The most surprising of starts

Please remember that this is my first fan fiction so while I have read a lot of other people's fan fictions, I have no actual experience myself so I might make a few mistakes here and there.

"Where are you going Twilight, we are supposed to meet princess Celestia and princess Cadence in just a few hours," Rarity said in utter shock as she watched her friend start walking down the hall. "Well since you asked, I am going to wander around the castle for a little while," Twilight stated as she stopped and turned around to face her friend with a smile on her face, "We haven't been here that many times, and even on those times I didn't have any time to explore this castle, of which I might add has not been seen for over a thousand years, so that I can get a better grasp on the layout of it so that if I ever need to get somewhere fast then I could choose the fastest way to get there."

Rarity just stood there for a moment trying to think of a way to counter her statement but thought of nothing she could say to convince the newly crowned princess to give up her quest for knowledge and then sighed and said, "Well darling if you must do so, make sure that you don't forget our meeting."

"Oh please Rarity you know I would never forget a meeting with Celestia even if I was for some odd reason fighting a manticore or a griffin," Twilight said as she quickly changed her smile into a slight smirk, "You know that I would be able to handle whatever I may get my self into, and if I do forget then you can right me a message and use spike to send it to me about 20 minutes before the meeting." Realizing that Twilight was right, Rarity put a smile on her face as she wished her friend goodbye.

After wandering around the halls for about and hour she thought that it was about time that she headed back to meet up with her friends. She started walking back, but as soon as she turned the corner she bumped into someone. She quickly got up and dusted herself off and quickly apologized to the stallion and was about to walk away but stopped when he stated, "Wow it hasn't even been more than a few days, and I already bumped into you again, what a coincidence don't you think."

It was only then that she really took a good look at the stallion she had bumped into and realized that it was the same stallion that she had bumped into the day she returned from the human world. "Yes it most certainly is and while I would love to stay and chat, I need to go meet up with my friends," Twilight said in the most sincere voice she could make.

He sighed and turned around prepared to start walking again when he heard the kind voice of the princess again, but this time in a kind, soft, and almost warm voice. She then said, "I really am sorry about this, but to make it up to you how about we go out and I buy you some breakfast tomorrow."

He turned around surprised and he could have sworn that he saw a shallow red start to tint her cheeks just before she turned her head to the side out of what he could only guess was embarrassment because a pony of her stature had accidentally bumped into a guard pony such as himself. He stared at her in surprise for a few more seconds before regaining his composure a little and it was then that he actually looked at her and really saw her for the first time. Her succulent mane and her lavender fur that looked almost as if it was made of velvet. He stared at her for a few more seconds before he realized that he was asked a question and quickly thought of his schedule for tomorrow and remembered that he had the evening shift and din't have to start until ten and that it wouldn't end until around 9:30 PM. Fully regaining his composure he said as calmly as he could to the princess in front of him, "I would be glad to join you for breakfast tomorrow and because my shift doesn't start till ten I can spend as long as need with you, but it would do bad on my conscience to let a mare pay for my food even if that mare was a beautiful princess like yourself." It took him a few moments before he had realized what he had just said and his cheeks started to heat up and he said, "Wait that not what I ..... I didn't mean ..... I meant to say a cute princess ..... ARGH!!"

Twilight just stared at him for a moment before all of his words sank in and she started to blush furiously, but she didn't know why. She had received these sort of compliments before, but they had never affected her like this. She didn't know why they made her blush so much. She figured there must be a reason to it, but she just couldn't take her eyes of of the stallion in front of long enough to focus on the thought.

'Why am I reacting like this,' she thought to herself, 'It's only a few compliments from a stallion. A cute and strong looking one at that too. Ugh!! Why am I thinking like this. Why can't I stop staring at his handsome coat or his toned muscles in that shiny suit of armor he's wearing. Oooohhhh nononono. It can't be! Have I fallen in love with him. I don't even recall his name! How could this have happened! Whoa there, calm down Twilight. Think reasonably. There must be a reason why this happened, and plus he did just call you beautiful and cute which must means that even if he doesn't realize himself he most likely has some feelings for me as well. Ooooooo the girls would get a kick out of this. I should say something.'

"W-welll .... I l-look forward to s-seeing you t-tomorrow morning. C-can you p-please meet me by the c-crystal heart at around l-lets say 5:30. I d-do hope t-that you d-don't mind h-how early it is ...," she stated in her usual kind, but now really nervous voice as her blush intensified a little bit out of embarrassment out of how nervous she was and also out of realization that she loved him.

"Flash," he said kindly, "My name is Flash Sentry." His own blush doubling out of embarrassment and awe as he truly gazed the body of the princess that stood before him from her beautiful, curvy, and plump plot to her smashing and dazzling mane. He quickly studied her coat and he realized then that he had truly fallen in love with her.