Everything for a Princess

by Spectrum Shine

Rating: teen
Tags: Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Princess Luna, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Romance, Trixie, Comedy, Pinkie Pie, Slice of Life, Human
Length: 14575

It was just a normal day in the new castle of Princess Twilight Sparkle, except for a few incidents... Like the Lord of Chaos, the Princess of the Night, the Element of Laughter and two old enemies deciding to confess to Twilight all at once.

It was just a normal day in the new castle of Princess Twilight Sparkle, except for a few incidents. As the King of Chaos, the Princess of the Night, the Element of Laughter and two old enemies decide at the same time reveal their love for her. What could go wrong? Well, simply everything.

Additional Character tags: Discord.
Editing by the awesome Lord Dragon, go and give him some hugs!
Art by megarexetera

Published 2014-10-06 22:20:02 UTC
Last updated 2015-03-31 17:13:00 UTC

Prologue - Dear Princess Celestia, help me!

Prologue

Spectrum Shine

It was just another day in the New Castle of Twilight Sparkle, the other Elements of Harmony were busy. Rainbow Dash was trying to do a test in the Wonderbolts, Rarity had to complete orders for Sapphire Shores, Applejack was busy with the farm, Fluttershy was watching Rainbow in her test and Pinkie was probably making cakes. That meant she would be alone till night, and even with Spike in the castle, Twilight knew he would not give attention to her. The new edition of his favorite comic book had just been released, and Spike would not miss the chance to read the special that the publisher of the comic had made.

And what would be best to do in this situation? Reading of course!

In her new castle, the princess of friendship had gained a huge library in one of her castle’s rooms. Princess Celestia said that even with the loss of her beloved library, Twilight could have an even greater collection of books in this castle. So she gave the giant library that, according to her, had over a thousand books.

And Twilight had read six hundred, by her own accounts, in just one week. And she could not wait to read the rest. And she would have continued to read if she had not heard the noise of lively beats on the large copper doors of the castle.

Twilight let out one of her famous grunts and went to answer the door. When she answered the door, she was greeted by an excited pink-haired woman smiling with a pie in the hands.

"Hey Twi-Twi!"

“Pinkie? What you doing here?”

“I brought a surprise for you!” She stretched her arms, almost putting the pie in the Twilight’s face. The princess blinked a few times, not understanding why Pinkie was there to give her a pie, but she concluded that Pinkie was just being Pinkie.

“Uh… thanks, I think?” she said with a confused smile, taking the pie from the hands of her friend, “Is there anything more Pinkie? I have some other things to…”

“OH YES!” Pinkie exclaimed, making Twilight give a small little jump in fright. She remembered something very important.

“I brought this pie and I have a super-duper-special thing to tell you Twi-Twi! It is soooo important! Like, that I have wanted to tell you it for months! But you are always in middle of these books and silly princess things, then Tirek came to here, then we saved Equestria, then I could not tell you, and now I’m here telling this and you…” Twilight Sparkle just stood there looking at the girl who would not stop talking for a second. Calm down Twilight, you'll read, it must be something important and you should…

“PRINCESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE!” The tall girl’s thoughts were interrupted by a great shout which probably echoed everywhere. It was Princess Luna, logically. Upon hearing this, Pinkie stopped talking and looked back with wide eyes. Luna came flying alone and without any guard. Pinkie shouted "Nightmare Moon!" and jumped in a bush that was next to the castle. Twilight already, dug her nails into the pie dish not to drop it of so much fright. First Pinkie and Luna now? What were the chances of that happening in a day?

“Pr-Princess Luna?” asked, seeing the starry haired woman with a purple dress landed in front of Twilight, facing her with her teal eyes.

“We have come here for… I mean, sorry for that, I am used to talking like that, like you know, Twilight Sparkle. I am here to tell you a important notice, that I was not able to tell you in previous months… I want to tell that… That… Uh…” She began to nervously stutter and Twilight sighed, looking to the side to see the head come out of the bush, staring intently at Luna with a suspicious face. Luna cleared her throat, blushing, “I want to take you for a…”

“Lulu!” Luna's eyes widened, without even looking back she knew who this sarcastic and playful voice belonged to. Discord…

“Discord?” Twilight asked, taking her eyes the older man sitting on a pink cloud , 'driving' it with a steering wheel until he got close to Twilight and getting a little above the studious girl. “What are you doing here? Don't you have something to do in Canterlot or somewhere?”

“Oh Twilight!” He came down from the cloud, going to the ground and throwing the steering wheel in his hands in a corner, causing a small explosion. The Lord of Chaos moved toward her, leaning his face close to her’s, “You know Twilight, sometimes, evenI don’t know what I’m going to do! Ummm… Like this!” Discord used his magic to turn into a bird like a vulture, Twilight frowned along with Luna and both of them heard Pinkie laughing when he perched on top of the head of the studious girl.

“Discord! Get out here now!” she cried, blushing.

“Ok, ok! You don’t need to be that serious!” He exclaimed, coming to the ground and becoming human again, "Oh well, and I have something to say Twilight! Ummm… What was it?" Discord stroked his beard, “Oh yes, I was coming there to say if you accept, well, of course you will, I’m the Lord of Chaos and all Disharmony. But, I need to ask if you will go out with me on a…”

“Sparkle!” two shouts called at the same time. And there was only two people in Equestria that would call her like this. Trixie and Sunset Shimmer. This is not good, they do not get along...

Luna, Discord, Pinkie and Twi’s attention now towards the two old enemies of Sparkle. Twilight shook her head at Trixie hiding and then showing up and throwing a powder bomb to the ground, appearing in behind a small flower stall. Meanwhile, Sunset was walking, but stopped just to look at Trixie when she realized that she had been there for the same thing. Well, probably. They were there for Twilight. Both looked at each other challengingly. but Sunset was smarter, and with a snap of fingers was right in front of Twilight with a coquettish smile, but she then looked back and gave a slight chuckle to Trixie, who had just flipped her the bird.

Sunset coughed, turning her attention to the princess, “Twilight! Could we talk for a second?”

“No! The Great and Powerful Trixie is way more powerful than you! And she will not allow you to be the first to talk with Sparkle, you listen well!” Trixie, still a little afraid of someone seeing it because of her past deeds, came walking with a determined grimace and pointing a finger directly at Sunset.

“Nope dope! I was the here first! I even brought the pie for her!” Pinkie jumped into the middle of the small circle formed around Twilight.

“But I, as the Princess of the Night, I have a right to be the first one to say what’s on their mind! And we bet that it is far more important!” Luna shouted at Pinkie, going back to the royal we, and almost slipping into the Royal Canterlot Voice.

“Tsk, tsk, tsk! Was a foolish thought!” Everybody looked where the voice came and then they looked up, Discord was a bird again, now hovering above them.

“I’m of course the most important here! Look into my angel face and say otherwise!” He landed on the ground and turned into a human, but he had an angelic aura surrounding him, a golden halo hovering above his head and sported a pair of angel wings on his back.

"See?” Discord smiled, trying to look as innocent as possible.

“Oh yeah, so it’ll be like that?” Sunset asked, her eyes narrowing.

All the others looked at her and looked at each other, not caring more for the presence of Twilight, that this moment just watched everything with a slight frown and raised eyebrows. Was heard a slight groan that came from Sunset, and it was just enough for everyone threw themselves on top of one another, attacking each other. Twilight let out a soft "Oh no..." and a sigh looking at the scene, not knowing what to do. Discord was irritating Luna, becoming a bird and pecking her. Luna was waving and fighting off Discord, forgetting her magic. Trixie used her almost useless magic against Sunset, irritating her more than harming, Pinkie, somehow, got out her party cannon and using it with effect against everyone in the free for all and some how avoiding the others’ attacks, while Sunset used her powerful magic against Trixie, who was using her worthless magic to dodge it and irritate Shimmer to end.

“ENOUGH!” The Princess of Friendship finally said.

“Everyone, calm down and say to what you want, please!” Everyone recomposed themselves, looking at the ground in shame, then looking at her, sadly sighing as they saw her stern gaze at them. Strangely, they said all together at the same time:

"I just want to say I love you!" Everyones’ eyes widened, including Twilight, who was now blushing. Everyone was quiet until Sunset broke the silence.

“What in all burning Hell?!” This started a series of much less physically violent verbal battles between Twilight’s admirers .

After observing them again, Twilight, half colored by the fact that they are actually fighting over her, sighed, and without wanting to, shouted, “ENOUGH!” and everyone stopped, once again.

“What does that mean? How can this be true? You guys...  Had thousands of opportunities to come here to confess to me and all have to do it right now? How do you explain this to me?”

“Destiny” Luna answered.

“Coincidence” that was Sunset and Trixie.

“It is logical that this is the fault of Celestia, blame her, it's always her fault!” Discord said, always playful, making Twi roll her eyes.

“Witchcraft!” Pinkie screamed.

Twilight sigh with all the answers, the odds of this happening were almost zero. She rubbed her temples for a moment, closing her eyes and thinking, then opened her eyes again with a smile, but then coughed and began, “Ok guys, I… I love you all, but as friends, but…” everyone gave out a depressed sigh in a defeated manner, their love unrequited.

