I Just Wanted to Say, I’m Sorry
Flash Sentry was having a rough night. He was tossing and turning in his bed as his memories haunted him during the battle of the bands, specifically his words towards a certain purple with pink stripe haired girl.
“You guys hear something?”
“There it is again! So annoying!”
“Yea, then you decided to come back here and beat me in the Battle of the Bands!”
“I want this twilight! You’re trying to take it away from me… some friend!”
“You really think you’re gonna help them? HA! I bet you have no idea what you’re even doing!"
He doesn’t remember why he said those cruel things to Twilight and why he acted that way, but he couldn’t help but to feel terrible for saying such ill things towards her. The more he remembered his harsh words towards Twilight, the guiltier he’ll feel.
Granted, he knew it was the Dazzlings who made him say those things while he was under the spell, along with almost everyone in school just so the Dazzlings can absorb all the students’ negative energy to fuel their magic. Even so, it was still no excuse for him to be so harsh towards Twilight and everyone around him.
Flash did apologized to everyone outside of his band who he spoke to harshly during the completion. To his surprise, they also apologized for their actions as well and all of his conversations ended on a high note. It was easy for Flash to talk and say sorry to his competitors, but saying sorry to Twilight…is not very easy. It’s not that he does not want to apologize to Twilight, on the contrary, he wanted to apologize to Twilight right away after his senses came back to him.
Hours ago, he ran up to her and gave her a hug to congratulate her and thought it was the perfect time to apologize to her from his behavior earlier. Unfortunately, they were interrupted by Trixie, and thus ruining their moment. He could have tried to apologize again, but he saw Twilight in a group hug with her friends and he couldn’t bring himself to interrupt them. With his guilt holding him back and probably thought that Twilight didn’t want to talk to him at the moment, he snuck away before anyone noticed him.
He was at home in his bedroom right now, lying on his bed since then and he tried to come up with the right approach to talk to Twilight for hours.
He came up with nothing.
No doubt that Twilight was still upset from him earlier today but he needed to let her know that he didn’t mean to be so mean to her. He knew it won’t be so easy to talk to a girl who he have a crush on after he hurt her so badly, but he needed to do this right before Twilight returns to her home again. With a heavy sigh, he decided to go to sleep so he can face the music and hopefully give him some time to think of how to apologize to Twilight.
Too bad he won’t get any sleep that night.
Morning came in Canterlot High and many students were happy and getting along with each other as if the whole Battle of the Bands fiasco never happened. Flash Sentry however, looked very exhausted from his lack of sleep due from his memories with him and Twilight tormented him all night long. Worse, he still could not find the right approach to say he was sorry to Twilight.
As Flash was walking down the hallway, he overheard a conversation from three young trios near the lockers and what they said made him stop.
“Is Princess Twilight really going back to her kingdom today?”
“Ah think so Sweetie Belle. My sis said she and the gang are going to say goodbye to her at the front entrance near dat statue.”
“Man this stinks, I have so many questions I want to ask her. Mainly if there is a pony counterpart of us! I bet I looked as awesome as Rainbow Dash!”
“Or maybe your counterpart look more like a chicken, especially the way you flapped your arms during the Fall Formal!”
“Oh ha ha… very funny Apple Bloom!”
Flash did not listen to the rest of their conversation as he quickly turned and ran down the hallway. Twilight is leaving today and he is running out of time! He has to get to Twilight and apologize to her before it’s too late!
As he ran through the front door, he noticed Twilight, her dog and the rest of the girls are heading towards the horse statue. He managed to get to her on time but he still needs to get her attention.
“Wait, Twilight!” shouted Flash.
The girls stopped in their tracks and quickly turned towards him. They all have a look of curiosity with the exception of the red and yellow hair girl who had a look of wary. Flash didn’t pay much attention to them as his main focus was towards Twilight. Flash stopped running only a few feet away from them. Despite that he was out of breath from all that running, he desperately wanted to talk to Twilight before she leaves again.
