Twilight stood outside her castle, reflecting on the days events. She felt a pang of sadness at what had been lost, but she also felt like it fit a princess better to have a castle. Except, she didn't feel like a princess. It was true that the day had given her princesshood new meaning, but "Princess of Friendship" was still just a title. The wings were a nice benifit, and she wasn't complaining about any of this; it just didn't feel like much. The other princesses had assured her that her time would come soon, but she was still impaitient. The other thing, being the organized pony she was, that bothered her was how her castle looked. It was still a tree, but it was all crystal and sparkley now, and compared to Ponyville's simplistic vibe it just felt so out of place.
Deciding to explore the Castle, she entered, this time taking a more careful look around. She realized, with great delight, that the first floor was in fact a new library! There were shelves and shelves of books lining the wall, with a reference book on a table in the center. This reminded her of her old library and she once again felt a pang of regret. She did notice, on one end of the wall, there were no shelves, but a library desk. On that desk lay a giant book, a few quils, and a pot of ink. Behind the desk lay the stairs to her living areas. She had noticed the library earlier of corse, but the days events had distrsacted her and she hadn't really registered it.
Climbing up the stairs she came to the throne room. She loved how it had room for her friends as well as herself. There were four ways to go from here: back down, onto the balcony, through a hallway, or into a large room. Since she had already looked downstairs, Twilight opted to check out the balcony first. There were two couch-like benches facing eachother with a wooden table inbetween. Nice, but nothing special. Going back inside, Twilight decided to explore the hallway. She noted that there were seven large rooms. The first on the left, she noted, was a kitchen.
The kitchen was decked out with a sink, a fridge, a few cabinets filled with dishes, a shelf full of cookbooks. Drawers full of utensils, knives of varying sizes, and various other cooking tools, an oven, a spice rack, and a pantry to keep various non-refridgerated foods, a chest of gems, and, of course, a counter and stovetop to prepare the food. As impressive as this all was, Twilight hoped she wouldn't have to cook. She was a bad cook. The next room over was a dining room. A large round table that could seat up to 20 ponies, but was expandable for up to 35 .Twilight decided she probably wouldn't use this very much, unless she had lots of guests.
The next two rooms puzzled her. Each was a large room with three bunk beds, a large chest at the foot of each. Each chest was devided into two, presumably one for each pony. This, was odd. She made a mental note to ask Princess Celestia about this. Moving on, she tried the next room. It was a nice sized room with an average sized bed, a desk, and shelves to hold a few things. She figured it was probably the guest room, as Spike had told her he'd gone to find their room. The room across from it was a nice bathroom, with a large bathtub/shower, a nice sink, and, well, a toilet. Movimg on, she went to the last room at the end of the hall.
It was a very interesting room, that only spiked her confusion. There were eight armor stands, a shelf full of military strategy and guarding technique books, a chalkboard, and six large cases to hold wing razors, powerful blades that guards wore on their wings to injure enamies. This made it seem like there would be guards at the castle. Curious as to why this would be nessasary, Twilight added it to her list of things to ask the princess.
Theblast room to explore, she headed to the round room. She found spike reading comics in a small circular bed that dipped into the floor. there was a small wall around it that had drawers. In the drawers, were various comic books. Twiight smiled at Spike. "Enjoying Power Ponies Volume #973?" Spike jumped, "Oh! Twilight! This room is epic! Taking a moment to look around, the purple alicorn decided it was a nice room. To match the round room, she had a round bed that curverd exactly the way the wall did, fitting perfectly against it. This pleased Twilight, as she would not like a rectangular bed in a cirular room. Off to the side was an entry to a bathroom, just as nice as the one in the hallway. Against one wall was a rounded desk were Twilight could study. Next to it was an owl stand with Owlishus perched on it, watching her.
Beside the owl stand were cabinents designed so both Owlishus and Spike could open it. Using her magic to peek inside, she saw that it was full of ink, quills, and scrolls. Nearby were two doors that led to a closet to keep her clothes that she rarley wore, with a mirror for the wall. The rest of her room is empty, except for the shelves containng her favorite books, and a door that led to another balcony. The balcony was large, but didnt have anything on it except for a very nice telecope. The days events finally catching up to her, Twilight flopped on her bed
About to close her eyes, she was inturupted when Spike caughed up a letter. "Princess Twilight," he began to read, "I know it has been a long day, but i need to speak with you soon. It is not immidiate, but I ask you to meet with me tommorow if possble. Regards, Celestia." With that, Twilight closed her eyes and fell asleep, snoring softly.
Author's Note
I know this chapter is short and boring, and I apologize, but stick with me one more chaoter and I promise things will pick up paste; I had this like that for a reason.