“I said ‘but’ guys, don’t get sad yet. Well… I will allow each of you to take me on a date and try to conquer my heart. I know this may sound cliche or something, but it's the only way. Whoever I find to be the most special to me will get me as their girlfriend. I just hope I get this right.” She murmured in the end of her profound speech.

“For realsies?” asked Pinkie lively.

“Yes, Pinkie, I’m serious. This starts tomorrow, this week each of you will take me on a date, and… Well, let’s see what happens!” Embarrassed she said, leaning back on the great doors of the castle and winding one of her loose strands of hair with her index finger, avoiding looking at her admirers.

“Well... I think you'd better go get ready for tomorrow, right? I mean, uh, you Pinkie is the first…”

“Really?! Woah!” the girl jumped in the air “Oh my gosh Twi-Twi, I’ll do cakes, especially for you! I have to go now for Sugarcube Corner. I’m sooooooo excited for tomorrow! You like…” she began, was always.

“Pinkie, we understand. Why won’t you go and make your…”

“Our!”

“Well okay.  Why don’t you go and make our cakes?” asked Twilight, trying to calm her friend.

“Okie-Dokie-Lokie!” and then went bouncing to her home with a smile on her face.

“Er… And you guys back there, in this week, Luna will go second, Discord you will go third, Sunset as the fourth and Trixie as the last.” She explained slowly.

All admirers gave a slight smile, content with Twilight’s decision. After that, everyone ended up back where they came from, Luna went to Canterlot, Trixie and Sunset back to... Well, wherever they came from. And Discord to a place that he mentioned to Twilight, but really did not explain nor describe in an understandable way.

Twilight took a deep breath and entered her home, closing the door and ran to her room. Spike raised his eyebrows seeing her like that when she passed in front of his open door, but soon turned his attention back to the comics.

Twilight just jumped into bed, sighing, she stared at the ceiling and took a book with her magic. She knew the week would be more than long, and it would be crazy.

Chapter One - Date One: Baking Cupcakes is... Romantic?

Chapter One: Date One - Baking Cupcakes is Romantic?

Twilight woke up surrounded by books in her bed. She must have fallen asleep while reading. No one could blame her. The day had been hard on her. Well, not that she had worked, but it was almost exhausting just thinking how the rest of her week would be. How could that have happened? They had months to do this, but everyone just came to confess to her at the same time! Why could she not do something so simple in a simple way? Well, because she was Twilight Sparkle, and there would always be a test for her. The biggest problem was that she had never faced such a test. A test that she could not study to for, and would do it and see how it played out, and that's what gave her the chills this warm morning.

Twilight Sparkle never in her life had done a test without studying, and just thinking about that gave her the desire to lock herself in her room and not go on these dates. She still did not believe it. Was there was something behind it? She would never know.

She stopped thinking of the minutiae or the silly things about the date. Twilight got out of bed, lazily stretching her arms, and did her routine morning hygiene and then arranged the books she had read yesterday, taking them to the library in the castle and putting them in the correct shelves.

She sighed as she went to the kitchen, this is going be a really long day with Pinkie…

“Hey Twilight!” a young and cheerful voice said as she entered. It was Spike, who was trying to make pancakes on his own.

“Pancakes?” He offered to the stressed woman, turning back to see Twilight sitting at the table, staring at the ceiling with a surprised face.

“Spike?”

“Uh huh?"

“Why are there three pancakes on the ceiling?” she finally looked at him. He was running a hand behind his neck nervously.

“Hehe, well… Looks like I don’t know how to make flapjacks.” said the boy with a chuckle at the end.

With that, Twilight, still with her pajamas, rose from her chair and smiled at the boy.

“Let me do this Spike, I think neither of us want to see more pancakes on the ceiling,” She joked, the boy gave a small laugh and took a seat at the table.

They spent a few minutes in silence, while Twilight prepared pancakes and removed the ones that were stuck on the ceiling, until Spike broke it with a question.

“What happened?”

“Uh…?” she did not understand why he was saying this.

“You nervous Twilight. I can see this… I mean, when you’re nervous about something, everyone can see, it’s pretty obvious.”

“Oh!” Twilight blushed. Was it really that obvious? “ Well… Maybe, if I tell you, you will not believe me... I know it's weird and almost impossible, but... Pinkie, Princess Luna, Discord, Sunset and Trixie said that they liked me at the same time." Twilight just kept her focus on the pancakes.

“I’m surprised that Trixie was humble and that Sunset admitted something, but... I thought Pinkie always liked you, and you really helped Princess Luna! Discord already... He is... More or less,” Spike said shaking hands from one side to the other to show the "more or less" at the end of the sentence.

Twilight did not answer for a few minutes, putting the pancakes on a plate stacked on top of each other and set the plate on the table, then sat down at the table and sighed.

“It's not in that way Spike… It's... they wanted to be more than only friends,” she blushed, again.

The boy's eyes widened, he had a pancake in his mouth and the fork he was holding dropped onto the table with a clatter. “Moar than friemmds?!” He exclaimed with his mouth full.

“Yes…” She blushed for the third time and took a lock of hair, running it along her finger, giving an embarrassed smile.

Spike quickly swallowed the food and his eyes widened again, “Twilight… How you do that? I can’t get Rarity’s attention and you get attention from five people! FIVE! Tell me your secrets, please!” Spike joked.

“Spike, I didn’t want attention… I mean, I like them all very much... But why did they come at the same time?”

“I don’t know Twilight. Irony of the destiny?” He said while took over a pancake.

Twilight sighed. “It’s almost ten o’clock, Pinkie will probably be here soon. I need to get dressed before that tornado in the form of human get here,” she rose from the chair, “You can stay with all pancakes Spike, I won't eat." She then headed towards her bedroom.

“Hooray!” He cheerfully shouted and attacked the pancakes, not questioning her loss of appetite.

Twilight put on a lavender vest and a dark purple skirt, along with her glasses. She stopped and looked in the mirror, raising her eyebrows, and sighed, perhaps, was the hundredth time of the day she sighed. While Twilight thought about her week and at the incoming date today, she heard a shout.

“Twilight!” Spike was calling her from the reception. Pinkie  probably had arrived. She gulped and walked through the halls to the source of her dread, following the origin of Spike's call.

Twilight received a huge ear to ear smile from Pinkie when she arrived at the big castle doors. Spike just walked away from the two, but murmured "Good luck” to his friend. She would need it. After all, it was Pinkie Pie over there.

“Twi-Twi!” Pinkie shouted as Twilight travelled towards her position, where Pinkie awaited, pulling Twilight into a tight hug as she arrived.

“P-Pinkie you'll break my back. Oh my spine…” She moaned with the force of the hug.Who knew that Pinkie could be so strong? Maybe she had the gift of Maud?

“Oh sorry, Twi-Twi!” she dropped the taller girl, and then jumping up and smiling, which scared the princess, but Pinkie only laughed when she returned to the floor, “I'm just sooooooo excited about our date! It will be super-duper-fun! Let’s go!!!”

 Before the Princess of Friendship could protest, Pinkie grabbed her by the hand, leading her somewhere unknown to Twilight.

“Pinkie, where we going?” Twilight asked as she bumped into a few people while Pinkie pulled her.

“It’s a surprise! You will love it!”

“Ok…” Oh dear Celestia, what I have I got myself into?

“HERE WE ARE!” Pinkie shouted when they arrived at Sugar Cube Corner, which was strangely silent. “Oh and Mr. and Mrs. Cake are out with their babies and the store is closed…” Twilight would not even ask how Pinkie knew she was wondering why everything was so quiet, “Oh oh!” Pinkie exclaimed suddenly, “I have a gift for you, stay there!” Pinkie ran like a hurricane and came in two minutes with a lotus flower in hands and a smile in the face, extending the flower for her.

Twilight blushed, “Oh thank you… Pinkie, it’s beautiful.” She grabbed it from Pinkie’s hands and sniffed the flower, It is surely the best gift I've ever received... Argh! She had no time to drop or throw the flower when a small jet of water splashed on her face coming straight from the kernels of it. Pinkie laughed, as Twilight tried to dry her face with the sleeve of her vest. “Pinkie, that’s not funny!” Twilight angrily shouted when finished drying her face, but then gave a slight smile at the laughing girl before her. This silly girl, she smiled and blushed again with her thoughts.

After Pinkie recovered and apologized to Twilight, the girl with pink and messy hair jumped for kitchen, calling Twilight to come along.

“Pinkie, what we going to do?” she asked as she went to the kitchen.

“Cupcakes!” Pinkie said excitedly as she picked up some ingredients in the cupboard, “You like cupcakes right?”

“Uh… Yes.”

“Hooray!” she jumped with ingredients on hand. “Then it means that you will enjoy spending this time with me making cupcakes, right?” Pinkie asked going up in front of Twilight, which was propped on the counter, and giving a smile.

“Of course Pinkie, well… I will like to spend this time with you, but…”

“Buuuut?” Pinkie had a sad face now.

“Er… I mean… This will be very good for our date! Uh… Let’s get started?” Twilight said with a weak smile.

“Pow-wow!” she celebrated with a jump, “LET’S GET STARTED!” she yelled as she went to get two aprons.

Maybe my afternoon won’t be that bad... right?Twilight thought to herself while waiting for the girl with a smile at the corners of her lips.

Twilight knew nothing about how to make cupcakes. The only things she knew about the desserts were:

-Cupcakes were done in mass quantities.

