A Sprinkle of Surprise

   "Spike, come with me real fast." Twilight said. "Uh, okay?" he replied, unsure of why. Twilight led him to the back of 'The Sprinkles On The Cupcake', Sprinkles' shop. "Spike, take a letter, please." she said. "Gladly!" he said, pulling his quill and paper, from seemingly no-where.

   "Dear Princess Celestia,

   Today, I've learned that holding a grudge is never the answer to anything. Sometimes the heart's desire is too strong to see that maybe, just maybe, it wasn't meant to be yours in the first place. Taking the time to find who you really are inside may not be easy, and you may not like it at first, but when you find the pros instead of the cons, it makes things a lot easier.

   Your faithful student,

          Twilight Sparkle."

   "Hey, Twilight, you got a minute?" Sprinkles asked her. "Sure!" she said. "I knew." she said. "Huh?" Twilight asked. "I knew you were in the caves. I knew you were right outside of the room." Sprinkles said. "But... How did you... Why didn't you...?" "I felt your presence. I knew you were there. I sent you those messages, the ones of stress? I brought you to that room." she explained.

   "But why didn't you tell me? Or call me in?" Twilight asked. But the alicorn didn't answer. She just smiled and walked away slowly and mysteriously. Twilight walked after her, but she was interrupted by Pinkie, who had bounced out in front of her. "Mindy looks really happy! I haven't seen her this happy since she found out she was going to be one of the finalists for my apprentice competition!" she exclaimed, then bounced away.

   Twilight shrugged. She didn't need to know why Sprinkles didn't call her over. After all, everything turned out okay without her doing anything. Mindy was happy, Sprinkles was found, and everything was back to normal. Well, atleast as normal as things could get when you know Pinkie Pie... ;)