The Jealousy of Princess Twilight Sparkle

Chapter 2: Emotional Healing

Nightlight Sparkle gave Twilight some Chamomile Tea as they sat in her normal looking apartment. Twilight was still dumbfounded that she had a relative, a sister even, that she had never known about. Why didn’t Shining Armor or her parents for that matter tell her that such a pony exists. Twilight was also worrying about when Pinkie would be back because she was both mentally and physically not prepared for the talk they were about to have.

“I-I bet you never expected this did you Twilight, I heard so much of your exploits in Ponyville and how our brother has even married a princess, the princess of love itself no less and I also heard that they have a royal foal on the way,” Nightlight softly spoke.

Twilight could feel the depressive tone  that this pony held. It reminded her of how miserable the ponies at the Crystal Empire where when they had just returned, maybe even ten times worse. Was this why the map sent both Pinkie and Twilight here? Pinkie to help bring cheer and friendship to this pony and Twilight because she is related to that pony. Well, if this was her mission she was going to do it, no matter how awkward the situation feels and maybe after Twilight can confront the rest of her family about this unexpected discovery.

“Well, I never really knew I had an unknown family member. I wonder what else they’ve hidden from me.”

“No, nothing else. I’m the only dirty little secret they held,” Nightlight said as she sat down on the chair in front of Twilight. “They had every right to anyway. I’m a disgrace to them, to Shining Armor, and now to you.”

“Hey, don’t think like that! They probably didn’t tell me about them because… because…” Twilight started to think but could come up with no more reasonable explanations that her family would forget about Nightlight.

“Don’t try to overthink things, please. It’s wonderful to meet you at last Twilight. I’ve been actually debating whether I should try to visit you in Ponyville but I didn’t want to waste your time.”

“You could’ve visited. I’m more angry at my parents and brother hiding your existence from me anyway. By the way, why did you run away?” asked Twilight.

“Because I was a terrible student and I had the feeling nopony wanted me around, especially our parents who got disappointed from the grades I had received. I was never going to be the prodigy that they wanted. They found that more in you and Shining Armor after all. You two are very lucky ponies while I have to live here and barely work enough to meet Mr. Hotel’s rent that I owe him.”

‘Well-” Twilight started before she heard somepony yelling her name and knocking on the door. On normal circumstances, Twilight would question how somepony knew where she was, but with the familiarity of the voice, she could tell it was Pinkie Pie.

“Oh, I’ll go get it!” Nightlight announced as she got up and trotted over to the door. Once she opened it, a pink blur zoomed past her and halted right in front of Twilight, coming to a complete stop. Nightlight’s mouth dropped at the display at such an impossible speed and total ignorance to the laws of physics that she knew.

“Hey, Twi-Twi. Why aren’t ya in the Platinum Suite. I was worried sick you got mugged by ponies who wanted your autograph or something!” Pinkie gasped, concern written all over her features.

“Well, Pinkie, meet Nightlight, my uh sister.”

Pinkie’s eyes quickly grew to the size of saucers as she turned around and looked at the pony Twilight introduced her to. A bright gleaming smile replaced the worried frown as she zoomed over to Nightlight and started rambling on about how she loved meeting new ponies and that she never knew Twilight had a sister before. Nightlight quickly glanced at Twilight with a look of ‘Help Me’ which Twilight quickly did.

“Pinkie, settle down. I think you’re scaring her.”

“Oh, you are right Twilight. Sorry about that, it’s just that I get a bit wacky at the prospect of possibly making a new friend. What’s your name?” Pinkie politely asked, somehow managing to keep her overexcitement down.

“Uh, Nightlight.” she nervously responded.

Twilight face-hoofed herself. Didn’t she already tell Pinkie Nightlight’s name.

“Nice to meet you! My name is Pinkamena Diane Pie, but you can just call me Pinkie Pie!”

“Uh, ok but I was in the middle of a conversation with my sister that I would love to resume,” Nightlight said nervously, hoping the pink pony would catch on.

“Ooo, I’d love to chat with you guys!” Pinkie beamed as she hopped over to a chair.

