Name: Princess Twilight Sparkle

Session Number: 2

“Hi!” Twilight greeted when I opened the door for her.

“Hi Prin-er, Twilight.”

“You remembered!” she exclaimed as she nuzzled me.

“Yeah,” I said as I watched her trot in and set her bags down, “are you still ‘observing’ me today?”

“Of course! Why? Do you have ponies coming in?”

“No, I was actually just going to pay somepony a visit that would benefit from you being there,” I answered as I put on my jacket.

“Great! I’d be happy to help!” she replied instantly as she followed me out, “Who’re we going to see?”

“You’ll see.” With that, I led the way down the dingy streets with the princess stuck to my side like last time. She quickly relaxed though when we made our way onto the main street leading to the castle downtown. It wasn’t until we were at the front gates of the castle that she guessed that’s where we were going. Surprisingly, the guards didn’t put up any kind of resistance, whether it was because a princess was with me or because they knew who I was, I couldn’t tell, but I was happy I didn’t have to deal with them.

“Mind showing me to the throne room?”

“Uh, sure,” the princess answered as she took the lead, “but I’m pretty sure court is in session right now.”

“That’s not a problem.” We walked the long way down the many elegantly designed halls to the throne room doors where a long line of ponies stretched down and around a corner.

“Hi, I need to speak with the princess,” I said to one of the two guards at the door.

“The end of the line is back there,” one of them answered as he pointed down the hall.

“I figured as much, but you know; I don’t want to wait.”

“I’m sorry Sir, but everypony else is waiting so you’ll have to as well.

“Alright, I didn’t want to have to do this,” I said as I stepped to the side and presented the princess, “Princess Twilight has actually brought me here to see Princess Celestia.”

“I’m sorry Princess,” the one guard said as he and the other bowed, “one moment.” The guard quickly dashed into the room and a minute later returned with an angry noble that stomped down the hall.

“The princess will see you now,” the guard said he held the door open.

“Thanks,” I replied as walked in and saw the long way it was to the throne, “Jesus.”

“What?” Princess Twilight asked as she followed me in.

“Nothing, just stay back here.”

“But I need to observe!”

“I’m sure you’ll be able to see just fine from back here, besides; this is just between me and her.” The princess made a weird face before conceding and sitting down, leaving me to walk the long way by myself.

“Twilight, it’s so nice of you to vis-oh,” Princess Celestia said before looking up from some papers she was reading, “you’re not Twilight.”

“No, I’m just that one human.”

“Ah, so you’re-”

“Don’t,” I interrupted, “I know you know who I am.”

“Oh, well how nice of you to finally come see me,” she said, her motherly smile not fading in the least from my hostility.

“Yeah, because you couldn’t be bothered to come spy on me yourself.”

“I’m sorry?” she said with a slight tilt of her head, “I’m afraid I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Of course you don’t. Well, the next time you want you want to know something about me, just ask. I might not answer you, but at least we won’t waste that much of each other’s time by having me come down here again.”

“I’m sorry,” she giggled as she got up and walked towards me, “you must have me confused with some other pony.”

“Damn, you’re huge,” I commented when she stopped in front of me, the few inches she had on me making me look up, “but no; I know it was you. If you don’t want to admit it, that’s fine, just don’t waste my time again.”

“I’m sorry for the confusion, and wasting your valuable time, but I have many other ponies I need to see.”

“…I can see why your sister hated you.” With that comment, the princess’s smile cracked ever so slightly.

“Excuse me?”

“You say you’re sorry, but don’t actually mean it. You’re not sorry about sending someone else to do your dirty work, you’re not sorry about wasting my time, and if I had to guess, you’re not sorry about what happened with your sister.”

“…You need to leave,” she said as her smile faded and the air around us got a little warm.

“…No problem, Princess,” I said with a bow before turning around, “just don’t have me come back here.” With my hands in my pockets, I walked the long way back to Twilight and out of the throne room, not giving her any time to speak with her fellow princess.

“What did you two talk about?”

“Don’t worry about it,” was all I said before leading the way back to my place. When we reached my building, waiting next to the door was Gale with an angry look on her face.

“Hey Gale. I know you wanted to talk, but you’re going to have to come back another time; I’m entertaining a princess right now.” Her golden eyes scanned me for a second before glancing at the princess and rolling in their sockets.

“I will be back,” she said before turning and disappearing around a corner.

“Who was that?” the princess asked as I opened the door for her.

“An annoyance.” As we walked down the hall towards my loft, I saw a familiar blonde tail quickly disappear around the corner at the other end of the hall.

“…Why don’t you go inside and get comfortable,” I told the princess as I unlocked the door, “I forgot to get my mail.”

“Alright, I’ll be here.” After closing the door behind her, I sighed heavily before heading in the direction of the tail. Turning the corner and walking a few doors down, I knocked on the door with the name ‘Dew Star’ on it.

“Y-yes?”

“It’s me.”

“…M-me who?”

“Oh my God, would you open the door?!” My outburst seemed to blow the door open with a surprised squeal and revealed Dew Star lying on the floor with her hooves over her eyes.

“Sorry,” I sighed as I stepped in and closed the door, “I’m just a little irritated by princesses.”

“P-princesses?” she repeated as she peaked and saw me, “O-oh, it’s you.”

“Yeah, it’s me, but what’s up? You were waiting for me, right?”

“Y-yeah, but I saw you with that mare, s-so…”

“Yeah, that was just Princess Twilight ‘observing’ me.”

“O-observing?”

“Yeah, she’s probably going to be doing it for a while, so I guess you won’t be able to come over whenever.”

“O-oh,” she mumbled as she tapped her hooves together, “w-well… I didn’t want to talk.”

“Oh? What did you need?”

“…I-I…” As she gathered her words, I looked around her place that I’d never been to before and spotted food laid out for two at a table.

“Sorry,” I interrupted her mumbling, “like I said, I have a princess with me. If I get rid of her anytime soon, I might come back.”

“R-really?” she asked as she looked at me with hopeful eyes.

“Maybe,” I reiterated as I opened the door and stepped out, “bye.”

“That took a while,” the princess observed when I returned, “and where’s your mail?”

“Didn’t have any,” I said as I sat down in my chair with a huff, “how much longer are you going to stay?”

“I just got here!”

“Right… Can we do this another time? Talking with Princess Celestia made me-” I stopped for a second as I looked at the princess and remembered her relationship with Celestia “a little on edge.”

“On edge? Oh, because she’s so amazing, right?”

“…Sure.”

“Alright. You didn’t give me any time to talk to her, so I guess I’ll go do that,” she said as she gathered her things, “I’ll come back another time.”

“Great,” I replied as I saw her out, “see you.” I watched her walk down the hall and down the stairs before I went over to Dew Star’s door again.

Observations: Not much to say; I didn’t pay any attention to the princess this time. I can say that she is determined to keep this up, but she might not if Celestia tells her what we talked about, but she probably won’t. I can see now where Twilight gets her brainwashing from and it’s not hard to believe. Despite the hostility between us, I might need to invite Princess Celestia over, just so I can get more perspective. I’ll hold off on that though, no need to rush anything, especially if I still have to deal with Gale.

Author's Note

Seems like our protagonist has forgotten Luna's bit of advise about first impressions. Hopefully it won't come back and bite him in his smart ass. Anyway, ya boi had to take a break from all of the darkish-ness of the story and write a little bit of humor into a chapter, so be on the look out.