Twilight's Little Spell Problem

The Cutie Mark Crusaders sat in front of Princess Twilight Sparkle. She had just asked them a question that was too embarrassing to answer. The three little fillies looked at each other and then at Twilight who was just as big as them. They all really wanted to say this but they just couldn’t. Sweat began to drop from their faces and Twilight looked more and more worried. She finally spoke again.

“Girls. You know you can tell me anything right? I won’t judge you. I’m not evil you know.” Twilight said while she was using her magic to make some new tea. She was still looking at them and they got more and more uncomfortable. Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom could not even speak but Scootaloo knew that it had to come out now.

“We want to play with you!” Scootaloo said and right after the last word her hoofs was in front of her mouth. She blushed a bit but she didn’t regret what she said. It was the truth after all. The Cutie Mark Crusaders had always wondered what it was like to play with an alicorn at their age or size. Now was probably the best time ever. Twilight made her “really?” look and the three fillies nodded.

The silence hung in the air for about two minutes that felt more like two hours. Then a little purple dragon interrupted them. He came running through the opened door (more like broken door) while he was panting like crazy. He held one claw up while his head was hanging down. It was the sign that meant 'wait a second'. He stood there in a minute and Twilight was about to lose her patience.

“Could you tell us what’s wrong already?” Twilight asked with an annoyed tone since Spike hadn’t said a thing since he ran in here. She was still a bit confused because of the fact that The Cutiemark Crusaders wanted to “play with her” (whatever that means) and now Spike was just standing in front of her without saying anything. Twilight was thinking so hard about everything that was happening so she didn’t see Spike giving her a confused look.

“Wow Twilight calm down. Nothing is wrong.” Spike said while looking at Twilight eye to eye level. He wasn’t used to look straight to see right into Twilight’s eyes but he should maybe try to get comfortable with it. He then remembered how he left Twilight with the fillies and began to fear that Twilight was mad. “Please don’t be mad at me Twilight! I-I-I meant to tell them but…”

“It’s okay Spike.” Twilight replied giving him a warm smile. She went over to hug him but she found herself bend down to hug his legs. She heard small giggles and opened her eyes. She quickly got up and hugged him normally while she was trying to hide her blush. She almost forgot about the three other fillies in the room. “Oh girls what did you say again?”

“Ohh… yeaaaah… ‘bout that…” Apple Bloom said a little unsure on what to say when Twilight suddenly lit up.

“Oh yeah you wanted to play with me… Right?” Twilight asked with a happy expression. She smiled while looking at the three fillies who was very uncomfortable. Twilight’s smile faded away slowly since they only looked at her. “Or what?”

They didn’t move a muscle at all. They were too scared to answer. But they all knew that it had to come out. Then they nodded and Twilight’s smile returned to their surprise.

“Oh my gosh! Yes! Yes! Yes!” Twilight jumped up and down with happiness as fuel. She went over by Spike’s side and whispered in his ear: “They want to play with me!”

The CMC’s was shocked. They thought that Twilight would be all like: “Why in the world would I play with you? I’m a princess after all!” But she just accepted it. No… she didn’t just accept it. She was actually excited about it. “Youuu want to play?” Sweetie Belle asked with a questioning voice.

Twilight was still jumping around in joy. “Of course! Why wouldn’t I? Since I was a filly - or maybe not in the time where I was studying hard - I always wondered what it was like to play a game with somepony else… It never happened though.” She stopped her jumping and looked down on the floor. It was like there was a big party balloon in the room there just got popped.

There was silence in some time. Everypony - and dragon - looked at Twilight with worry. Twilight noticed that they were looking at her and she quickly got up on her hoofs and turned to the fillies. Scootaloo walked up beside Twilight and began to hug her. Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle did the same and Twilight felt a lot better.

“Sorry girls… I-I just had a flashback.” She sent them a big smile and they returned it. “What game did you have in mind?”

They looked at each other. (Yes. Again) Then Apple Bloom went over to a chair to stand on it. After some heavy breaths she stood up and looked down at everypony. “We… have no idea…” Apple Bloom blushed and tried not to look at Twilight who couldn’t keep a little giggle back. Then they all laughed and felt like they couldn’t stop.

“Don’t… you have… something… funny to do?” Twilight had trouble speaking between her laughs but in the meantime she wondered why they laughed anyway. It really wasn’t that funny.

“Well… we like to pull pranks on our sisters…” Sweetie Belle said as she suddenly lit up. “Oh. My. Gosh! We could make the best prank ever with you on our side. I might even have an idea…”

Twilight froze as Sweetie Belle mentioned her friends. She didn’t know what to say. Come on Twilight, think! You need to tell them something…“Um… maybe I shouldn’t see my friends. I wouldn’t want to…” she tried to find an excuse. “To…” she made a face and she couldn’t think of anything. That was until a genius idea struck her. “I wouldn’t want to alarm them. You know they can get… funny...”

The CMC’s and Spike looked at her for a while. Then Spike said okay and so did the fillies. Twilight was happy that they understood. “But… we really could do the best prank ever… I have a perfect idea.” Sweetie Belle continued. Then she thought about it and lit up once again. “They wouldn’t even know that you were there! We could trick them…”

“Sounds like a good idea Sweetie Belle! If Twilight’s okay with it that is,” Scootaloo said turning her head towards Twilight for confirmation. Twilight thought about it and came to a conclusion.

“It’s sound like a great idea Sweetie Belle but well…” Twilight saw the fillies’ expressions and felt bad about. If I’m not getting seen, then I supposed it’s okay… “Okay. Let’s prank my friends!”