‘I-I meant, oh, whatever.”

After hours of catching up and awkward conversations with a few weird interjections from Pinkie Pie, they were able to catch up. When they left the apartment and said their goodbyes, Pinkie was quick to say a few things.

“Jeez-o Twilight. That pony was a frowny-stick-in-the-mud pony. Do you think the map sent us here to cheer her up. Ooo, I hope it did because I love cheering ponies up.”

“Yeah, I think so too,” Twilight responded as they started climbing the stairs that would lead them to their Platinum Suite. She saw Pinkie stroke her chin with a hoof like she was deep in  thought and Twilight giggled a little at the display. They continued to walk up the stairs in eerie silence, silence that Twilight found unnerving because silence was a very rare thing when around a pony like Pinkie Pie. As soon as they reached the entrance to the suite, Pinkie Pie’s thoughtful look slowly morphed into a big wide beam of diabolical proportion.

“We should totally throw her a par-tay!”

Twilight rolled her eyes at Pinkie’s predictability and knew she was stalling for a more dramatic effect. “That sounds great, we should do it tomorrow.”

Pinkie opened the door and nodded in agreement before bounding all the way over to the kitchen to start baking whatever she was planning on baking, perhaps getting ready for the part. Twilight knew that Pinkie was gonna ask her to keep Nightlight from her apartment tomorrow to try and spruce the place up, though she didn’t know who she might invite. Twilight was content enough to pull out a few books she checked out from the library before she had to leave. She looked over at Pinkie and saw her singing while bounding around while mixing some batter. Twilight cracked a smile at how adorable her pink friend was being before diving into the world of knowledge that her new books possessed.

The next day, Twilight was startled awake as Pinkie started to sing her ‘Good Morning’ song very loudly. She looked over at the clock at saw it was 7:30 in the morning. Twilight groggily slipped off the bed and walked into the kitchen to see that Pinkie had already made chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.

“Good morning, sleepyhead! I was planning on giving all of this to Nightlight because after all, who doesn’t like breakfast in bed! Soon we’ll make her frown turn upside down!” Pinkie declared.

“How are you going to get all of it to her when you have tons of stairs to go down?” Twilight asked, cocking her head slightly.

“Duh, you are gonna teleport them to her and I’ll just rush down the stairs super fast! You are an alicorn with that ability, remember silly!”

“What about I teleport you too, silly,” Twilight said in a friendly mocking tone.

“Touche,” said Pinkie, a smile plastered all over her features.

Twilight then focused energy into her horn and teleported Pinkie, herself, and the food to Nightlight’s door which Pinkie knocked on repeatedly before Twilight used her magic to stop it. The door was slowly opened and Nightlight stepped out. Her eyes widened at the amount of food was being levitated and held by Twilight and Pinkie.

“Good morning! We were hoping you’d accept our breakfast we made for you!”

“Well, Pinkie, I didn’t really do anything,” Twilight mumbled to herself.

“Thanks, how did you know that I love chocolate chip pancakes with strawberry syrup?” Nightlight asked Pinkie.

“Just a hunch,” she answered with another innocent smile.

“May we come in?” asked Twilight.

“Sure,” Nightlight responded, fully opening the door and stepping aside to let Pinkie and Twilight enter her apartment. Twilight walked to a chair while Pinkie bounced to another. Twilight set the items on the table and split the pancakes evenly between the three. Nightlight also sat down and huffed. She didn’t expect company this early in the morning. After they ate and Pinkie asked a billion questions to get to know Nightlight quicker, which Nightlight depressively answered. Pinkie easily caught onto her behavior and started cracking jokes to help lighten up the mood which they repeatedly failed to do.

After learning the appropriate amount of information needed for the party, Pinkie winked to Twilight who immediately knew the signal upon seeing it.

“Hey Nightlight, I was wondering if we could explore the town a bit, that way it’ll be a bit easier to get to know each other in a different life,” suggested Twilight with a small smile.

“Sure, why not. It does look like a beautiful day, I guess,” Nightlight softly responded.