-Confectioneries could be added to it.

Her knowledge of cupcakes really did not help the Princess of Friendship now. “Hey silly, let’s go!” Pinkie said smiling at her. Twilight observed how Pinkie was holding her hand gently (for the first time) and blushed for the fourth time that day. She took her apron and put it on like Pinkie.

They put themselves in front of the counter where there was a lot of bags and jars of ingredients and some paper cups of pink and purple lavender color spread out in a surprisingly organized matter considering who made the set up. It was obvious that Pinkie had chosen those colors because of Twilight.

“Uh… Pinkie, I don’t know how to make cupcakes…” Twilight murmured looking at the pink haired girl.

“What?! Oh it’s so simple Twi-Twi! So simple that I’ll sing for you!” She said excitedly before starting. Oh no…

All you have to do is take a cup of flour!

Add it to the mix!

Now just a little something sweet, not sour!

A bit of salt, just a pinch!

Baking these treats is such a cinch!

Add a teaspoon of vanilla!

Add a little more, and you count to four,

And you never get your fill of…

Cupcakes! So sweet and tasty!

Cupcakes! Don’t be too hasty!

Cupcakes! Cupcakes, cupcakes, CUPCAKES!

She finished the song jumping up in the air. “Do you know now?”

“Not exactly…”

“Oh silly, I’ll teach you Twi-Twi!” Pinkie stood behind Twilight, getting on tiptoe to try to reach her, “Now you go Twi-Twi, catch all the ingredients, except the milk!”

“Pinkie what you doing?” asked the taller girl.

“You think too much you silly! Let’s make cupcakes and I’ll help you! IT WILL BE SUPER FUN!” Pinkie said excitedly, almost making the princess deaf from the hundred decibel blast.

Twilight just followed what Pinkie said, blushing when Pinkie held her hand to guide o help her. But then, after a long time, they were able to do everything, and both of them let out a happy sigh as they finished.

“Let’s eat!” Pinkie stated, for the first time, calm and sweet with Twilight.

“Yes,” Twilight sighed contentedly. At that, both sat at a table somewhere in the middle of Sugar Cube Corner and began to eat, but soon Twilight noticed that Pinkie had stopped eating and had leaned her head against her hand with a sigh and had made a little smile directly at Twilight, who raised an eyebrow and then blushed.“Er.. Pinkie?”

“Twi-Twi?”

“What you doing…?”

“Looking how you’re so super-duper-cute!” She exclaimed, making Twilight blush even more and let out a little smile, “You know that, don’t you?”

“I’m not cute Pinkie, I’m just…”

“Cute-cutie!” Pinkie exclaimed again. Twilight decided that she would no longer protest, so she smiled.

“Well, if you say so Pinkie… Thank you.” Twilight clumsily leaned over and placed a soft kiss on the cheek of Pinkie, whose eyes widened to dinner plate class and smiled from ear to ear, “I think I should go now. Princess Celestia sent me some important papers two days ago and I must read them. But our date was really fun, and I learned how to make cupcakes, which was more fun than I had expected. Thanks for that, Pinkie.” Twilight stood, straightening her skirt, smiling at Pinkie, who rose quickly and jumped onto Twilight, hugging her tightly.

After what seemed like five minutes, they parted away, with an even bigger smile (if that is possible) coming from Pinkie.

“So uh… Bye, Pinkie. I had fun today, and I hope we can make cupcakes another time,” Twilight said as she blushed and gave Pinkie another kiss on the cheek, “Bye.”

Twilight smiled at her shorty partner and left Sugar Cube Corner, let out a happy sigh, and when she was a little bit down the street, and heard an excited feminine shout proclaiming "YES!" to the world. She looked back and smiled. It was Pinkie being Pinkie, and maybe Twilight liked that.

That was not so bad. Pinkie is... peculiar to say the least. Well… Pinkie Pie: Check. Now onto… Princess Luna.

Chapter Two - Date Two: Huzzah!

Chapter Two: Date Two - Huzzah!

Twilight Sparkle,

I decided to have our date at night. I’ll be at your house around to eight o'clock in this night. We’ll be going to Canterlot Castle, we have a surprise for you. And don’t worry about my duties, Celestia gave me a free night to do what I want (she said she is very happy for me and you). Be ready, princess.

With love,

Princess Luna

That was the letter Luna had sent to Twilight, and the Princess of Friendship was happy to have time to pass with Spike or reading something. She just did not understand what in Tartarus was that spot at the end of the letter. It looked chocolaty and Twilight knew that Luna did not like chocolate from past experiences. Was that from Discord? Impossible. He wasn’t living in Canterlot... or was he? If he is, I'm sure Luna would tell me, she mentally said as she placed the letter in a drawer of her large dresser.

“Well I have the whole day to myself,” Twilight said to herself, then looked at the large collection of books that had just arrived and smiled, “Myself and my books!”

Luna should be there soon, Twilight had put on her dress, not so extravagant and not so simple. Not that she cared about her appearance. Luna had said one day that she was beautiful the way she is. Twilight blushed at the thought, Luna had always been a good friend of hers since her first Nightmare Night in Ponyville. And she was the one who recognized her fantasy of Starswirl the Bearded, and at least she did not say it was Gandalf from The Pony: An Unexpected Journeigh.

Twilight then heard a great shout calling her. Luna.

She got out of the castle where she saw Luna in her dark purple wagon, with two of her guards with company of bat horses, who drove the wagon, and with a smile on her face. “Twilight Sparkle! You are even more beautiful than the moon, come here please. We will go to Canterlot. I have prepared a wonderful dinner for us,” Luna disembarked the wagon just to open the door to Twilight, giving a smile for her, being answered with the same, and then back onto the wagon sitting next to her companion, “We could have fun with some games after our dinner, it would be… nice, no?” She asked as she made a signal for the guards to take flight, and so they did.

“Games?” Twilight raised an eyebrow, watching Luna as the wagon took flight.

“Yes, I have a lot of games in the castle and we could play some of them,” Luna giving a smile in a bid to convince Twilight.

“Well… why not?” Twilight said, letting out an awkward laugh.

“Huzzah!” Luna celebrated but then noticed Twilight with a raised eyebrow, curiously watching her, “Sorry for this Twilight, I am so excited to play with you as I am not used to have other people playing with me, and my sister doesn't usually have the time to do so."

Twilight just laughed a little, “No problem Luna, and you don’t have to call me Twilight. You can call me Twi.”

Twilight was really impressed to where Luna had taken her. The Princess of the Night took her to the highest balcony on the tallest tower of Canterlot Castle. The location was beautiful, but most importantly, it was romantic. There stood a table round in shape, with two chairs made of silver and black with a liner made of fake leather. This table had a lit candle and two plates set.

Before she could ask something, she heard a snap of fingers and there was the food. Spaghetti.

“Come here Twili… I mean Twi, come here,” Luna went to the chair and pushed it back to Twilight sit, and then pushed back and sat on her own.

“Luna that’s a real beautiful place, I loved here. Is very peaceful, sometimes I think Canterlot at night is better than during the day… I mean, all the stresses of everyday life just melt away in the blissful calm and quiet of the night,” Twilight said, then looking at the Princess of the Night with a smile.

“Thank you for saying that, a few people think that about my precious night,” Both women were silent analyzing each other, and then Twilight stared at the plate, blushing. Luna smiled at that that, for it was what she aimed for. “Let’s enjoy our food now.”

“Uh… Yes,” They both began to eat, only stopping for bits to talk about various subjects, along with more about life that Luna had in the castle.

As they ate, Luna heard a male laugh. None of them were male. Then from who’s was that laugh? “Twi, did you heard that?” Asked Luna, stopping in her eating and swivelled around, trying to identify the source of the laughter.

“Heard what Luna?”

“A laugh. From a man…” Luna heard it yet again, and did not seem so far off, not far at all. It seemed to come from the roof, and it was that moment she recognized that laugh. Oh no…

“I heard now Luna, is that…” Twilight before it could complete her sentence, the owner of laughter interrupted, flying down from the roof.

“Me? Oh of course!” Discord addressed his audience, dressed in pajamas and fake white rabbit slippers (strangely like Angel Bunny). He landed and stretched, then smiled at the two. They looked at each other and then cast serious looks at Discord, “ Oh why so serious? I was just sleeping there in the roof, but your little and boooring talks woke me! That’s not my fault! That’s your fault.” He went to Luna’s side and smiled suggestively.

“Can you please leave at once for us have this good date to ourselves?” Luna said and if looks could kill, maybe even Discord would be dead, her gaze was killer.

“Ugh… A good date? Spaghetti and talks? Ugh… That’s a Disneigh thing…” Discord said and turned into a street dog, “Did Twilight look like this to have a date with spaghetti?”

“Discord…”

“Yes Lulu?” He asked as he scratched his dog fur, leaving fleas fly to all side.

“Twilight, could you please cover your ears?” Luna asked and after seeing her comply, she then looked at Discord and with the full strength of her Royal Canterlot Voice, “CAN YOU GO AWAY?!”

“Ummm…” Discord turned into human form again, “What is the magic word?” He  asked as  playfully as always.

“Please...”

“Okay, I will go now!” Discord was about to go away, but before let out a soft 'oh' and went up to Twilight, she was confused until he give a kiss on her cheek, “NOW I GO!” He snapped his fingers and teleported before Luna killed him.

