The sun beat down on the earthly, small town, other known as Ponyville. The rays shone brightly through the few clouds that lay beneath the usual blue sky, bringing forth nothing more than beautifully grown plants and happy ponies as they trotted ever-so-happily through the sunshine. With the weather the way it was, almost everypony was out on the town, chowing down at a nearby cafe or shopping at the local market. Business was always good on days like these, so good that stock would run out quicker than usual. Since everypony was out and about, getting shopping done and strolling around the busy streets, the food stands would be bustled with eager ponies, rushing to buy fresh fruits or vegetables. It was a beautiful day that nopony nor creature would not want to miss out on, especially the obvious, happy-go-lucky Pinkie Pie.
She wore a smile on her face, trotting ever so excitedly down the small dirt paths of Ponyville. Careful to not run into any of the many ponies that were out, she decided to take advantage of this glorious day as well. She skipped along, happy as could be. Her optimistic attitude and bubbly personality could assure any pony that nothing could go wrong on a day like this, and by the way things were going so far, that this surely wasn't the day to stay at home. There was no better way to Pinkie Pie to spend this day than to be with one of her many best friends; not even throwing a party could overtop her decisions for the following afternoon.
Her mane and tail bouncing with every step she took, Pinkie excitedly placed her hooves one in front of the other as she galloped towards The Golden Oak Library, also known as her best friend Twilight Sparkle's home. Having lived in the top of the Oak tree for a few months now, Pinkie took this as a chance to get to know the bright-minded unicorn rather than to wait until the next meet up with her four other best pony pals. This was the opportunity to show Twilight just how happy the Ponyville residents were to have her here, or in her case, just how much fun she could have. Surely, Twilight wouldn't regret her decision to stay in Ponyville. Things were looking good so far, but Pinkie wanted to absolutely make sure that her favorite purple friend wouldn't be leaving anytime soon.
Having walked halfway to maintain her excitement, Pinkie let her happiness get the best of her and ran the rest of the way there. This time around, the adrenaline-pumped earth pony had no feel of tire in her. Instead of resting a moment before giving the wooden door a few knocks, Pinkie began to excitedly bang on the door with her hooves, and to a surprise made no dents in the library door. Taking her hooves off and placing them in front of her, her smile could only grow wider as she heard movement beyond the door as a confused and slightly annoyed Twilight had swung it open. Much to Pinkie's delight, her friends expression softened, followed by her own smile back towards PInkie.
"Pinkie, you scared me half to death! I figured the police had arrived or something. You know, you don't have to bang that hard."
Twilight hid the last bit of annoyance she had left in her, careful with her tone of voice to not hurt the others feelings. She knew that Pinkie had nothing but good intentions, and by now knew that Pinkie was a little on the loopy side of things, so she couldn't feel that upset with her. It was in the pink pony's nature to act the way she did.
Pinkie, still having a grin plastered across her face, rose her hooves up and wrapped them tightly around Twilight's neck, causing her to let out a few chokes. As Pinkie let go after what seemed like hours, Twilight began to breathe heavily, allowing Pinkie to speak her greetings back.
"Heya, Twilight! Whatchya up to? It's such a beaaaautiful day outside, and I thought 'Twilight must be in her house, being nerdy and reading, or something boring like that', and I knew, I just KNEW that I had to come rescue you from that! I'm here to take you out, and maybe we can go to the park, or throw a party together, or whatever else friends love to do together! Hmm?"
Twilight dropped her smile as Pinkie made reading seem like such a life threatening thing. It couldn't be so bad. In her defense, reading taught her many of the things she knew to date, and it opened her mind to many wonderful outcomes.
She rolled her eyes, sighing as the pony babbled on and on, making Twilight wish that she hadn't answered the door. At least this time, Pinkie wasn't speaking too much nonsense. Usually, Twilight would find herself to doze off during Pinkie's stories. It felt good knowing that for once, she could actually understand what the other was saying. After all, Pinkie had seemed to slow her talk down after recent events of Twilight begging her to speak coherently. Twilight knew just how silly Pinkie could be, and she couldn't help but find it a little funny. This made her giggle to herself, which was a mistake because Pinkie saw the small smile she gave off and continued to talk. Raising her head, Twilight cut her off.
"Sounds like a deal, Pinkie. Perhaps we could chit chat over a picnic, or maybe some tea? I've heard the Tea they brew around here is like no other! You know what they say about earth ponies; Everything is made from the heart, and that's why it's so delicious! You know, back in Canterlot, I was always surrounded by upper-class unicorns, so everything made there was exported from another place. Never did I think I'd have the chance to try homemade treats and beverages!"