“Twilight… huff puff… can I please… huff puff… talk to you… huff puff… for a few minutes… huff puff… alone?”
Curious but concerned for Flash, Twilight turned to her friends and said, “Excuse us guys but could you give us a few minutes?”
The blonde country girl nodded. “Sure thing Twilight. We’ll be here when you guys are done talkin.”
“Yeah we won’t go anywhere,” the energetic puffy pink-hair girl exclaimed, “Just don’t do any crazy romance things for all the audience to see!”
Confused, the rainbow-haired girl turned to her companion and asked, “Audience? What audience?”
The puffy pink-hair girl giggled, “The audience of our second movie silly! There are kids out there watching this too you know!”
Everyone had an odd look on their faces but then they all shrugged except for Flash. The girls learned long ago, that Pinkie is just being Pinkie. They should not question this any further.
“Aaaannnnnyway, shall we go to the back of the school and talk Flash?” asked Twilight.
Flash nodded, “Yes, let’s do that.”
As Flash and Twilight begin to walk towards the back of the school, they noticed the little purple dog was trailing behind them.
Twilight stopped walking and turned to her loyal companion, “I’m sorry Spike, but I’m afraid he means he want to talk to just me. Right Flash?”
Flash nodded to confirm Twilight’s question.
“Just stay with the girls and I’ll be right back, I won’t be long,” said Twilight.
Disappointed, the purple dog sighed and said, “Okay, but tell me everything once you guys done talking!”
Twilight shook her head, “No promises!”
Flash still couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that her dog can talk but he shrugged. He had seen stranger things in his life.
Both Flash and Twilight were at the back of the school with no prying eyes or ears. Twilight turned to Flash and looked directly at his eyes.
“Okay Flash…” said Twilight with a blush on her face, “we’re here… at the back of the school… alone… um… what do you want to talk about?”
On normal circumstance, he would be just as flustered and awkward when talking to Twilight, however he had to put his crush feelings aside and apologize to Twilight. But his words were stuck in his throat as his guilt started to resurface again. His mind was screaming at him to just get on with it, but his heart still felt ashamed after remembering all the harsh words he had said to Twilight. He couldn’t even look at Twilight, afraid to see her upset or anger towards him. He thought he was the lowest of the lows for hurting such a wonderful, caring and fun person… er… pony… or whatever. The point is, he shouldn’t had hurt her!
“Flash?” asked Twilight softly which brought Flash out of his thoughts, “You alright?”
Flash was now staring at Twilight’s eyes. Her eyes isn’t filled with sadness or anger, instead, he sees nothing but kindness, concern, and probably magical. Her soft eyes were staring at his, waiting patently for him to speak.
With a sigh, he finally said, “I’m sorry Twilight.”
Twilight blinked. This was certainly unexpected. Flash ran to her and her friends like he was in a marathon, he urgently asked her to talk with him alone at the back of the school away from her friends, and now he suddenly looked sad for some reason and he said he was “sorry?”…Okay, she was definitely missing something here!
“Um, what are you apologizing for Flash?” asked Twilight.
Flash silently cursed himself. He knew just saying sorry isn’t enough. As much as this pained him, he had to explain himself.
“I was acting like a big jerk towards you during the Battle of the Bands,” explained Flash.
Twilight eyes widen with understanding but stayed silent to let Flash finish.
“Honestly, I don’t know what came over me. When I saw you again for the first time since the fall formal, I was really happy to see you. But then, I get these negative thoughts that you’re only here to beat me in the Battle of the Bands. And… when I saw you again in the hallways… I said all those nasty things to you.”
Flash sighed heavily and looked towards the ground. “I know it was those crazy girls… the Dazzlings… who made us act so harshly… but it’s still no excuse for what I said towards you and your friends. And for that…” Flash bowed his head slightly towards the ground with his eyes closed and softly said, “I’m sorry.”
Twilight stared at Flash’s dejected look as if he’s ready for whatever punishment he deserved from her. Twilight felt touched by Flash’s sincere apology and her eyes began to water, but she was never angry with him from the beginning.