Twilight looked at Luna’s face with widened eyes, “Well that was…”

“Sorry for that, princess, but I am sure you still want to play with me, no?” Luna asked hopefully.

“Of course Luna, I would love to play with you,” She said with a soft voice.

“Huzzah! Let’s go to my bedroom then!” Luna stood up and smiled at Twilight, already heading for the exit from the balcony.

Bedroom?

Twilight was worried about the fact that they have gone to the princess’s room, so maybe it was something silly, no?

“Here! We shall play…” Luna went to her closet and pulled out… a Notebook? Did she mean play games? Video games? Oh… Well now I know what she does in her free time. “Five Nights at Freddy’s! My favorite terror game!”

“Terror?” Twilight asked as Luna put the computer on top of her big bed and snapped her fingers, instantly changing into a simple T-shirt and a shorts without changing.

“Yes, it is a very scary game… Ugh… Bonnie…”

“Luna, that’s silly, it’s just a game,” Twilight joined Luna, sitting on the bed and looking for the notebook, that was with the initial game screen, with a macabre bear in it. Luna said that was Freddy Fazbear.

“Ok, so let’s see if you don’t scream when Bonnie jumps our face screaming like a demon from Tartarus,” Luna looked at her smirking. Then snapped her fingers and turned off the bedroom light, the only light was the notebook now, and then the game began. “Now Twi, the fun will be doubled!”

The two were right at the beginning, with Twi saying it was silly the fact that Luna, Princess of the Night, was afraid of a simple game. But then it was four o'clock in the game. It was just a little more to end night one, according to Luna, but then... The bunny jumped screaming and this resulted in 'game over'. And Twilight's reaction was as expected, she cried out in fright.

Luna was a little scared, but she was already used to this, and then started laughing.

“Hey, that’s not… Funny. And I don’t want to play this ever again…” Twilight murmured snapping her fingers and turning on the lights.

“Oh, you should see your face!” Luna said amid her laugher, but then Twilight looked to her with a serious face, and she stopped, but Twilight smiled and began to laugh. And Luna accompanied.

“Ok, ok, you right Luna, that is scary…” she said after finishing her section of laughter and then yawned sleepily, “Oh, I’m tired… That was fun Luna, but I need to…”

“No Twi, you stay here, I insist, you can sleep here tonight,” Luna smiled, “I don’t need much sleeping after all.”

“Uh… Okay. But, where?”

“Here on my bedroom of course,” Luna said as she put her notebook in the closet and then sit next to Twilight again, who was blushing.

“Oh… Er… Thank you Princess Luna,” they smiled at each other, “I need to sleep now…”

“No problem,” Luna snapped her finger and the bed was all made to Twilight, “Here, I’ll stay here. Tonight I don’t need to guard the dreams and nightmares, my sister shall do it for me,” Luna said as Twi lies beneath the purple sheets.

“Thank you, Luna.”

“That’s no problem, princess. Now sleep, tomorrow you have a date with Discord, you need energy,” Luna smiled.

In minutes, with Luna watching her, Twilight fell asleep. Luna decided to lie down, hugging Twilight from behind and whispered ‘goodnight’.

Chapter Three - Date Three: Turn Down for What?

**ChapterThree: Date Three - Turn Down for What**

Twilight opened her eyes slowly, with Princess Celestia’s sun in her face, only to find herself in Princess Luna’s bed. But as she remembered everything about last night, she smiled and blushed. Then she sat up, lazily rubbing her eyes, and then stood up and turned to see Luna sleeping in bed in a profound way. Luna did not need much sleep at night, but during the day the conversation was different. Luna was "dead" in bed, and Twilight laughed and shook her head at that. Well, I need to go now… But first…

Twilight was up the side of Luna, who was still asleep, and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Luna turned over in bed, muttering something intelligible, and then smiled in the middle of her sleep. Now I can go, the princess said mentally, leaving the room and closing the door softly, as to not wake the Princess of the Night.

Luna was… Fun. Really fun. Well, I played a video game, that’s new. Princess Luna: Check! Now… Oh no, no no no… DISCORD!

Twilight had just arrived in her castle, where Spike was sitting watching TV in the large living room full of bookshelves and some action figures of Spike’s (to Twilight they were just toys, but Spike called them that).

“Hey, Twilight!” he said, turning on the couch to see her, “Discord sent a letter to you. He said... Find him in a door out there?" Spike said confused, Twilight was expecting something awkward to come from the Lord of Chaos.

“Thank you for telling me, Spike” she went to the boy, still leaning on his knees on the couch to see her, and ruffled his hair, smiling at him and then leaving the living room, giving a quick farewell.

Twilight had a quick wash, changed clothes and then left the castle for her date with Discord, who did not seem to be anywhere. Where is he? Wait is that a… Door? the princess thought as she looked at a random door to his house. Just there, standing in there with nothing to hold it, people did not seem to pay attention to it. Well it was not the weirdest thing that residents of Ponyville had seen.

Twilight sighed and went to the door’s front, opening it and looking to… Nothing? She sighed, frustrated again, and then took a step, entering into the random door. The door closed itself and disappeared.

The princess finds herself somewhere much like the first confusing place where they had to defeat Discord. The whole floor was checkered, with various colors. With deer and rabbits with long legs running to all sides in a large herd. There were some beavers trying to cut a tree that had a… Face? And beside that tree was a small tree sapling. And was... He or she was dancing excitedly, rocking from side to side, waving his/her small soft branches.

The sky was clear blue and full of clouds made of cotton candy, some of which rained chocolate. That’s a clear signal of Discord, oh well…

“Discord?” she called for him, looking around to see a random house, which actually was not there until a few moments ago, and above it was a big sign flashing and saying "DISCORD HERE!" with an arrow pointing to the door of the house, which was apparently a normal house. Finally, something normal…

Twilight went to the house and looked around.

Nothing.

“Right here!” the voice of the chaos itself said. Twilight looked around again, raising an eyebrow in confusion, until she felt someone poking her, “I said… Right here,” she felt the hands of Discord being placed on her shoulders as Discord said that directly into her ear, playfully. She widened her eyes and then jumped in surprise, making Discord remove his hands from there and he stood with a smile as she crossed her arms just below the chest and became serious.

Both looked at each other for some time, Discord was wearing the same clothes as always, but with a brown top hat on his head. He started smiling more and more, and with that, Twilight could not be serious, she ended up giving a slight chuckle and shaking her head.

“Well, my job is done! For now…” he said, as Twilight chuckle a little more. Discord raised an eyebrow at her and tried to make a seductive look, making her stop laughing and let out a small smile, “Let’s go, pretty princess?” he bent slightly forward and offered his hand to Twilight, but before she could grab his hand, Discord snapped his fingers and a rose appeared in his mouth, she took his hand and Discord was satisfied by placing the rose in the ear of his partner.

“Uh, Discord, where we going?” she asked, raising her eyebrow at him.

“I’m… Oh! I mean… We’re going on an adventure!” Discord said this and then snapped his fingers, teleporting both of them somewhere.

When they appeared elsewhere, it was just a location on "the chaotic world of Discord". But this place had an random ice cream stand, there was no one inside, apparently. “Discord, we’re going to… Eat ice cream?”

“Oh yes! I was mistaken with the fact we were going out on an adventure. Come, let's sit down and ask for an ice cream!” Discord said snapping his fingers and suddenly a table that had errant feet came walking and stood there, it came together with two walking chairs too. Discord sat in one of the chairs, but Twilight glanced at Discord as if to say "is this safe?", but soon took a seat. “Here’s the menu,” Discord said snapping his finger again, two menus came "flying" and landed on the table in front of Twilight and Discord.

“A menu for… Ice cream?”

“Of course!” Discord said already looking at the menu, “Oh oh, look at this!” he practically shoved the menu on the face of Twilight, making her widen her eyes and then grimace.

“Is that…”

“Cockroaches in ice cream? Oh yes it is! Delicious, no?” Discord said, snapping his fingers and making a cockroach appear in his hand, shoving it in his mouth and eating it, making Twilight look at him with a confused face.

“Uh… No, it’s not delicious. Can I have just a normal lemon ice cream with no cockroaches?”

“Of course, dear pretty princess!” he made a clone of himself, which came into the ice cream van and brought a lemon ice cream to her quickly. Then Discord snapped his finger and his clone disappeared. Discord smiled to Twilight and gave her the ice cream.

“Thank you,” she said before she started eating, Discord was already eating a chocolate ice cream with a dead cockroach on top. Twilight grimaced but then began to eat.

They were quiet for a few moments, but when they finished, Discord began, “We go to the dance floor now!” and before Twi could complain, he snapped his fingers, making them appear in the middle of a dance floor with a very familiar song (unfortunately), but more electronic. Discord smiled at her and pulled her hand and began to dance with her. “Go, Twilight!” he started dancing the way he knew as Twilight watched and then looked around, seeing if anyone was there and no one was, then shrugged and laughed. Well, why not?

And then she began to dance beside him, the way she knew.

Twilight was having fun and she knew it, maybe Discord was not so bad. It was just... too chaotic sometimes, well, at least in the philosophy of an Element of Harmony. But Twilight was having fun, maybe that was the best part of these dates she was having. Fun that she not had for a few weeks.