As Twilight talked on, her assistant Spike had walked over and nudged her roughly on the hind-leg. She took this as the cue to stop talking, and couldn't help but blush as she realized that she too had wondered on, speaking of things Pinkie probably didn't care about. She was lost in her own words, which actually didn't seem to bother Pinkie, who hung on every word she spoke and nodded happily to everything that was said. Twilight shrugged this off, knowing that she probably hadn't bothered the other with her constant talking rather than how it was the other way around. After all, this was Pinkie Pie she was talking about.
Pinkie Pie stepped to the side, which allowed Twilight the chance to step out the door. She wasn't too busy at the moment, so she figured, why not? Since she had spent the last couple of days gathering knowledge, working on side projects and studying as hard as she possibly could, she hadn't had time for the new friends she had made. This was her time to get to know Pinkie better, as that was probably Pinkie's intentions anyway. Who knows; Although they didn't seem to have much in common (Twilight being an organized, nerdy bookworm as to Pinkie being the outgoing, crazed party animal) this might give her the shot to actually compare to Pinkie. Maybe they were interested in the same authors, same subjects ? No, no- something Pinkie would know about. Maybe a favorite desert, or favorite qualities in a friend. After all, she /was/ studying friendship.
Trying to shut her door gently after Pinkie had been banging on it so hard, she turned to face her bright eyed friend. Opening her mouth, she spoke.
"So, Pinkie, where to?"
Pinkie Pie lifted her head up, a proud expression to be worn on her face.
"Nowhere else than to SugarCube Corner! Mr. and Mrs. Cake own it, and they have the sweetest treats and sweets in all of Equestria! You'll find yourself going back daily! And I'm the prrrrrrrrrooooud pastry chef!"
Pinkie shifted her soft, blue orbs to her friend, awaiting her admiration. She felt rather pleased of herself, and certainly couldn't wait for Twilight to try the many baked goods that the bakery held. Twilight didn't seem to love sweets as much as her, but it was totally the right call after Twilight's face lit up in complete excitement, something Pinkie had never really seen.
"Oh, goodness, I haven't had a sweet snack since the day I checked up on the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration! I was so full of all the many kinds of pie deserts Applejack and her family had to offer me that I was completely fazed from any sweet, as to none of it sounds appetizing. Not meaning to brag, here, but with me being inside doing all the hard work that I do attend to has sure made me hungry for something sugary!"
Twilight spoke automatically, never realizing how hungry she actually was. A sweet snack was just the thing to get Twilight's brain up and going. She had to admit, that through all the studying she was doing, her brain was getting a little dense and clouded up. With no way to clear the fog in her mind, the obvious was what she probably needed: Brain food. Nothing like a frosted cupcake to do the trick for her!
Twilight began to follow Pinkie, not entirely knowing the way to SugarCube Corner. She had only been by the store a couple of times, having never been inside nor ever tasting anything that the bakery had to offer. Twilight's belly was rumbling now, and she knew that if she hadn't had one of those delicious sounding cupcakes in her soon that she might go crazy. Thinking of tasting the sweets excited her, so much to the point that she began to feel a lot more happy and calm than she had for the past few days. Which was a big deal, because she had such a bad, short temper lately. Not even Spike had the guts to nap out on her, instead attending to his chores, afraid to upset her. With all the work she was putting into her studies, she was in no mood to deal with anypony else.
Sighing and feeling refreshed, Twilight began to admire her surroundings. Now that she had calmed down a bit, she had a more positive attitude. She let herself hang loose and relaxed, breathing in the fresh air, basking in the warm sun and smiling at the fillies and colts that happily ran around the roads.
Twilight had begun to think so much about how beautiful she never realized Ponyville could actually be, that she didn't realize that they had already reached their destination. Standing in front of the entrance of SugarCube Corner, she could only gasp in awe. She had never had the time to pay attention to how beautiful the building actually was. The design, the detail, the contribution that must have been put into building it. The place actually looked like a sugar-coated sweet shop. It was no doubt that she found the building amazing, beautiful even, but most of all absolutely adorable. Twilight felt herself light up with embarrassment as a mental image of Pinkie appeared in her head at the thought of the word adorable.
She shook her head, trying to distract her mind of what it was trying to tell her. Now wasn't the time to have mixed emotions and confused thoughts on subjects that she didn't know nor care much about. The thought shocked her, how could she think of her best friend like this, and get nervous about it? Sure, she admitted the pink pony was one of the cutest she'd seen, but why did it embarrass her?