“Great. Pinkie, could you continue your ‘search’ for the thing that we’re looking for?” Twilight asked.

“Abso-tutely-lutley!” she said with a big grin.

After a couple hours of shopping, which Nightlight wasn’t that enthused in doing, Twilight would take her out to lunch and try to engage in a little small talk. Throughout their talk, it didn’t look or feel like Nightlight was into things like this. Twilight then started second-guessing the party idea, it might not even work for pony’s sake! Still, Twilight was willing to give Pinkie a chance because after all, Twilight was enjoying this friendship mission with her.

After a few more hours just wandering the city, Twilight noticed it was getting very late and knowing Pinkie, she’d have the party done by now and all the guest where there. So after suggesting to Nightlight that it was time to turn in, Nightlight shrugged at the suggestion and sighed. They reached the hotel and climbed up the stairs right to the doorway of Nightlight’s apartment complex. Before she could open the door for Nightlight, said pony turned Twilight around and huffed.

“I’m sure you didn’t enjoy my company today and before you say anything, you don’t have to waste your time with me,” she said depressively.

“But-” Twilight started but Nightlight quickly cut her off.

“You don’t have to try and hide it. Nopony has really cared about me much anyway, but thanks for at least trying. J-just leave me. Let me wallow in my pity. I have to confess to you, Twilight. The real reason I ran away from our parents was because I had fallen in love with a stallion whom they did not like and respect. They thought he was a bad influence on my life and tried to bar me from seeing him ever again. I was young back then, I didn’t understand why my parents didn’t approve of my relationship, but young love makes you blind to the obvious, I guess. He snuck into my room one night and said that he was here to take me away so nopony could ever forsake our love and so we ran. Months later, he started to abuse me, said that he was no longer in love with me and ran away. I’ve ached since that day, contemplated suicide even…” but before she could say anymore, she burst into tears and ran into her apartment which was quickly overcome with the words “SURPRISE!!!”

Nightlight’s completely disheartened and sad look was quickly overcome with a look of confusion and awe at the amount of ponies that were in her apartment. There were streamers and balloons that decorated every inch of the apartment. There were cakes, cupcakes, muffins, and other various confectionaries on plates everywhere. There was a banner in the middle of the room that had the words, Get Happy Soon Nightlight Sparkle painted in a rainbow color. She couldn’t utter a word when Pinkie Pie was bouncing over, but when she noticed the tears running down Nightlight’s face, she quickly stopped and her happy face quickly turned into a sad face as her mane started to deflate.

“Y-You don’t like it? I’m sorry, I just thought-” she started but she was quickly interrupted by Nightlight.

“Y-You did this for me?”

“Yes, but I’m sorry that you didn’t like it.”

Nightlight didn’t know how to respond, but she quickly turned around and looked at Twilight and asked, “Was the shopping trip all a ploy to lure me away, to let Pinkie set up this party for me without me knowing?”

“Yes,” Twilight simply answered.

Nightlight’s muzzle slowly adopted a small smile. “Thanks Twilight. I thought I wasn;t...”

She turned around and looked at Pinkie, “You have no idea how much this means to me right now, Pinkie. Are all these ponies here to see me!”

“Yeppers, they thought it would be fun. Even Fancy Hotel showed up because he was worried about why you would barely leave your apartment and that you looked sad a lot and was worried about your well being  and decided to even invite his friends and family to help cheer you up. This entire party was here to turn your frown upside down!”

“Thanks,” she said, new tears of joy on her face. She then hugged Pinkie and went over to Twilight and hugged her. During the hug, Twilight simply whispered into her ear, “If you want anypony to talk to, you can come to me!”

“Will do,” she whispered back. I guess there are some ponies who do care about my well being.

Twilight felt her flank vibrate and saw her cutie mark was glowing, which meant a job well done. She looked over at Pinkie who had a smile of approval one her face. Pinkie quickly rushed over to the music area where Vinyl Scratch was set up and signaled her to start the music.

She looked back on Twilight and Nightlight who had big smiles on their faces as everypony shouted, “LET’S PARTY!!!!!!!”