The song ended and both stopped dancing until the Lord of Chaos snapped his fingers and a romantic song filled the place. “Can I, the great Lord of Chaos have a dance with the pretty alicorn princess?” he offered a hand to her and she just shook her head and laughed accepting the request from the chaotic man. They danced, both looking into each other's eyes, “Did you know you have beautiful eyes?”

Twilight blushed and smiled, “Thank you, Discord. You have… Good eyes too, red is a beautiful color,” she never thought she would say that to him.

Discord’s eyes widened and then he gave a smirk, showing his fangs.

Both continued dancing together until the end of the song, at which point Discord took her hand and teleported both back home.

“Thank you Discord, that was a funny and beautiful date, I loved dancing with you,” she said, avoiding eye contact.

“Oh pretty alicorn princess, don’t worry! Fun and chaos is my thing!” he said before he snapped his fingers and made a bouquet of lavenders appear in his hands, and he gave it to Twilight, she blushed again, “Here, that’s for you! I’m being kind to you, I’m not being soooo chaotic!” At least, I’ll win some extra tea when I go to Fluttershy’s house… Discord thought, “ Oh! The lavenders are because of your great smell. I love it!”

“Thank you, Discord. I have to go now, that was great,” both were out of the house, with Twi smelling the flowers. Discord snapped his fingers, making the random door that would take Twilight to Ponyville appear.

“Here you go, Twilight! Oh, one more thing…” Discord moved into his pockets, “Here!” a cockroach was in his hand.

“Ugh! DISCORD!”

“I’m howling at the moon?” he asked playful.

Twilight let out a smile, “Bye, Discord.”

Next: Sunset.

Chapter Four - Date Four: Of bikes and killer dolls

Chapter Four - Date Four: Of bikes and killer dolls

Twilight couldn’t believe that the week was almost over, and that her dates were almost over as well. Sunset and Trixie could each be a little arrogant, so these last two meetings might be the trickiest. But Sunset had been a changed person for quite a some time now, and Twilight trusted her.

Speaking of which, it was the day of Sunset’s date with Twilight, and Sunset had said that she would pick Twilight up at the castle that night, and they would go to her house. It seemed that Sunset was trying to spend some time with the princess doing something simple, not something... "wow"... but Twilight thought that that would be a great way to have a good time.

The princess had spent the day with Rarity, who could barely believe her situation, and thought that Twilight was lucky. Twilight wasn’t so sure that she was. But she didn’t have time to be think about these things — night had fallen, and Sunset was going to collect her pretty soon. Sunset had said in a letter that she would arrive with Robert. But who was Robert? Wasn’t this supposed to be a date? Twilight tried not to think about it. She dressed in her usual uncomplicated style, and picked up some pajamas. Sunset had said that she could sleep there if she wanted.

Sunset had also said that they would watch a new movie, but she hadn’t said which one, keeping Twilight in suspense. Twilight prayed that it wasn’t one about a killer maniac or something — Princess Luna’s game had given her the chills. She would never again play such a terrifying game.

Twilight grabbed her glasses, brushed her hair and left her princess tiara behind. She was ready — right on time — when she heard a horn and then Spike calling her. Sunset had arrived. She sighed, and hurried to the castle gate to find Sunset sitting on her bike.

Sunset was dressed in her usual clothes, including her trademark leather jacket, which she loved very much. But Twilight was surprised to see her wearing dark glasses. Twilight didn’t understand why in Tartarus she was wearing them at night. And… what about this Robert?

“Hi, Sunset, are we going on… that?” Twilight asked as she approached the black motorcycle with leather seats. She had never ridden a bike in her life. Sunset was not surprised by her reaction.

“Hi, Sparky! That, as you put it, is a bike.” Sunset climbed down from the machine and pointed to it, smiling. “That’s Robert. My older brother ‘gave’ it to me when I was younger,” she explained.

Twilight’s eyes widened. “Oh, so this is Robert” she said softly.

Sunset laughed. “So Sparky, can we go?” Sunset gave Twilight a smile that only she and Trixie knew how to do. Both of these girls had a smile that never failed to make Twilight blush.

“Yes, but promise me that you’ll go slowly? I’m sort of scared of bikes, but I trust you.” Twilight avoided looking at Sunset, expecting her to make light of her fear.

Quite the contrary, Sunset smiled and nodded — she was not surprised by the princess’s nervousness. “Yeah, yeah, Sparky, I understand. I’ll go slow. Now c'mere.” She jumped back onto the bike and patted the seat behind her.

Twilight watched her with a shaky face and sighed, then picked up her overnight bag. She sat behind Sunset, and held onto her tightly.

“Calm down, Sparky! I haven’t even started the engine!” she laughed, pulling off her black glasses and putting them in her jacket pocket.

“I’ll try…” Twilight said with a muffled voice, pressing her face into Sunset’s shoulder.

The girl in the leather jacket gave a satisfied smile. Then Sunset started the motorcycle, revving up its loud engine. “Ready?” Twi nodded. “Okay, here we go. Hold on tight!” Sunset finally accelerated and they went.

For the first few minutes, Twilight kept her face buried in Sunset’s shoulder, but after some time she realized that the ride was not so bad, so she dared to look up and was stunned by the view of the world zooming past her.

“Uh… Sunset?”

“Yes, Sparky?” Sunset called back, without removing her eyes from the dirt road.

“Where is your house?”

“I live alone in a house near the edge of the city. The sound of the animals in the Everfree forest bothers me a bit sometimes, but it's not much of a problem. It's a good place, and has everything I need. My brother lived there before, but he was... well, kind of arrested and…” Sunset paused and laughed, remembering her older brother.

        “Oh…” Twilight looked up for a moment, watching the stars. Perhaps she’d intruded on an area Sunset wasn’t comfortable speaking about. “You liked him, yes? I’m sure he was a great guy, even if he was arrested and…”

          “Great guy?!” Sunset asked and then laughed again. “He was a complete bastard! When I said he gave me the bike, what I actually meant was that when he was eventually arrested, then his house and everything he had ended up going to me.” Sunset paused and shook her head. “I hated my brother, Twi. I don’t even know if he’s still alive!”

“What was his name?”

“Shimmering Fire.”

         “Looks like ‘shimmer’ is a bit of a theme for your family,” said Twilight.

          They spent a few minutes in silence, Twilight just enjoying the delicious scent of Sunset. She didn't care about the bike any more. The silence was broken by Sunset. “We’re almost there. Do you see that house over there?” Twi nodded. “That’s mi casa,” Sunset joked, accelerating towards the house she’d pointed out. “Here we are!” She slammed on the brakes, causing Twilight, who was still deep in thought about how delicious the Sunset’s scent was, to jump.

           “Oh, yes, here we are. I like your house, it has... well, it has... some charm” Twilight said, getting the topic off of ‘Robert’, while Sunset wheeled the bike into the garage.

             “Sleep well, Robert!” she said jokingly with a coaxing tone, as if the bike were actually a person, and closed the garage door. Twilight laughed. “Hey, Twi, c’mere. Let's go inside,” Sunset put an arm around Twilight, “Was our ride with Robert so bad?”

             “No, I was… deep in thought about other things…” she blushed.

             Sunset laughed, “C'mon, I’ll show what movie we’re gonna see. I’m sure you’ll… like it.” Sunset said as they entered the house. Twilight didn't have a good feeling about this movie, but she really didn't care about that now — the only thing that mattered was the comforting arm of Sunset.

Twilight sat on the sofa, now dressed in her pajamas, and waited for Sunset, who had gone off to arrange something in her bedroom. “So, what are we going to watch?” the princess called.

          Twilight heard a laugh coming from the room. “Wait for it Sparkle,” Sunset emerged from her room, smiled for a moment, and then turned on the TV. “You like horror movies? Or do you think they’re too… spooky?” Sunset turned to Twilight and gave a playful smile at her, then sat beside her.

        “No! I’m not scared of horror movies…” Twilight said, obviously lying. But for anyone who’d played Five Nights at Freddy's with Luna, it would surely be nothing. Twilight smiled remembering that night.

         “Okay, Sparky. We’re gonna watch… Annabelle!” Sunset got up and went to the cabinet the TV was sitting on, took out a DVD and slid it into the player. “I'll make some popcorn for us, or do you prefer ice cream?” she asked, turning to Twilight.

           “Popcorn, definitely!” I’ve had enough of ice cream for this week…

           Sunset snapped her fingers and a bag of popcorn appeared magically floating in front of her. “Here you are.” She gave it to Twilight, who raised an eyebrow.

           “Thank you, but I thought that you were going to make it.”

           “Using magic is way more easy.” Sunset sat back down beside Twilight on the couch and then snapped her fingers again. The lights switched off and the movie started. “Come lie down here,” she offered, seeing that Twilight was getting cold from the draught coming through the window. Twilight lay in her lap, blushing.

“So…”

           “Wait a second, Twi…” Sunset said, looking out of the window.

      Outside the window, Sunset saw the tip of a blue hat, which reminded her of Trixie’s hat. She wouldn’t come here to sabotage the date, would she? Sunset decided to check. She looked at Twilight. “Can you give me a second?” Twilight nodded, “Thanks, I’ll be back in a sec.”

        She walked outside, barefoot, to find exactly who she expected. Trixie was crouching, giggling softly, preparing to drop some fireworks to scare the two. Sunset cleared her throat, and Trixie turned, still with a firework in her hand.

