon eating his meal. She hid the letter beneath her pillow. There was something about that letter that made it special, maybe it was the fact that it was her very first letter from a fan, or maybe because whoever wrote it did it with his or her whole heart. Whatever the reason may be it was special enough for Twilight to keep as a treasure. She could start finding who the sender was by asking around or examine the letter carefully, but she thought it would be better to enjoy having somepony admiring her from the distant. There’s a reason the pony remained anonymous.
She went back down and saw Spike holding the scroll and quill apparently ready to start their chores, however he also had his face all frowned and his arms crossed. Twilight smiled and levitated his friend with her magic and placed him on her back
“You know, I think we can stop by with Rarity on our way back” Said Twilight giving a cheerful look to Spike.
“Really?!”
“Only if we finish our checklist early”
“Checked!” Said the baby dragon with glee.
The did their chores quickly and the whole day passed by uneventful. When they arrived with Rarity the alicorn thought to keep the letter to herself, if she told her friends about it they might think that she’s been pretentious. And also she thought it was something she prefered enjoying herself.[size=1.5em][/size]
It was wednesday morning and once again the light of the sun had entered the princess’s bedroom. However this time she opened her eyes just at the moment the lights touched the floor. Because of how tired she felt last monday, she decided to go to sleep early the rest of the week No way I’m going to get eye bags! She had told herself, and she was determined to do so, she even followed Rarity’s recipe for a beauty sleep, putting cream and cucumber slices on her eyes before going to sleep. And even though she had no idea if it works she followed each step as it was told.
As always she followed her morning routine step by step, taking a shower, cleaning herself up, and going downstairs to make some breakfast, only this time she did it happily and relaxed. She was walking down the stairs going to the kitchen, when she noticed something laying just beneath her door. Something white and small, but it didn’t look stuck it was just there. She approached the door and with her magic took the object that now she identified as a letter. With further inspection she noticed the words To Princess Twilight Sparkle written on the front. It was the same hoof writing as the last one.
She stared at the letter for a moment in amazement So soon? She thought and then took it with her to the kitchen- The alicorn didn’t want to make a big deal about it, so she placed the note on the table as she took all the ingredients to make a hay omelette. She tried to ignore the letter, but every once in a while she looked at it as if it was going to talk to her What would this pony write this time? About how I’m such the best pony in town She has never believe that, but she tried to be humorous about the letter in order to give as little importance as possible. Once her meal was ready she sat down on the table to eat, meanwhile her eyes never left sight of the envelop. She ate quicker than usually, and once she took the last bite she could resist no longer.
She took the envelop and carefully opened it, taking the paper that was inside and read.
Dear Princes Twilight:
I would like to apologize for the last letter I sent you. Because I was thinking about you I didn’t pay much attention to what I was writing and let my body move on it’s own. I don’t want you to think I’m just another fan, I want you to know how much you mean to me.
Before I knew you I didn’t have much to look up to. My dreams were merely goals I wanted to achieve, but I didn’t know what I would do once I get them. I had no clear goal in my life. But then everything changed when I met somepony. I thought it was a regular pony that had move to Ponyville and to be honest I think i didn’t do much on my own to leave a good first impression. But little did I know that pony will change my life for ever, giving something no other pony could: Hope.
You came to Ponyville and changed the small boring town into a place I can proudly call home, with you around you made everything look like something new and exciting, you took responsibility for things that wasn’t of your concern but you cared enough for everyone to be in charge, and gave your hoof to anyone who needed help, even when they didn’t ask for it. You even helped me more than once, and it might have meant nothing to you, but with those sweet words and with your kind self you helped me overcome everything that came in my way.
With this letters I want nothing but to tell you how grateful I am that you are here, and how I feel about you. I want to be just a little like you, and probably be with you.
Yours Truly.
Your Secret Admirer.
Twilight just sat there looking at the letter, motionless. This wasn’t like the last letter, this was much more personal Is this really true? Am I so important that I changed this pony’s life? She wondered. She couldn’t stop thinking about it, part of her refused to believe what the letter says, and yet she found herself enjoying it. She was so focused on the letter she didn’t noticed she wasn’t alone in the kitchen anymore.
“Are you okay, Twlight?” Asked Spike touching Twilight’s shoulder. This made the unaware pony to jump.
“Spike! How many times I told you not to do that?!” She yelled at the dragon
“Sorry, Twi. But you’ve been there for some time and I got worried. What does that letter say?”
Twilight noticed she still had the letter levitating in front of her, she thought about telling the baby dragon about it, but she instead consider keeping it for herself for the time being “Oh, it’s just a fan’s letter, nothing important”
Spike giggled and covered his mouth with his claw “A fan letter? You have a fan?”
“Well I do, and she doesn’t make fun of me” Twilight opened her eyes wide open Why did I say she? She wondered
Spike looked strangely to Twilight who was holding the letter with her wings, but he didn’t care much about it “Whatever, we should go with Pinkie soon” Said the dragon
“Pinkie? Why?”
