Royal Romance

A month passed since Twilight snapped at her friends and while Spike still did live in the library, he did not sleep in Twilight's room. Since she started having her dreams about Celestia, she forced him to sleep in the kitchen. She was not about to have him listening in and continuing to tell her friends about her dreams. Eventually these dreams and her passionate desire to be with Celestia caused her to withdraw from her friends.

Five weeks after Twilight had basically stopped seeing her friends, they decided they would go see her and make her be sociable. Not too long after the sun rose that morning there was a knock at Twilight's door. Given that he was downstairs, Spike rushed to the door. When he opened it they all rushed in. Rarity rushed up stairs to find Twilight wrapped up in her covers. She nudged her and asked, "Twilight, are you ok?"

Twilight jumped and crashed into the ceiling. She shouted, "Rarity, what the hay are you doing here?"

Rarity replied, "Well, I am just worried about you. We are all worried about you."

Twilight snapped, "I AM FINE! So go on home." She looked down and saw the rest of her friends and shouted, "GO HOME, ALL OF YOU!"

Rainbow Dash flew up and shouted, "Look Twi, we know something is wrong. Everypony in town is beginning to wonder what is going on. I'm surprised Celestia hasn't tried to get in touch with you."

Twilight got all dreamy eyed and said, "Celestia, the pony of my dreams!"

Applejack heard this and said, "Forget her ladies. She's hopeless, completely hopeless."

Applejack stormed out the door and was quickly followed by her friends. Spike shut the door and was faced with an angry Twilight. Twilight shouted, "Did you invite them over here? Did you want them to hear me talking in my sleep some more?"

Spike replied, "No Twilight. Them knocking on the door even woke me up."

Twilight angrily kicked a hole in the wall and shouted, "Spike, take a note."

Spike grabbed a quill and scroll and was ready. Twilight said, "Dear Celestia, I really need to see you. I am having a lot of problems right now and I feel like you are the only one who can guide me through all this. Love, Twilight Sparkle."

Just as Spike was getting ready to send the message, *BELCH*, Spike coughs up a message. Twilight opens it and it reads, "Dear Twilight, I have heard that you have been distancing yourself from not just your friends, but everypony in Ponyville. This behavior is unbecoming of a princess. I want you to come up to Canterlot alone as soon as possible."

Spike asked, "What do......." Twilight ordered, "Write her back and tell her I'm on my way."

Spike wrote the message and sent it off. For the first time in weeks Twilight left the library and took off towards Canterlot. While she knew that Celestia was not happy with her she was still excited to get to see her so she flew as fast as she could. It was not long until Twilight landed in the courtyard of Canterlot Castle and was greeted by Princess Luna. Twilight asked, "Princess Luna, what are you doing awake at this time of day?"

Luna did not answer Twilight's question. She glared at Twilight and said, "Twilight Sparkle, our sister is most unhappy with thou. Thou had best get to the throne room. Our sister is expecting you."

Twilight gulped, "Ok." She headed to the throne room and saw Celestia sitting up there on her throne with a scowl on her face. She growled, "Princess Twilight, we have heard many rumors that thou hast shut thyself in the library, thou art ignoring thy subjects, thou art treaing Spike like dirt and won't even talk to thy friends. Is this true?"

Twilight replied, "I can explain."

Celestia asked, "What is thy explanation?" Her glare deepened and she continued, "Perhaps our sister was right about thee. Perhaps thou are not prepared to be a princess."

Twilight was terrified at the very sight of the one pony she holds most dear giving her a more angry glare than Luna had ever given her. She began to cry, "I'm sorry princess, it is just that I don't want to let you down."

Celestia shouted, "Well thou hast let us down! The worst thing a princess can do is ignore her subjects. Perhaps we should remove thy wings and cut all ties with thee."

Twilight was sobbing so loudly that it could be heard throughout the palace. Luna, who had headed to her sleeping chambers came rushing out to the throne room. She saw Twilight crying and asked, "Big sister, why is Twilight crying?"