Twilight's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Pinkie's voice.
"Twilight, you gonna come or what?"
Pinkie stared down the steps, already having been inside the doors. Twilight strained her face, walking up the steps and entering the bakery. She smiled right after, however, as Pinkie noticed her facial expression.
"Twilight, why the loooong face?"
Pinkie's voice rang through Twilight's ears once again, Twilight forcing a smile. She shrugged, hoping that Pinkie would be assured that nothing was wrong, that it was merely Twilight just making a silly face. Pinkie took the excuse, she guessed, because the pink pony quickly turned around and trotted towards a table in the middle of the room covered in sweets.
Pinkie did not hesitate to start devouring the center rack of red velvet cupcakes. Pouring hot sauce on all of them, she plopped each and every one into her mouth, chewing slowly as if to savor the flavor. She knew that the others thought it was weird - gross, disgusting, whatever else they wanted to call it- though, she honestly didn't care. She couldn't pass by such a spicy, sweet combination! It was one of her absolute favorites, and nopony could change that.
Twilight watched with a concerned face. She knew that Pinkie ate her cupcakes like this sometimes; For one, Pinkie had eaten them the first day her and Twilight had met, and two, it was Pinkie Pie, and she always had some crazy, unexplainable thing up her sleeve. Basically, Twilight didn't mind, but sometimes couldn't help but wonder why Pinkie liked them like this. It surely wasn't in Twilight's recipe.
Once again, Pinkie snapped Twilight back to reality with a wave of a hoof and a cupcake being shoved into her face. She made eye contact with her, and Twilight couldn't help but get embarrassed that she kept zoning out. She began to zone out again however, staring into those gorgeous blue eyes...the eyes that sparkled in the light...
"Twilight! We havin' a staring contest? One two three go!!"
Twilight shook her head, and felt a blush coming on. Quickly turning away, she trotted around the table, hiding her face behind the empty cupcake stand.
"Look, Pinkie! They have chocolate brownies over there!"
Twilight pointed her hoof at the end of the large table, poking her head from behind her hiding place and giving Pinkie a totally forced smile.
"Oh, one of my favorites! One moment bestie, I'll bring you some back!"
Pinkie began towards the brownies, leaving Twilight behind, who gave a heavy sigh. What was this feeling? Why did she keep blushing? Why was Pinkie so PRETTY?
She groaned loudly.
Twilight had a long day in front of her.
Author's Note
Kinda planned on this to be a one-shot, but I might add to it along the way. Not entirely sure yet..
"So, where to next?"
Twilight Sparkle walked out of the bakery, a smile to be worn on her face. That was actually, a lot more...fun than she had expected. She ate all kinds of different cupcakes, brownies, muffins...well, not that much. Maybe a bite or two of each, she didn't have the biggest sweet tooth around. Though, she did enjoy herself. She had to give credit to Pinkie; those really WERE the most delicious treats she'd had in a while, though her opinion could've been biased to due to her not having a sweet snack in so long. Either way, those things were GOOD, and they hit the spot just right.
Though she had a good time trying out all the assortments of delicious goods - which were free to her due to Pinkie baking them - she still had a hard time processing her thoughts. They were running through her head, and she didn't like them. Thoughts that didn't particularly pertain to friendship.
'No.' she thought to herself. 'This is just the stress getting to you. Come on, Twilight, you've had a rough couple of days. You've been working your flank off to get those studies and reports done, you haven't exactly took a moment to go out and get something to eat and relax. Don't trick yourself so easily.'
This wasn't an easy subject to Twilight. She didn't know how to handle emotions like these, and she didn't want to. She had barely met the pink pony for crying out loud. She spent her whole life neglecting friendship. If she barely knew anything about friendship, how was she supposed to...well...comprehend these emotions? Twilight had never been one for socializing, and she DEFINITELY wasn't one for getting crushes-
Twilight shook her head. She didn't want to think of that word. She didn't like that word. That was a dumb word. A word fillies used on the playground at recess. Ha, she was no filly. She was a mare, an adult- crush wasn't the word she wanted to use, it was-
"Twilight! Look, it's Rainbow Dash!"
SMACK.
Twilight tripped over, face planting into the ground. The sound of Pinkie's voice alarmed her, she zoned out again. She really needed to stop talking to herself in her head.
Pinkie held a hoof out, frowning as she helped Twilight catch balance again.
"Twilight, you need to be more careful. I don't want you getting hurt."
There it was again. Twilight quickly pulled her hoof away and began wiping herself off. She couldn't help but blush at this, she had just publicly tripped over and Pinkie saw! Though, she didn't know why she cared that Pinkie saw. She didn't want to know why she cared.
