Twin Desires: The Tale of Two Ponies Who Want Twilight

Flash got off of duty at 1800 and was ready to go and see if Twilight would want to have dinner with him. He was very nervous, as any stallion would be in this situation, but headed over to her castle. There he was greeted by one of the guards, one who didn't care for him much. He said, "What are you doing here private? State your business."

Flash replied, "Well I am here to see Twilight, I have a very important question to ask her."

The guard knew that they had been seeing each other for over a year. He sighed, "Ok, I will lead you to her throne room."

While Flash knew the way to the throne room so well he could go there in his sleep, he knew the protocol. He had to stay behind the higher ranking guardspony. When they got to the throne room the guard said, "Your Majesty, you have company."

Twilight saw Flash and ran into his wings. She asked, "Flash sweetie, how are you doing?"

Flash replied, "I'm doing great seeing you." He kissed her and continued, "Twilight, I am wondering if we could have supper together tonight?"

Twilight thought that Flash was going to take her out to dinner. She replied, "Of course! Where are we going?"

Flash replied, "Well I'm running short on funds. I was wondering if we could eat together here tonight."

While Twilight loved Flash with all her heart, one thing that annoyed her was that he often didn't manage his money as well as he should. She sighed, "Well yeah, we can. I'll just have to send Spike over to Rarity's for supper. Wait down here."

Twilight headed upstairs to Spike's room. Spike was on his bed admiring a picture of Rarity and eating a bowl of fire rubies. Twilight saw this and was not pleased. She asked, "Spike, what have I told you about snacking this soon before supper?"

Spike replied, "Well uh....."

Twilight continued, "Well never mind. Flash and I are going to have supper together here tonight and I want it to be just me and him. Could you go over to Rarity's for supper."

Normally Spike would be ecstatic about the opportunity to go see Rarity but he didn't like Flash Sentry one bit, he utterly hated him. He sighed, "Yeah, I can do that."

Twilight asked, "Spike, I thought you would be ecstatic to go see Rarity. What is wrong?"

Spike replied, "Twilight, I just don't trust Flash. I just feel like he is taking advantage of you."

Twilight could understand his concerns but figured it was more of a concern like a son would have for his mother. She did not know how he truly felt about her coltfriend. He hopped off of his bed and continued, "Ok Twilight, I'll go. You be careful though, I don't want you getting hurt."

Twilight smiled and led him down stairs where he left the castle. Twilight and Flash sat down at the kitchen table where the chef took their order. After placing their orders they began to discuss how life was for Flash in the royal guard. Twilight asked, "Flash, how are things in the guard going? Anything interesting?"

Flash replied, "Well things aren't going all that well. It seems like I just can't do anything right. My commander is always yelling at me and telling me how worthless I am."

Twilight raised her voice and asked, "He's doing what?"

Flash replied, "You heard me, he is always yelling at me and telling me how worthless I am."

Twilight said, "Well I'm going to have a talk with him. I will make sure he is nice to you. I am a princess and I could get him court-martialed if I wanted to."

Before Flash could say anything their meal arrived. While he would normally devour his meal like most guardsponies do, Flash was eating his meal rather slowly. Twilight saw this and asked, "Flash honey, is everything ok?"

Flash was nervous as hell but he knew the time had come. He replied, "Twilight, can I ask you a question?"

Twilight replied, "Sure."

Flash went over to her, got down on one knee and pulled out the ring he got for her. He asked, "Princess Twilight, would you marry me? Would you make me the happiest stallion in Equestria?"

Twilight levitated the ring on to her horn, pulled him up and embraced him. She started saying, "Yes, yes, yes! Yes I'll marry you Flash!" She gave him a passionate kiss and began to cry tears of joy, "I'm so happy Flash! I love you so much!"

He began to cry tears of joy as well, "I love you too sweetie!"

Twilight began jumping up and down, "I can't wait to tell my friends! I know they'll be so happy for me and I know your friends will be happy for you too!"

Flash looked down glumly and replied, "Well sweetie, I don't have any friends to tell. I don't have any friends at all."

This caused Twilight's tears of joy to transform into tears of sadness. She asked, "Really honey, you don't have any friends at all?" She hugged him and continued, "You don't have any friends in the guard?"

Flash replied, "No, I don't. They are all the same, they think I am lazy and many of them think that the only reason I haven't been kicked out is because I am seeing you."

Twilight asked, "What about your family? Would they be happy to hear about this?"

Flash replied, "My family disowned me a long time ago. My parents think my brother, who is stationed near Manehattan, is so much better. They claim that I am too tender hearted, they claim that I don't have a warrior mentality."

Twilight said, "Well he won't be marrying a princess either. One day they will regret disowning you sweetie."

Flash replied, "Thanks honey." He looked up at the clock and continued, "Well sweetie, I better get going. I have to be ready for duty at 0800 sharp. If I'm late I'll get reprimanded and I don't want that."

Twilight kissed him and said, "Well you get a good night's rest sweetie. I can't wait to see you tomorrow."

Flash nodded and took off towards Canterlot. For the first time in his entire life, he was truly happy. The thoughts of an unloving family and fellow military personnel that hate him escaped his mind. All he could think of was Twilight and how much she loved him. Twilight had never been happier before either. While she had had many wonderful things happen in her life, Flash asking her to marry him topped all of them. While she couldn't wait to tell her friends, little did she know that they would not be as excited as she thought they would.