Twilight shook her head, “Flash, there’s no reason for you to apologize to me. Yes, I was hurt when you accused me for trying to beat you at the Battle of the Bands…” Flash winced at that statement, but Twilight continued, “but I knew you were not yourself that day. Like you said, the Dazzlings almost had the whole school under their spell including you so they can feed off of your negative emotions to make them stronger. In a sense, it was their fault for making you act that way, not you.”
Flash’s eyes widen at Twilight words in disbelief for not blaming him for his actions, however he still doubt himself for not taking the blame.
“Even so, despite their influence, it was still no excuse for me to say those things to you! They may have controlled my emotions, but they didn’t controlled the way I speak to you. How can you speak to me and look me in the eye after all the things I said to you?” said Flash solemnly.
Twilight sighed to herself with little frustration as Flash still being hard with himself. She needed to let him know that she has no hard feelings with him. “Flash, please look at me,” Twilight asked softly.
As Flash looked up, he felt two gentle hands on both sides of his face with Twilight’s soft yet determined eyes looking right at his. Flash was barely breathing and his heart is running a million miles per hour.
Just as Flash was about to ask this sudden action, Twilight started to speak softly to him, “Flash, you are the most nicest, caring, thoughtful and sweetest guy I met. For you to ran up to me and apologized for what you did, showed me that you are not a bad person. Heck, you helped me up from the floor when we first met, and you didn’t get upset when I accidentally spilled my drink on your shirt. You even go through all your way just to clear my name when I was accused of ruining Pinkie Pie’s Fall Formal decorations. Yes, you made a mistake, but all the good things you did for me outweighs that bad moment the other day. It won’t make me change my feelings towards you. I still believe it was the Dazzlings that cause you to act so harshly, but if you want me to convince you further that I truly mean all these words I said to you, then I forgive you.”
Flash was very speechless as Twilight poured her heart out to him. She forgave him despite what happened at the hallway yesterday. She truly is the most wonderful girl he ever met... human or not. For the first time in a while, Flash smiled.
“Twilight,” said Flash softly, “I don’t think I ever deserve your forgiveness, but thank you for thinking so highly of me. So are we good?”
Twilight giggled, “Yes Flash, we’re good!”
Still feeling Twilight’s hands on his cheeks, Flash began to blush as well as Twilight. The two of them were still staring at each other in an awkward but comfortable silence. They both have nothing else to say and their minds went elsewhere as they were still hypnotic by each others stare. They both closed their eyes and they were slowly leaning in to each others faces. Just when their lips were about to get close…
“HEY TWILIGHT, ARE YOU GUYS DONE TALKING YET? ARE YOU TWO BUSY MAKING OUT BACK THERE?”
“PINKIE!!!”
“WHAT? I WAS WONDERING WHY THEY ARE TAKING SO LONG DASHIE!”
“FOR CRYING OUT LOUD PINKIE, JUST WAIT PATIENTLY AND STOP YELLING!”
“BUT YOU’RE YELLING TOO DASHIE!”
“I…AUG!!!”
While two of Twilight friends exchanged loudly in the background, Flash and Twilight both snapped out of their trances and their faces turned a huge shade of red. Immediately, they both released each other and looked away awkwardly. Their moment was once again got interrupted, and this time… it was from Pinkie Pie.
After a minute of awkward silence, Flash cleared his throat and said, “So… you’re leaving again right?”
Twilight nodded.
Flash then looked back at her and asked, “Will I… see you again someday?”
Twilight looked back at Flash and said with a smile, “Of course I’ll be back! But you have to promise me something… well, two actually.”
Flash nodded, “Of course Twilight, name anything!”
Twilight face changed to her business-like mode and raised her right pointer finger upwards, “First, I want you to try to be a little more nicer to Sunset Shimmer.”
Flash blinked. This request was really unexpected from Twilight. He did say he will keep Twilight promises, but trying to be nice to his ex who bullied everyone in school, turned into a demon and then turned everyone into zombies at the fall formal isn’t something he can easily keep.