        “Oh, hello, Sunny. Beautiful night, no? Hehe…” Trixie smiled nervously, looking sideways, her eyes avoiding Sunset.

        “You were planning to drop this crap to scare us, right?” She raised her eyebrows and extended her hand to Trixie, beckoning for the fireworks. Trixie handed them over. “I’ll drop them on your head if you don’t get out of here now!” Sunset threatened and then threw the fireworks box away. “I’m not Fluttershy. I’m not going to be scared of your silly tricks Trix. I’m not a kid,” she laughed mockingly.

        Trixie stood up straight. “You can dream all you want that you will win the hand of the beautiful Twilight Sparkle. But Trixie knows her best, since we were enemies!”

        “Awesome logic! Trixie is that girl’s enemy, so she’d love to be Trixie’s lover forever!” Sunset did her best imitation of Trixie’s proud voice. “Seriously, get out of here.”

“The Great and Powerful Trixie is out, for now.” She disappeared in a cloud of smoke, but once it had cleared, Sunset saw her hidden behind a pillar. Sunset face-palmed and shook her head, returning inside. Twilight’s face lit up when she saw her.

“Sorry, Twi, I had a few things to take care of, but now I’m all yours,” she smiled.

“So… what’s this movie about?” Twilight asked, passing the bag of popcorn to Sunset and reclaiming her place lying across Sunset’s lap.

“Shh... you’ll see. And I’m sure that you will get scared,” she said as she pressed play on the movie.

And she was right. After a few minutes Twilight was beginning to tremble with fear. The worst scene for her was when the demon living within Annabelle killed the woman and took her soul. Twilight buried her face in Sunset’s pink pajamas, only daring to peek out of the corner of one eye. Sunset merely laughed at the scene.

Twilight learned two things from watching this movie: the first was that she should never touch a satanic doll named Annabelle; the second was that Sunset’s lap was comfortable and warm. Thinking about it she blushed.

“Did you liked the movie, Sparky?” Sunset joked, looking at the Princess huddled in her lap.

“No, definitely not,” Twilight said, sulkily. Sunset started to laugh and won a playful punch in the shoulder from the princess.

“Oh Sparky, you’re so… adorable. I never thought I'd say that to anyone, but for you, I will make an exception.” She smirked watching Twilight blush.

Twilight got up and sat beside Sunset, playing with her hair and avoiding looking at her. “Well… it’s midnight, how about we go to sleep? Tomorrow I’ve got a date with…”

“Trixie. I know,” she said in a disgusted tone.

“Why do you hate her so much, Sun?”

“I don’t know. She’s just… annoying!”

“Are you jealous?” Twilight suggested playfully and giving Sunset a smile as she got up and to throw the empty bag of popcorn into the kitchen trash. She came back and sat next to Sunset who, for the first time, was blushing.

“No! Of course not! Why I would I be jealous of her?!”

“You know, Trixie and I have… just like Luna and Pinkie, I’ve known her for much longer than I’ve known you. You don’t feel… threatened by that?” Twilight asked.

“No. And you know why? Because I know you'll choose who you want, and... I think I treat you right... right? Unlike Trixie, who has challenged you several times.”

“You have a point. And yes, even though maybe we haven’t done anything fancy, you do treat me well. And I like simplicity…” They remained quiet for a moment, and Twilight leant in to give Sunset a kiss on her cheek, making the girl smile. “Despite the scary movie, I loved tonight... Let's go to sleep now. Ummm... I’m sleeping in the guest room, right?”

“R-right, c’mere, I’ll show you.” The both walked to the guest room. “Here, if you need anything just come to my room.”

“Thanks, uh… Good night.”

“Good night, Sparky.” Sunset smiled and left the room.

Twilight lay in bed and tried to sleep. It was dark, and she was tired, but something kept her awake. An owl hooted in the distance, and she jolted. Of course, Sunset lives on the edge of the forest. I’m bound to hear some animals. It’s just nature, nothing to be frightened of, right? Twilight turned over. Was that shadow there before? The wind blew and rattled the window panes. Twilight wasn’t cold, but she felt a shiver run up her spine. Creak! Twilight jumped out of bed and almost ran to the next room.

“Sunset? Are you sleeping?”

“No, why?”

“Can I sleep with you?” Twilight asked in a low tone.

Twilight could see Sunset’s smile, even in the dark. “C’mere,” said Sunset, lifting the edge of her blanket. Twilight climbed into bed and lay down in Sunset’s embrace. “Now, get to sleep, egghead.”

With a laugh, Twilight closed her eyes. Next step: Trixie. The Great and Powerful Trixie.

Chapter Five - Date Five: Fireworks

Chapter Five: Date Five - Fireworks

Twilight opened her eyes to the sound of lightning. She heard the sound of the rain, but realized it was already day. She tried to get up, before noticing the girl hugging her from behind. Twilight enjoyed Sunset doing that; she felt warm and safe, just like when Princess Luna did it. But Sunset’s not Luna, Twilight, remember that, she thought while grimacing, knowing how the two were different.

She shook her hips a little, prompting a sigh from Sunset who seemed to be sleeping happily. Twilight blushed, realizing that she had liked that.

“Sun…” she called, turning slowly so that they were face to face. Sunset just tightened her grip on Twilight. The princess smiled for a second and then nudged her companion, making Sunset release her and stretch out on the bed, opening her eyes slowly.

“Good morning,” Twilight said as she watched the other girl sit on the bed and blink a few times.

“Good morning, Twi,” Sunset murmured, with a sleepy voice. “Sleep well?” Sunset climbed over to Twilight and rested her head on Twilight’s shoulder, closing her eyes.

Twilight looked at her with a smile. “Yes, thank you for asking.” She looked around and gave Sunset a kiss on the forehead.

“Thank you for the creepy movie and for the popcorn, but I must go, Sun. I really enjoyed my time with you.” Twilight rose, but before she took off her pajamas and put on normal clothes, a hand yanked her back down to the bed. She looked at Sunset who was wearing a friendly smile. “Sun, I need to…”

“Yes, I know, I know, but I want a kiss — a real kiss I mean, not on the forehead, right here…” She pointed to her mouth and then rose, pulling Twilight by her hips and then giving her that smirk and raising her eyebrows. “So… you wanna taste what I taste like?” Sunset said referring to her favorite series.

Twilight blushed. “I…” She had no time to say anything; Sunset just pulled her in and gave her a kiss. Twilight had little experience with kisses of course, but it was completely different from what she had expected. Sunset’s kiss was soft; it was not rough as she expected it to be; it was gentle and calm. She could feel a lot of butterflies flying in her belly, like an odd but delicious explosion.

When they parted, Sunset smiled at her and raised her eyebrow. “So?”

Twilight blushed once again, “Ummm… I have to admit, you’re a good kisser, Sun,” she said flatly as she wrapped a strand of hair around her finger and looked away. “Thank you, again.”

“You don’t have to thank me, just… choose right,” Sunset said, leaving Twilight and giving her a loving look. “I'm not saying you should choose me, but… I want to see you with someone who treats you right, like everyone should.”

“I’ll… uh, I need to go now…” She snapped her fingers and then she was in her normal clothes. “I really loved this, Sunset,” she said gently as she packed her suitcase and turned to Sunset again, “but I need to go.”

Twilight looked around, and then give Sunset a kiss on the cheek. “Bye.” The princess snapped her fingers, teleporting back to her house.

Sunset smiled.

Later…

     Twilight had spent the day with Spike. The boy had said he wanted to have a movie marathon and so that's what they did. She knew this week had been a... “race” for her, so the princess hadn’t been able to spend any real quality time with the boy. And Twilight was happy to do it now; he had always been like a little brother to her.

    “Hey, Twi, uh… I think you need to come here…” Spike said, calling from the kitchen. He had gone to find something to eat, and the boy seemed to be confused about something.

“What is it, Spike?”

     “Look right there!” He pointed to a tent through window with a large sign that read "TRIXIE HERE! Witness the grandeur!" Next to the first sign was another saying, "Closed. Unless you're Sparkle, then enter now!"

“Why does she always have to be different?” he asked looking at Twilight who was standing there with a look of confusion on her face.

     Twilight shook her head and sighed. “Trixie is… you know how she is. I suppose I ought to go ‘witness her grandeur,’ Spike. Can you take another night like this?” she asked.

     “I can, oh, and I can also watch some horror movies. I know how you don’t like them,” Spike said, laughing as he took something from the fridge.

     “Haha, very funny. I don’t want any more horror movies — or games — for a long, long time, Spike.” Twilight put a hand on his shoulder. “Sorry for not having more time for you.” She smiled weakly.

     “No problem, Twi. I’ll be good. But, you should go, or Trixie will put another sign saying ‘COME HERE NOW YOU BITCH!’ That seems about right for her!” He laughed as he opened a soda can. Spike received a disapproving look from the girl, who walked upstairs. “What? I didn't mean to call you that… I mean Trixie would, I would never call you that!” he shouted after her. “Okay, okay, Trixie would only call you that in bed!”

“Spike!”

     “What? That’s sexy!” the boy said, taking his attention from the window to Twilight, who was now dressed for her date.

“No… it’s…”

“See? You like it!” Spike exclaimed.