"I'm sorry, Pinkie. I just spaced out a little, that's all."
"Again? That's like, the third time today, Twilight? What's gotten into you, is something wrong? If there's something on your mind, you know you can tell me."
Pinkie smiled at her friend, hoping to reassure her. Twilight wasn't looking so good, her face seemed kinda pink and puffy all day. All in all, she just wanted to make sure she was okay.
"I-I'm fine, Pinkie. I'm fine."
Twilight looked around, desperately wanting to change the subject. Her face lit up, however, when she saw the cyan blue pegasus floating above in front of her. She had almost forgotten she was there. Well, even with Pinkie yelling 'Rainbow Dash!' straight into her ear. She looked up and smiled as she began to speak.
"Afternoon, Rainbow-"
"HAHA! Twilight, you just FACE PLANTED and everypony saw! What an egghead!"
Rainbow busted out laughing and fell to the ground. Twilight furrowed her eyebrows, slightly annoyed at the fact that Rainbow had called out her small stunt. She was just about to say something, just about to give Rainbow Dash a lecture on how hurt she could have been when she caught Pinkie out of the corner of her eye sharing small giggles with her. Now two of her friends were laughing at her. She felt ashamed. She didn't like being teased.
"That's not funny, Rainbow Dash. I could've seriously hurt myself."
Twilight tried to sound confident, but in all honestly she was upset. Her feelings were hurt, but she didn't want to say anything. It definitely would've been funny from any other ponies eyes, but since it was her, she didn't think it was. Oh well, what was she thinking, Rainbow and Pinkie were the two biggest pranksters around. She couldn't stay mad at them forever.
"Oh, I know, Twilight. I didn't mean to laugh, it's just that, well, Dash's laugh is SO contagious! Haha!"
Pinkie let out a snort and began to hysterically laugh. Rainbow caught onto it, laughing even harder than she had before.
"Pinkie, stop! When you laugh, I laugh!"
The pegasus and earth pony were in a fit of laughter and all Twilight could do was watch. Oh well, at least they weren't laughing at her anymore.
'Come on.' Twilight thought to herself.
'It was a little funny, I suppose. Rainbows laugh is pretty funny, but Pinkie snorts when she laughs. That's more cute than it is funny.'
Twilight shook her head. She was doing it again. It wasn't weird to find her friends laugh cute...right?
As the two other ponies continued to laugh, Twilight couldn't help but feel herself smile. The two ponies losing their minds in front of her was quite a sight. She hadn't seen Rainbow Dash laugh as hard as she was.
"Oh Dash, you crack me up!"
Pinkie said, wiping tears from her eyes.
"That was the hardest I've laughed all day!"
Rainbow Dash picked herself up off the ground and began to flap her wings. After she was up in the air, she stretched out a little bit before letting out a couple more small chuckles.
"Yeah Pinks, I bet. You haven't made me laugh that hard since, well, the last time YOU laughed that hard. That was just too much."
Rainbow shifted her eyes towards Twilight, letting off a devious smile.
"And what's with you, egghead? I saw that blush, you totally spaced out. Then you just tripped and got even more flustered! What is it? See a stallion you like?"
Twilight lost her smile.
Rainbow began to taunt her. She landed on the ground, walking a few inches closer, which wasn't necessary since Twilight backed away a step every time Rainbow inched closer. Something was off about this unicorn today, and Rainbow wanted to know the details.
Twilight felt her whole body fluster as her face turned a bright shade of pink.
"N-No! I most certainly did not!"
'What an awkward question' she thought to herself.
'No, it'll be okay. You can play this off. Ha, stallion? I'm the prized pupil of a princess! I wouldn't have time for such things, Rainbow knows this.'
Twilight backed away even more, looking towards the ground. Rainbow continued to inch near. And from the looks of it, she wasn't going to give this up.
'Crud.' Twilight thought.
There was no way out of this, she was acting too suspicious. Rainbow had caught on, and she knew. She didn't want anypony to know, nopony could know! These feelings were just an illusion, and she'd have to wait them out until they go away. Twilight was never interested in stallions, let alone mares!
"Twilight, you're doing it again! Come on, who is he~? You can't fool me forever!"
Rainbow Dash began cooing to Twilight, trying her best to get those words out of her mouth.
"Was it him, or him? Oh, I bet it was him!"
Rainbow Dash began to point out different stallions in the crowd, all of them flustering and backing away. Except for one, who flipped his hair and smiled, glad somepony noticed his handsomeness.