“Uh… Twilight,” Flash said hesitantly, “Why should I be nice to the girl who she once treated everyone like trash?”
“Now that’s the bad girl we love to hate!” quoted Twilight.
Flash winced again at that statement. He totally had forgotten that he spoke out against Sunset during the semi-round of the Battle of the Bands. He really had to learn to keep his comments to himself.
Twilight continued, “Besides, Sunset been trying to make amends to everyone she had wronged and she was sorry for that. If I also have to point out, she was the one who helped us defeat the Dazzlings when they have too much power to fight back. Does that count for something?”
Flash nodded. He hated to admit it, but Twilight does have a point. Ever since the fall formal, Sunset tried to redeem herself anyway she can to make up every student who she wronged. Some accepted her forgiveness, while others are still wary and/or not too forgiving, himself included.
“I’m not saying you should become her friend right away,” said Twilight, “while I don’t know what happened between the two of you, but at least try to get along with her since she has nobody except for five of my friends by her side. Please… for me?”
As Twilight gave him her sad puppy-eyes look, he just couldn’t resist saying no. While he believed in giving others a second chance, getting along with Sunset will be an uphill battle. Even so, he refused to disappoint Twilight.
Flash sighed, “Alright Twilight, I’ll be nicer and… try to get along with Sunset.”
“Promise?” Twilight asked sternly.
Flash nodded vigorously, “I promise!”
Twilight then smiled, “That’s all I wanted to hear.”
Flash returned her smile, knowing Twilight can now count on him to fulfill his promise to her. But there’s one more thing that was still on his mind.
“Alright,” Flash said, “That’s the first promise. What’s the second?”
Then Twilight did something he never expected her to do. She slowly walked up to him and softly pecked him on his cheek. Flash just stood there frozen in shock with a blush on his face as his mind was still processing the fact that Twilight kissed him… on his cheek!
“The second promise… is the next time we meet… we will talk again in much more friendly terms.” Said Twilight shyly with a blush on her face, “And also… I would like us to go out to Sugarcube Corner Café for a shake sometime… if that is alright with you?”
Flash gulped the way Twilight speaks to him about the second promise. Twilight certainly knows how to catch him off guard.
Flash nodded with a blush still on his face, “Y-yeah, that’s perfectly alright with me Twilight.” Despite the sudden change of atmosphere, he was more than happy to accept her second request for the next time they meet.
Twilight smiled, “Good.”
Twilight pecked him on the cheek again and slowly walked away from a stunned Flash.
“Well… I’ll see you next time… Flash,” said Twilight softly and she walked around the building, returning to where her friends are waiting for her.
Flash, still standing at the spot where Twilight kissed his cheek twice for he felt like minutes, raised his hand and touched his check. The talk with Twilight went well, in fact, it went more than well. Not only Twilight forgave him but they also promised to go out on the date the next time she visits to Canterlot High. Flash couldn’t help but smile. “She really is one of a kind,” Flash muttered to himself.
Flash turned away and heads back inside the back of the school to get to his class. Even if he’ll most likely get detention for being tarty to his class, his talk with Twilight was still worth it.
Author's Note
So yeah, this is my first story! After watching Rainbow Rocks, that one scene when Twilight and Flash hugged briefly after the battle with the Dazzlings and never talked about what happened at the hallway earlier bothered me. While I don't really much care about Flash Sentry, I assumed he'll play a bigger role since the last film, especially from what I saw in the previews. Sadly, I'm disappointed to find out he's more useless here than the previous film. What's worse is that there was a "conflict" between the two of them and it was never brought up again, even after the spell was broken. So I decided to write this story as my head-canon of what happened in between the defeat of the Dazzlings and before Twilight headed back to Equestria. I'm not sure how good I am writing this story but hey, it's better to try than not trying at all. Am I right?
Anyway, please don't be hesitant to write me constructive criticism and suggestions so I can do my best to improve whenever I decide to write another story. Thank you for reading!