Celestia shouted, "BECAUSE SHE LET US DOWN! SHE IGNORES HER SUBJECTS, SHE YELLS AT HER FRIENDS AND SHE TREATS SPIKE LIKE DIRT!"

Luna glared at Twilight and asked, "Princess Twilight, is this true?"

Celestia interrupted, "She claims she has an explanation. We don't know about you but we want to hear it."

Luna added, "As do we."

With Celestia suddenly speaking like Luna does, Twilight knew that she was in more trouble than she had ever been in. Celestia's glare deepened further as she demanded, "Princess Twilight, tell us why thou hast been neglecting thy royal duties, NOW!"

Twilight began to cry, "Princess Celestia, there is something I must admit. I love you. I have loved you ever since I matured. I never said anything because I didn't want you thinking I was a sicko. Once I became a princess I began having dreams of sexual nature about you. My friends discovered this and I was embarrassed and couldn't bring myself to even face the public because I didn't want everypony eventually knowing. Please forgive me princess, it is just that I love you and I do hope that maybe someday we can be marefriends and eventually be married."

The throne room was suddenly so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Celestia got a huge grin on her face and started laughing hysterically, "That's a good one Twilight! We have heard a lot of things in our life but this has to be the craziest!" Celestia stopped laughing, glared at Twilight and continued, "Go to thy room Twilight. We have decided thou hast THREE days to prove thyself worthy or we shall take thy wings and remove thy title."

Twilight went running to her old room crying and could hear Celestia beginning to laugh again. Luna had a scowl on her face and using the loudest form of the Canterlot Royal Voice she shouted, "STOP IT BIG SISTER, STOP IT!"

Celestia stopped laughing and looked at her sister, whose eyes were shining a bright white. Luna continued, "Big sister, how could thou humiliate the pony who thinks more highly of thee than any other pony ever? We find thy action most rude and vicious. Thou owes Princess Twilight an apology!"

Celestia sneered, "Oh and since when have you suddenly decided Twilight is deserving of anything?"

Luna snapped, "Because she poured her heart out to thee and thou humiliates her. That took a lot of guts on her part. We know she cares deeply for thee and if she still does after this, we know it will be a love that will never die."

Luna stood there, her eyes still glowing white and pointed her wing towards Twilight's room. She continued, "Go and apologize to her."

What Luna said hit Celestia like a ton of bricks. She began to cry, rushed to and hugged her sister and said, "I never knew she truly felt like that. I thought she was just making it up to explain why she was ignoring her duties."

Luna led Celestia to Twilight's room where they found her crying so hard that her pillow was sopping wet from her tears. Celestia waited around the corner while Luna headed in. She stood by her bed and nudged her with her wing. Twilight shouted, "GO AWAY! I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYPONY RIGHT NOW!"

In a calm, almost motherly voice Luna said, "Twilight Sparkle, I am sorry that my sister did that. She really wants to talk to you right now as she is sorry for what she said and did."

Twilight lifted her head and had a strange feeling within her. It was not the calming, motherly tone of voice Luna was using with her, it was the fact that she was speaking in the first pony. Twilight sat up, hugged Luna and asked, "Luna, why are you speaking like that. I have never heard you speak like that before."

Luna replied, "I am speaking like this because I am worried about you. My sister is outside waiting to speak to you. Do you feel comfortable talking to her?"

Twilight still had some tears running down her face but she knew she would have to speak to Celestia sooner or later. She replied, "Yes, I am."

Luna left the room and told Celestia, "Big sister, she is ready to speak to thee. Remember, she thinks most highly of thee. Thou be nice to her or thou shall have to answer to US!"

Twilight sat there waiting for the pony she loves to go in and talk to her. While she was a bit scared she did know that suddenly she had a pony who did care about her so she was feeling a bit more comfortable. Celestia headed into Twilight's room nervous herself. When she got in there she saw Twilight sitting there on her bed, with a look of fear in her eyes yet she could sense some adoration and love coming from the purple Alicorn. While she was still in a state of shock over Twilight's admission, Celestia had something to say to Twilight that would shock her as well.