Twilight stuck her tongue out in disgust. That pony really needed a haircut, nopony should have THAT much hair on their-
Nevermind.
However, she wasn't buying it. Instead, she turned her head upwards and smiled.
"Nopony, you know why? Because I'm here to study the magic of friendship, NOT play emotional games with stallions. I don't even like stallions!"
Rainbow Dash's eyes lit up in surprise. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Twilight Sparkle, the most important protege, the smartest unicorn around, the Element of Magic...did not like stallions. Oh man, wait until the others hear this.
"Twilight.."
Rainbow Dash tilted her head, smirking.
Twilight opened an eye and glanced at Rainbow, tilting her head as well. She let off a confused expression, one as if to say 'what? what'd I do?'
Rainbow Dash couldn't help but burst it out, this was too much for her to handle.
"Twilight, you like MARES!"
Pinkie looked at Twilight in surprise. As did, well, every other pony outside. Those words screamed out, causing everyone to quiet down. Not one single pony turned away, even the birds had turned their heads to see what the commotion was going on with this sudden outburst.
Oh no. Twilight felt her face heat up. She didn't even want to look around, not when she had hundreds of eyes being planted on her. She felt her heart drop as she held back tears. This had to be the most embarrassing moment of her life. She didn't want to cry, that would just make her seem weak. That would double the embarrassment.
Twilight, surprisingly, managed to croak a few words out in response, even with everyone staring at her.
"I did not say that! I said I don't like stallions! That doesn't mean I... that doesn't mean I..like mares! You're mixing my words up, Rainbow Dash!"
Twilight wanted to escape. Badly. Now.
Rainbow Dash continued to smirk, however. She thought it was adorable how Twilight became so flustered when those words were said. Rainbow knew something was up, nopony reacts the way Twilight did unless they're trying to hide something. Twilight wasn't the lying type, so she had to give it to her- at least she tried.
"Alright, alright Twi. I didn't mean to get you so worked up. But hey, I think it's time I should be going. Didn't mean to cut it so short. I gotta get some things ready for this afternoons session. I'll catch you two later, okay? Pinkie, remember we have something to do later, okay?"
Rainbow Dash sped off, creating a gust of dirt in Twilight's face and leaving a rainbow trail behind her.
'Out of sight, out of mind' Twilight wondered to herself, sighing.
"I'll catch up with you soon, Dashie!"
Pinkie screamed at the already gone Rainbow Dash. She hoped she heard her, although she probably didn't.
Twilight noticed that most of the crowd had turned away from the scene, going along with their day. The fillies and colts continued to play as the parents continued to shop. Twilight was just glad it was over. She relaxed a little.
Pinkie turned to her purple unicorn friend and smiled.
"Hey Twilight, I gotta go for now. I did promise Rainbow I would help her pull some pranks this afternoon, we're gonna get Applejack soooo good! I would invite you, but I know you're not into that stuff. So I'll see you around, okay?"
Twilight nodded in response with a smile, watching as the other happily bounced away.
After Pinkie was out of sight she turned her head forward again and frowned.
She just wanted to go home, stay inside and forget about all of this mess. She didn't feel like seeing Pinkie, or Rainbow Dash, or any of her friends for that matter. She knew Rainbow Dash would go around laughing at her, and what if her other friends did too? She didn't want that, she just wanted to hide. Hide from all of this. At least Spike wasn't here, she knew he would be one to continuously make fun of her, just like Rainbow.
Twilight started on her way home. It was only 3:00 in the afternoon, and she was not having it. This bright and sunny day just became a grumpy day for Twilight. It wouldn't be so bad maybe. She had books on her mind, and warm tea. Just her and her reading. Ah yes Twilight, you genius. You've done it again. A relaxing end to and exhausting day.
Thud.
She tripped. Again.
Thankfully however, nopony was around to witness it. That was the last straw, though. Twilight did not want to be outside anymore. After dusting herself off, she sprinted home, and did not stop until she was behind the wooden doors with the lock down,
Rainbow Dash was catching on. And she was NOT good with secrets.
She didn't want to face anyone.
They were all going to know.
Author's Note
Ah! Another chapter. I'm not used to writing, honestly. Romance probably wasn't where I should have started, it's definitely not as easy as I thought! I kinda want these chapters to be simple and short. Like a very, very long one-shot. It's just supposed to be a simple story, but a little too much for me to put together. However, I do hope you enjoy! 
P.S. Thank you for the favorites! I expected a lot of negativity, but I'm glad it's at least enjoyable! I'll get better with practice and motivation! 
