Twin Desires: The Tale of Two Ponies Who Want Twilight

Six months ago, Princess Twilight Sparkle and private Flash Sentry had been dating for over a year. While he never dreamed the relationship would last that long, he knew she loved him. Nopony had ever loved him like that before. He had tried to get to know other mares but they all had rejected him because of his delicate facial features but not Twilight, she loved him for who he was. With this being the case he knew that the time had come, the time to propose to the one he loved had arrived.

He headed to the jewelry store to get her a ring. Being a private he didn't exactly earn a ton of money, but he couldn't propose to the princess without a ring. When he walked into the jewelry store the clerk greeted him, "Hello, how may I help you today?"

Flash Sentry replied, "I need to buy a good ring. I plan on proposing to my marefriend later today."

The clerk gave him an odd look wondering how a pretty colt like him even managed to get a marefriend, much less keep one long enough to propose. He snickered, "Well, I have plenty of rings for you to choose from." He led Flash over to the cheapest rings, ones made out of aluminum with cubic zirconias instead of diamonds. He continued, "Well sir, I'm thinking one of these would be to your marefriend's liking."

Flash was insulted by the clerk's actions. He snapped, "Look, I'm proposing to my marefriend today. I'm not here to buy some cheap ass costume jewelry." He got up in the clerk's face and continued, "Listen, I am proposing to Princess Twilight Sparkle. Nothing but the absolute best will do."

This only caused the clerk to snicker further, "Yeah, uh huh, sure you are. Let me guess, you've named your dick Twilight Sparkle and you are going to propose to it!" He broke down into a full blown laugh, "I'm sorry sir, but I don't carry cock rings!"

Flash Sentry realized that losing his temper would not help any here. He calmly replied, "Well if you don't want my business, I can easily go elsewhere."

The clerk apologized to Flash and led him over to the fanciest and most expensive rings in the store. Flash was amazed by the huge assortment of rings but was shocked by the prices. He finally found one that he thought would be perfect for Twilight. It was the most expensive ring in the store. The clerk laughed, "Sir, are you sure you can afford this ring?"

The clerk laughing over what he could afford really pissed the guardspony off. He knew he couldn't afford to get her a decent ring, or any ring for that matter, so other methods would have to be used. He pulled out the knife and held it to the clerk's throat. He growled, "Give me the most expensive ring you have or DIE!"

The clerk had no desire to die that day so he pulled the ring out from the case and handed it to the guardspony. Flash continued to hold the knife up to his throat and continued, "Don't say a word to anypony or your miserable, pathetic life will come to a tragic, early end."

The clerk nodded and simply said, "You have a good day. I hope she'll say yes."

Flash nodded with a smile and left the store with a huge smile on his face. Yes he knew the way he acquired the ring was illegal, but he knew that he could not wow Twilight without a fancy ring. He had duty that afternoon so he figured that a proposal over dinner would be very romantic. There was only one problem, he could not afford to take her out so he would have to hope they could have dinner at her castle.