“Don’t remember? She invited us to Sugar Cube Corner to help her with something”
Pinkie Pie came the last day to ask them to come over her working place to help her out with something, but because of the letter the alicorn forgot about it “Oh, right”
Just as the last letter she took it and placed it beneath her pillow. This time she now knows exactly why she wanted to keep it. Even though she didn’t believe much of the traits the pony wrote about her, she felt that this was a very special letter.
After cleaning up the house a little, they left the library and walked towards the Sugar Cube Corner where Pinkie Pie had reserved a table only for her and her friends. It wasn’t needed because there weren’t many ponies around the place, but she wanted to make sure her friends had a place to relax and have fun.
As the alicorn princess entered the establishment she noticed all of her friends sat around the table and a smaller table on the side with the crusaders chatting. Spike walked to the smaller table while Twilight joined her friends.
“Hello everypony!” Greeted the alicorn
“Finally, we’ve been waiting for you since for ever” Complained.Rainbow Dash
Applejack raised and eyebrow and replied “Rainbow, we’ve been here for two minutes”
“Exactly! For ever!”
Pinkie Pie started to jump over her own place clearly being excited for something “Uuuuuh I’m so glad you all are here”
“What do you need us for, Pinkie?” Asked Fluttershy, as usual her voice was so small it was barely heard.
“Remember that thing I do in those days when I feel really sad?”
“A tea party with a bucket of turnips?” Rainbow Dash smiled
“No, the dessert!”
Rarity put her hoof on her mouth as she remember the taste of the dessert Pinkie was talking about “You mean the Pinkie Magnum Souffle?”
“Yes, that one. Well, the other day I felt a little under the weather and I added something to make it extra special. Wait here!” The pink mare ran to behind the counter and pulled a big souffle and placed it on the table with her friends “Tada!”
The ponies inspected the dessert, but no matter how hard the looked at it they couldn’t find anything different from other times they have seen it.
“Pinkie, what’s new about it?” Asked Applejack
“Don’t you see? I added cinnamon to the recipe!”
They all rolled their eyes. Some of them had a tight schedule and made themselves space to be with their friends and helped Pinkie, however they didn’t felt annoyed for this. At least it was something different that took them out from their routines.
They all took some of the souffle and enjoyed what their friend baked for them. They immediately noticed how much a little of cinnamon changed the taste of the souffle so much. The Pinkie Magnum Souffle is a chocolate souffle with a different process of baking that Pinkie Pie keep as a secret that made the souffle cancellous and moist and somehow tastier than others. But it was clear that now it tasted even better as they could feel the cinnamon but it didn’t dominated the whole taste of the thing. They liked it so much no pony talked until each of them finish their portion.
After that they felt very satisfied and start talking to each other, except for Twilight. She had something on her mind that bothered her, and she wasn’t sure if it would be okay to ask. But this was the perfect time, having all of her best friends around.
“Hey, can I ask you something?” The purple pony asked
“You already did, silly” Pinkie laughed at her own joke
Rarity gave a look to Pinkie to behave “What is it, darling?”
“D - Do you think I made things better since I moved here?”
Everyone looked at each other thinking how weird the question sounded.
The first one to answer was Applejack “Of course, sugar cube. You saved me and my family from moving from Ponyville”
“You are the one who made us bffs, darling”
“You are the one in charge of the winter wrap up organization team”
“We couldn’t have saved Equestria without you”
Her friends have gave her a valid answer, except for Rainbow Dash who seemed to have a hard time thinking of something.
“You… use your magic… For… Good?”
Everypony just looked quietly at Rainbow Dash, and after a few seconds passed they all cracked in laughter. Even Fluttershy was laughing so hard she was crying.
“Oh come on! I’m not good at compliment others. That’s the only thing I’m not completely awesome”
They laughed even harder when they heard Rainbow Dash comeback, who then finished “Agh! You know what? Forget it guys... I’m going home”
After the pegasus left the building they finally could regain some composure and breath again. Just in time as Fluttershy was changing her coat color from yellow to purple for the lack of air. Afterwards they thought it was time for all of them to return to their activities, and after a small good bye they all returned to their lives. Spike wanted to spend some more time with the crusaders, and they wanted to go to Applebloom’s tree house. They seemed to have something on their hooves, probably some crusading, so Twilight let the dragon go under the condition to return before sun down.
Twilight entered the library and moved straight to her bedroom. She laid upon the bed and took the letters, she read them one more time Maybe it’s not big deal. Just as my friend said I just took control over some stuff that needed somepony with my qualities. This ponies is probably just a fan… A too excited and too flatterer fan.
She remembered the time she was a fan of her favorite author A. K. Yearling and she also wrote letters to her, but after a couple of letters she wrote to her she just stopped and forgot about it This could be just like that time, and it will probably end the same way She hid the letters again, even if the letters were going to stop there or if they weren’t as special they at least made her smile for that moment.
