100 Words: A Challenge of Prompts

Paring: Twilestia

Raitng: Everyone

Style: Pony

Proposal

A rainbow of little fillies and colts scattered around the schoolyard. Rosey cheeked and giggling, they found the courage to present their special someponies with hoof made cards of pink and red. Where some were rejected with bashful gasps of embarrassment, others we're rewarded with timid but excited pecks on the cheeks. Secret admirers waited under the trees and behind the bushes for the crushes they'd tucked their notes in desks for.

Celestia loved walking along the school and peering out of the windows at the lovestruck youngsters. What greater source of goodness was there in the world than the pure innocence of puppy love?

A nudge against her long alabaster leg took her from her thoughts that lay beyond the window to the little lavender filly. Bashful eyes were covered with her highlighted bangs as a strawberry milk colored construction paper card was timidly levitated.

“Ah, Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student," the alicorn greeted. "While it’s always lovely to see you outside of our lessons, why aren’t you at the school yard on a day like today. I know how fond you are of sitting by your tree to read.”

“I- um- have a gift for somepony,” she said quietly, not daring to look the princess in the eyes even after the caring mentor lifted her chin carefully with a hoof.

“I see. It must that lovely heart you have floating behind you. And I must say, I’m glad to see you’ve been working on your levitation on your own it. It's much improved.”

The little filly smiled at the praise, always loving to the way it sounded when it flowed from the princess’ lips.

“Well, the heart is special. I didn’t want to dampen the edge of it with my mouth.”

“Very understandable,” Celestia said with a smile. She never liked to play favorites, but it never took too long for Celestia to note how much she took a liking to this quirky filly in particular. “So I take it, the pony you intend to give this special heart to is inside, instead of on the yard,” she said much too knowingly.

Twilight nodded vigorously. “I-” She stopped to take a tremendously breath, suddenly much more nervous than when she'd only come across the princess gazing at the other’s outside. “As you know Princess, today is Hearts and Hooves day, and while historically there are discrepancies as to the real origin and intent of this holiday, contemporarily it has become a time when ponies tell other ponies, who they greatly admired, how much they appreciate them, and I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate you Princess Celestia, so here.”

The poor little dear miraculously said the whole thing in one breath. As she panted before the princess, trying to dissipate the tomato shade her face had taken on, Celestia inspected the crafted heart folded like a greeting card, which had been more or less shoved into her face.

As a princess, Celestia was bombarded with dozens, hundreds even, of Hearts and Hooves day cards. Some were sent by suitors, mostly young and naive, not quite tired yet of her constant, but polite rejection.

A few, from random foreign dignitaries who wished to respectfully observe her nation’s holidays in a show of good blood between their people. But mostly, she received cards from the fillies in her school for gifted unicorns.

She loved receiving these, and shuffled through them all when time allowed, even though some where just extra arts and crafts by those who’d finished their originals early. She would always have them carefully gathered and stored away.

But this, this little heart was carefully cut. The edges were painfully smooth and both sides of the card were perfectly symmetrical. A drawn image of her and her student, sitting next to each other by their favorite body of water behind the school was under beautiful, for a filly, hoof written text. It read:

“Dear Princess Celestia,

I won’t ask you to be my special somepony because you already are. Thank you for being the best mentor and friend I’ve ever had ever! I hope we can be together for forever.

Love,

Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle”

When she lowered the card from her face, there was nothing but the look of utmost benevolence. The princess was used to Hearts and Hooves days cards from ponies she’d hardly see more than a few times a year, but Celestia hadn’t been given a card so painstakingly created for her by somepony she considered more than an associate in a very long time.

It was simple, yet so clearly meticulously crafted. No doubt it was the creation of her beloved student.

“This is absolutely beautiful, Twilight.”

“Really?!” The purple filly finally brought her eyes to Celestia’s, searching to assure herself of the truth from the new praise. But she didn’t even need to look. There was enough conviction in Celestia’s voice to prove to anyone that she was truly grateful for this gift.

“Yes, of course. I love it. This will be sitting on display for a long time, if you’ll allow me?”

Twilight gasped. “Yes! Yesyesyesyesyes!” She skipped happily around the Celestia until a slight clear of the throat brought her back down to earth.

“Well then, my little pony, it looks as though there is no need for me to offer a proposal in return. I think I can assume that you’re my special somepony too.”

She really couldn’t help herself. Hearing the princess say it just filled her with even more joy. “Yesyesyesyesyesyes-”

BRRRRRRRING

Both ponies looked up, one terribly startled and the other slightly upset that their time together was done.

Before the halls where filled with unicorns shuffling to get to their classed, Celestia carefully pulled Twilight next to her with a powerful wing and nestled her with the side of her cheek.

“It looks like it’s time to get back to class my faithful student. Thank you again for the best Hearts and Hooves day card I’ve been given in a very long while.”

“The best?” Twilight asked with wide eyes, hardly believe this accomplishment.

“The very best. Now off to class, my special little pony and I’ll see you tomorrow for our lesson.”

Before Twilight left, she hugged the princess by the leg one last time and gave her her goodbyes.

The hallways filled with lovestruck little ponies walking side by side with the special someponies who had accepting their proposals, and Celestia stood there watching for a moment as they swarmed past her.

None seemed to be glow with happiness quite like to the little bundle of quirky purple that disappeared around the corner.

Realizing she been standing in the way for too long, as told by the giggling whispers that were pointed at the card she floated much too closely to herself, the princess made her way to the castle. It may have been a tad unprofessional, but she wanted to display Twilight’s card on the special bookshelf in her personal room.

Puppy love. The thought appeared in her mind.

She blinked it away, not realizing she levitated the gift just a smidge closer.