     Twilight shook her head and scowled at him. But she couldn’t stay serious forever, and smirked at him. “Look here.”

     “Wha-” he had no time to complete his sentence as he was greeted by a pad of paper in the face. He frowned but soon started laughing. “I will have my revenge!”

     Twilight laughed. “Sure, Spike, but I need to go now!”

      The princess walked to the tent, with a slight smile on her face. She agreed with Spike: Trixie always had to be different from everyone else. Rather than simply call Twilight to tell her what time to meet, or where, she went and put up a marquee on her front lawn.

     Twilight sighed, mentally preparing herself, and then pushed open the door flaps. “Hello, Trixie?”

      To Twilight’s surprise, Trixie was posing in front of a mirror, with a feminine tuxedo, smiling and holding a top hat, repeatedly putting it on and removing it, probably to see if she would look good with the hat. Twilight smiled, seeing how great she looked in the tuxedo, looking like a true magician.

     “Sparkle!?” Trixie exclaimed in surprise, turning to Twilight. “So you came to see the Great and Powerful Trixie?” she smirked.

Twilight shook her head and let out a little laugh, “Yes, but why did you stay inside the tent? Couldn't you just come to the castle and ask me out? Or did you want to make a big impression?” she joked with an ironic smile.

     “Yes… kinda, but I decided to stay here because I'm lazy. Also I needed to practice my magic. You know, I'm getting better and better every day… oh!” Trixie snapped her fingers and a big bouquet of flowers appeared in her hands. She gave it to Twilight who smiled and blushed. “See? That’s for you, Sparkle.” She smirked.

     “Thank you, Trixie. So… where are we going? Wherever it is must be very… chic? What with that tuxedo, right?” Twilight asked, as she teleported the bouquet to her castle.

      “No, I'm just testing this tuxedo for a big performance in a few weeks. Now…” She snapped her fingers and changed clothes; her tuxedo now hung on a rack and she had changed into high blue heels and a short dress that clung to her body, highlighting her curves. Twilight had never seen her like that; Trixie was beautiful. “We're going to The Filly Feels, that nightclub in Canterlot. My friend Vinyl Scratch will be there tonight!”

     “DJ PON-3 is your friend?” Twilight asked, surprised. “I’ve never been to a nightclub — I'm not dressed properly!”

     Trixie sighed. “Here!” She snapped her fingers; Twilight was now wearing a black skirt that clung to her large waist and a tight, white shirt with a picture of a green dragon, and black sneakers to complete the ensemble. “You're beautiful, and you’re ready to go!” Trixie exclaimed looking at the princess.

“Trixie, I don’t know if…”

     “Don't worry, Sparkle! Trixie will be here for you. And you know that Trixie finds you… quite sexy and cute. Sometimes Trixie cannot even imagine touching you because Trixie finds you… so adorkable, Sparkle,” Trixie said, trying to convince the princess. Twilight just blushed and stayed quiet. “Oh, sorry! It’s a bad habit. I was thinking out loud, hehe.” Trixie rubbed the back of her head nervously.

      “So, we’re… umm… how are we getting to Canterlot?”

      “Come here, Sparkle!” Twilight walked over to Trixie, who joined hands with her. The magician snapped her fingers, and they were in Canterlot.

     Trixie was still learning that teleportation spell, and occasionally had little accidents with it, but fortunately it worked well this time, and they found themselves standing on the cold streets of Canterlot.

“Are you alright, Sparkle? Sometimes I get that spell a little wrong,” Trixie said. She looked Twilight up and down to check that no parts had been left behind in the teleportation.

“Uh… yeah, I am. So, where’s this place we’re going?”

     “Right there.” The magician pointed ahead. “I teleported us right in front of the place, see?” It was a normal-looking building; the only thing marking it out from its neighbors was a neon sign saying ‘The Filly Feels,’ which alternated between blue and green. Outside the front entrance a security guard was checking people on the way in. On the wall next to him was a poster reading ‘DJ PON-3 today! Come celebrate with the last performance of the year from our favorite DJ!’ In small print it added, “only club members and those with a golden ticket can enter.”

“Err… can we get in, Trixie? Look at the…”

“Calm down, c'mon. I’ll show you how to do it,” Trixie said smugly. She and Twilight walked to the door where the security guard stood with a serious face. “Watch and learn Sparkle…” Trixie said and then coughed. “Hey, uh…” she looked at the guard's name on his badge. It said ‘Dusty Fire’.

“Hey, Dusty! Great name! The Great and Powerful Trixie had a friend with that name, you know!”

“If you don’t have a golden ticket, then get out. Today is an important show for DJ PON-3. It’s her last show before she takes a six month break to spend some time with her new bride,” Dusty said with a rough voice. “Now, get out!”

“Oh, sorry, but I’m friend of Miss Scratch and I know that she would be mad at you if you don’t let the Great and Powerful Trixie enter! I mean, she’ll probably realize that you were only following rules when you turned me away. I’m sure she wouldn’t fire you, no, she wouldn’t do that, would she? C’mon Sparkle, it seems like Trixie is not welcome here…” Trixie turned and began to walk away, taking Twilight’s arm, before a voice called them.

“Wait, wait! You’re her friend? Oh, of course, enter, enter. I didn't mean that, hehe…” The guard scratched the back of his neck nervously. “Sure, come inside, if you’re her friend, uh… There’s an open bar, all you can drink for free!”

Trixie smiled at Twilight, who seemed surprised. “Thank you, Dusty. C’mon Sparkle.” They both stepped into the club and were greeted by the loud noise of electronic music. “You like it?” Trixie asked, stopping near the bar. Twilight stared at the dancing people: some were drunk, others kissing, others dancing, and some were just talking while drinking.

     Twilight smiled at Trixie. “It’s new for me, but I’ll… try to get used to it.”

“Awesome! Let’s go, Sparkle. Want a drink?”

“I… don’t usually drink.” Twilight blushed as they closed the short distance to the bar.

“Oh, Sparkle, just remember they don’t serve water here, okay? You drink properly or you don’t drink at all!” Trixie laughed. “I don’t think you imagined me, The Great and Powerful Trixie, being into nightclubs and being friends with DJ PON-3! Is Trixie right?”

“Yes, I’m surprised,” Twilight laughed, “but it’s… cool to be here with you. I wanted to try this out someday, but I didn't imagine that it would be with you, Trixie.”

“Everyone has their special tricks.” She smirked and then sat on one of the stools by the bar. Twilight took a seat beside her.

“Hey Trixie!” The barmaid, a redhead, greeted Trixie, leaning on the counter and giving a smile to her and her companion. “Is that Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Element of Magic and Princess of Friendship? Hello, your majesty, why are you with this dirty magician? Trixie should be kissing your feets right now, majesty!” She chuckled. “But she’s far too arrogant for that!” the barmaid joked, and smirked at the princess.

Twilight blushed. “I'm not all that! I mean, I have all these titles, but please just treat me like any other customer. As for Trixie, we’ve had our disagreements in the past, but I can see that she is... changing.” Twilight looked at Trixie who was trying to look serious and respectable. “She’s trying to, at least.”

“You see?” said Trixie, puffing out her chest, “this woman loves The Great and Powerful Trixie! Now bring me some wine, I want to celebrate!” Trixie smiled and received a disapproving look from Twilight. “What?”

Twilight smiled. “Don’t be so… old you, Trixie, be the new you. I like her.”

“Okay, boss, just for today, and only for you.” Trixie turned to the barmaid. “Bring me some wine, seriously now.” She turned to her date. “And you?”

“Uh… juice?”

Trixie and the woman looked at each other in silence for a moment and then burst into laughter. “Sugar… we don’t really sell juice here. I can make something pretty close to juice for you, but…” She laughed a little more. She opened a big liquor cabinet and took out a bottle and a glass, pouring a drink for Twilight. “It’s fruit juice blended with vodka — try it!”

Twilight took the glass and sniffed the liquid. It smelt like strawberry, so she shrugged and drank some. “Yeah, uh… it’s very good. I like it.” She smiled.

“So, princess, you never drank?” Twilight shook her head. “Oh, so Trixie has made a miracle happen?”

“Kind of, but I always planned on trying it out someday.” She laughed nervously and then turned to talk to the barmaid. “So, what’s your name? You’ve known Trixie for a long time?”

“Yeah, she always used to come here when she was going through that bad phase… depressing, right? But we got to be friends.”

“I wasn’t drunk because I was… ‘bad”, I was drunk because I wanted to be!” Trixie protested.

“Okay, okay, I believe you!” the barmaid said before muttering, “thousands wouldn’t.” She offered a hand to Twilight Sparkle. “The name’s Red Tequila, princess,” she fluttered her eyelids at Twilight while the princess shook her hand. “If you ever want someone better than this pile of trash, give me a call.” Red smirked. “But now I’ve got to get back to work girls, enjoy ya’ time!” She then went off to serve other clients.

Twilight shook her head and laughed. “You never me told me about this side of you. Why not?”

“It never came up, Sparkle. Whenever I was in Ponyville we always seemed to come into conflict, and when we did not, I was busy with my shows. But I’m glad you’ve seen this other side of me now.” Trixie smiled and sat silently for a moment, but then her eyes widened and she smiled. “Oh, I want to show you something! We have to go to a hill nearby!”

“Uh… of course, what is it?”

