Falling for a Mail Mare

Greetings, my name is Red Feather. I am a pegasus pony that is just now moving into a town called Ponyville. I am an author despite being a pegasus pony. I am upcoming author and write a drama/traveling series called “Days among the Pony World” about a character who every book moves to a new town for one year and has stories of all the ponies he meets in wherever he moves too. Today, however, is different as I am finally moving out of Manehatten and into a new location. Little did I know that more than just a new place was waiting for me there. Instead, I would unexpectedly find romance, friends, and much more.

It all started about a week after moving in to the town I met her. I had just finished the first major draft of my latest book and began my first visit to the post office to send it to my editor. I entered the post office and there was a mare shuffling thru a whole pile of letters. I could tell she was and had a cutie mark on several bubbles which is odd for mail employee. I then spoke up.

“Um, hello? I wish to send a package to an individual please.”

“Huh?! Who said that? Augh!” she yelled and then fell into to the pile of letters.

“Oh, I'm sorry, are you okay?” I quickly said.

“I'm okay” she said as she got up. It was then that I fully saw her. She was a grey mare with flowing blonde hair with some how should I say it, different eyes. Despite that, I could feel my blood flowing just looking at her.

“Um, yes, I'm new here to Ponyville and need a package delivered.” I said.

“Oh, uh, nice to meet you!” she said as she put a huge grin on her face. “It's so nice to meet a new pony, I'm the mail pony Derpy Hooves!”

“Oh, well my name is Red Feather, Miss Hooves.” I said in a quick reply.

“Okay Mister Feather,” she said with the most joyful tone. “Where we sending your mail?”

“Ah, yes, Manehatten please.” I said.

“That will be 25 bits Mister Feather.” she said.

“Thank you very much Miss Hooves.” I said as I gave her the bits.

“Thank you so much, please come again!” she said with a just a massive grin.

I then left the post office with my heart thumping more than usual. 'How odd,' I thought, 'What a nice mare but why do I feel funny?' And then I returned home.

The next day I went to the library in Ponyville, it was ran by a princess of all things named Twilight Sparkle. I was going there for a very different reason then you would think. I went to get a romance novel, which I use for inspiration for my characters. It may sound strange for drama/traveling books but I actually don't travel, my books are based on things I read and creating my own fiction from them. Romance novels help inspire me with different characters if anything. Creating characters is not easy so I try to use drama more than anything if I can. I walked up to the library and knocked on the door.

“Come in!” she said.

“Yes, thank you.” I said.

“I don't recognize you, are you a newcomer to Ponyville?”

“Um yes, your highness, my name is Red Feather.”

She then put this annoyed look on her face and then said, “ Please, no formalities just Twilight is fine, and you are Red Feather, correct? Sounds familiar...” she said with a pondering thinking look.

“Oh, sorry, Miss Twilight.”

"I said, no formalities just call me Twilight." she said with a demanding look.

"Er, sorry."

Then her face bloomed and immediately she asked, “Are you Red Feather, the author of Days among the Pony World?!”

“Um, yes, I just recently moved to Ponyville, are you fan of my books?”

“Oh yes!” she said loudly, “Your books are just like great soaps except with traveling. To make a series where every book there a new characters and they are always interesting and ...” she kept going on and on for quite a while.

“Well Miss Twilight I wish to check out a book” I said with reluctance.

“Oh I'm sorry for rambling, what are you looking for?”

“Romance Novels.”

“Romance?” she said with surprise. “Does that mean?”

I could instantly tell what was going on in her head and replied, “No, I use Romance novels as inspiration for the new characters in my books. I'm currently planning my next book right now but I need some inspiration.”

“Really? Huh, I'm surprised that's how you get your ideas.”

I then quickly looked for the romance novels and picked a few out. “Thank you Miss Twilight.”

"I told you no formalities, just Twilight, got it?"

"Right, sorry, I was just taught to always be very formal."

“No, thank you, its a pleasure to meet an author.”

I then returned home. I then began reading the first novel out of the pile I had from the library. It was a tale of two nobles and the mare falls for a stallion noble at a dance. She has an arranged marriage to another noble however. The book talks more about the dance then anything else. I soon fell asleep and dreamed a very different dream. I was in a great ballroom and was dancing a great dance and there in the ballroom was only one other pony. A beautiful mare with glowing golden mane, It was Derpy Hooves, and before I knew it I was dancing with her. It was beautiful yet graceful. Then as if suddenly I was about to kiss her and then I woke up. When I woke up I knew my face was beet red, I could feel it. I thought to myself, 'What was that? Have I fallen for somepony I just met?'