“You’ll see, Sparkle. C’mon, let’s go see a real show now.” Trixie pulled Twilight by the arm. The princess barely had time to put down her empty glass before the magician had led her out of the door.

The crisp night air and the moonlight were perfect for the moment. Trixie had said it was a small hill near Canterlot. There was a beautiful lake and it was a perfect place to stargaze. Luna had done a good job that night.

“Here…” Trixie sat, leaning her head on a tree. Twilight hesitantly between the magician’s legs, blushing.

“So… what is it you wanted to show me?” the princess asked.

“This!” She snapped her fingers and Twilight heard the sound of fireworks. She saw a purple explosion in the night sky which formed into the shape of some letters: ‘Twixie.’

“It’s our names together, Sparkle.” Trixie smiled lovingly.

Twilight smiled at the fireworks that were now forming another phrases and words like ‘My princess’ and ‘Princess Twilight Sparkle’. “Thank you Trixie, that’s beautiful,” she smiled. “But… how did you write that in the stars?!” She pointed.

“No, I can’t… wait…” Trixie saw the phrase ‘Twi is mine’ written in the stars.

“You think Luna did that?”

“That bitch!” Trixie shook her head and laughed. “The Princess of the Night is afraid of Trixie? Yes, she should be!” Trixie said, convinced of herself.

Twilight shook her head and laughed. “Behave, Trixie.” Twilight rested her head against Trixie’s chest and snuggled against her, closing her eyes.

“Sparkle, what are you…”

“Shh…”

“Well, Trixie could get used to this.” Trixie sighed happily and closed her eyes.

They both rested like that for what seemed like a long time. Twilight had to admit that it was a moment that she would love to repeat every day. She smiled at the thought; she had never imagined Trixie like that. She sighed again, this time with a sad tone, then opened her eyes and rose. “Sorry, Trixie, I’ve got to go. But… I loved this time I had with you.” She smiled.

“Could we stay here? Just a little more?” Trixie looked at Twilight with puppy dog eyes.

“No, Trixie, I have to go. I need to go and spend a little time with Spike. I feel I’ve been neglecting him this week.” She smiled at Trixie, who rose. “But first, I need to give you this…” The princess approached her and gave her a quick kiss, making the magician blush. “I loved this date. It’ll be difficult to choose who… but… you know I like all of you, right?”

Trixie sighed and lowered her head “Yes, Sparkle. And I… I love you.”

“I… Trixie, you know I can’t say that, because if I choose another person, you will be broken. But… I… I feel the same. You’ve changed.” Trixie looked at her. “And I know that, even if I don’t choose you, any woman should count herself lucky to be with you Trixie.”

“Trixie knows that… But it will not be like having Sparkle…”

Twilight sighed and hugged Trixie. “You’re beautiful, Trixie… and Sparkle likes the new Trixie.” Twilight pulled away from her and smiled. “Bye, Trixie.”

“On the big day, Sparkle, on the big day.”

Twilight then snapped her fingers, teleporting herself to Ponyville.

It’s over… Now, I don’t want to let them down… This will be hard. Very hard.

Epilogue - Happy Ending...?

Epilogue: Happy Ending...?

For some unknown reason, Twilight Sparkle’s head ached. Maybe it was all the crazy dreams she'd had that night. She should blame Princess Luna for that, maybe she wanted to have a little game with Twilight…

She blinked a few times and looked away. In her dresser she had a calendar and it showed that it was the day to choose. That had been the stupidest competition in all of Equestria. Even so…

Those days were amazing. Weird, but at the same time… interesting.

And it was time to end it.

Twilight sighed and got out of her bed.

“Twi, you’re awake! You’re okay? Last night you were talking in your sleep, I heard… Things like ‘No Trixie don’t be sad!’ and things like that.”

This came from Spike as she entered the kitchen.

“Yes, Spike I… I’m okay. I’m just kinda tired of thinking and… thinking again.”

“About what?” he took some of his cereal, “That competition?” The boy rose an eyebrow while he talked with a full mouth.

“Spike! I already told you not to talk while you’re eating something, it’s rude and you could choke!” Twilight said in a maternal way and then changed her frown to a disappointed face. “And if… If they hate me for my choice?” the princess sat and sighed, looking at Spike.

“Nah!” Spike shook his hands, denying the notion, “They made this stupid thing for you and you had to choose someone right?” Twi nodded, “So they have to accept your choice! And you will see who isn't worthy of you if they hate you for that,” the boy gave her a smile.

“Thanks for saying that Spike. You know you’re my number one assistant, right?”

“Yeah, I have my tricks,” he said proudly while smiling. Twilight laughed and shook her head, she rose up and walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the top of his head, smiling with a maternal look in her eyes.

“How about you show your tricks to me? Could you do your best ever cheese sandwich for me?” she raised an eyebrow in a playful way.

"Yes, sir, captain, sir!” Spike stood up and went to work, with some help from Twi.

Again, it was good to have his company to change things a little. Twilight felt relieved. She stopped thinking about her choice and how they were going to react, finally she could have some peace.

“But who is?” he asked suddenly.

“Who is what?”

“The chosen of course!” Spike exclaimed while making the sandwich.

Good… Now I’m thinking about this again… Awesome… “You will see. The chosen is…” Twilight sighed. “Our date was very simple, but it had meaning in it. Actually, she even acts like me sometimes…” Twilight widened her eyes, the princess had said “she”.

“Poor Discord, looks like he will have to find another woman because this… This one already has an owner, and I suspect it's another woman.” Spike joked and smirked at her.

“You didn’t heard anything okay?”

“Okay, it’s not like I’m going to tell him or something like that!” Spike let out another little laugh, “I was waiting for that, hehe…”

“That what?”

“Nothing Twi, nothing, forget it…”

Later that day…

“Watch as The Great and Powerful Trixie performs the most amazing trick ever!” Trixie’s voice was heard from far away, Twilight smiled and rolled her eyes as she made her way to her suitors.

Luna was playing on her DS, Sunset was waiting while leaning against the wall, Discord was... well, he was transformed into Sunset’s motorcycle, Trixie was doing some tricks and Pinkie… She was being Pinkie while watching the tricks.

Sunset’s motorcycle, or Discord, let out a thunderous “roar”. It were so loud that Luna got surprised and dropped her DS on the ground, she looked at Discord, now human again, with a killer look.

“DISCORD! WE WILL KILL THEE!” Luna shouted with her Royal Canterlot Voice and got up, going to him.

“Calm down Lulu!” he snapped his fingers and she was wearing red overalls and a mustache, “Happy now?” Discord smirked.

“HOW DARE THOU?!”

“Guys I… I’m already here.” They turned to Twilight. “It’s the day.”

“Yes yes, finally,” Discord snapped his fingers again and Luna went back to normal, “But some people want to kill me Twilight! Do something! I’m just a helpless lady!” now he was dressed like a woman and hid behind Twi.

Twilight rolled her eyes, “Discord, could we be serious just for a minute?”

Discord cleared his throat. Now he was dressed as a businessman, pretending to be serious. “I’m totally serious here Twilight, because that’s a great deal, now you can go and say whatever you want. But I’ll stay like this because… Well, I believe I’m very sexy like this,” he smirked again while Twilight let out a little smile.

“Okay, er… Stand next to one another, please. I just want to say something…” Twilight let out a great sigh, “You’re all amazing. First I thought it was some kind of spell, that this couldn't be happening to me, but no, it wasn't. I… Everything was very odd, everyone confessing to me at the same time! But at this point, I had to be prepared for this, even more odd things have happened to me in these years. After all: I’m Twilight Sparkle.”

Everyone laughed.

“Maybe it’s a signal, I don’t know, just… I love you all. Pinkie, Luna, Discord, Sunset and Trixie. And I never wanted this coming from all of you at the same time! But you guys are all amazing, I never thought anyone would do things like that for me, but you all did. But I can only choose the person I really love. And I’ll admit: I've felt like this since the day we met…”

“Whos? Who is it?! Who is it?!” Pinkie exclaimed.

“The person is…”

A few months later…

Sunset looked at the photos in an album. They were photos from Christmas, New Years Eve and other year commemorations. It was already eight months since she had been chosen, and she couldn’t be more happy.

Trixie however had a bad reaction to that, but some months later she fell in love with Pinkie’s sister. While Discord found love in a place that even he, the Lord of Chaos, didn’t think he would find it: He was dating Sunbutt. Well, Celestia, but he loved to call her that. Pinkie and Luna became more and more close to each other and everyone thinks it could turn into something else at some point.

Twilight entered the living room, “What are your looking at?”

“Just photos…” she put the album on a little table and looked at her princess, “C’mere, Twi.” Twilight smiled and laid down in the couch with her. They didn’t need anything to talk about, just being together was amazing.

“All's well that ends well, right?” Twi asked.

“Yeah…” Sunset said, starting to close her eyes.

“Twilight, darling!” Rarity entered the room with a desperate face, making both get up from the couch.

“What's happening? Some demon from Tartarus?”

“No! It’s worst than that! Or better, I don’t know… Applejack and Trender want to stay with me!”

“What?!” both exclaimed.

“NOOOOOOOOO!” that came from the upstairs. It was Spike.

“What will I do?”

“Ummm… I think I have a idea, right, my love?” Sunset asked looking at both maliciously and smirking.

“Oh no… Here we go again…”

THE END