Moving On For The Better Life

Ever since Princess Twilight had left the Mirror World for good she had been single. After her time with Flash Sentry along with Sunset Shimmer, her obsession over the yellow and blue haired human teen was finally over. She knew it was for the best. They were from different worlds. An interdimensional relationship just wasn’t logical.

However while she had made what she considered to be the best decision, she also felt very empty inside. It has been a very long time since she had an actual boyfriend and she wasn’t even sure she really count her time with Flash as him being her boyfriend considering most of their time together had been spent with her lying about who she was and not being straight with him about being a princess.

While she knew moving on from Flash was the best it was much harder to move on from how he made her feel and the fact she might never find someone who would make her feel that way again given her luck with males. But that was the funny thing about luck. When the old love went away, new love was often right around the corner.

Twilight’s Castle

Twilight sat in her large ornate bed inside her crystal castle reading from her private collection of books. The book she was reading now was a fairytale about a princess who stayed in her tower waiting for a knight to save her.

As she read she felt sadness pull at her heart strings. Ever since leaving Flash and the Mirror World behind romance stories made her feel melancholy at her lack of a love life.

“Twilight!” Spike called as he entered the room. Twilight jumped slightly and scrambled to put the book under her bed.

“Hi Spike!” Said Twilight. Smiling and trying to act casual.

Spike raised an eyebrow. He had lived with Twilight long enough to not be fooled by her large smile. He had a pretty good idea what Twilight had been doing before he came in. “Are you reading one of those fairytale books again? You've been reading non stop for almost a month now, what gives?”

Twilight signed and looked down in shame. The past month she had spent most of her time reading romance book after romance book. She hadn’t ignored her princess duties, but she hadn’t put her all into them either. She sighed, unable to hide her personal problems anymore. “Because I…. I… want…..” She continued to pause multiple times until Spike walked up to her.

“What is it Twi?”

“I want someone who really wants me forever!” She shouted in embarrassment.

Spike raised an eyebrow. Confused by Twilight’s odd sentence but quickly figured out what she meant. “You mean you what somepony to love?”

Twilight nodded and looked down at her silk bedspread. Feeling embarrassed about her pathetic love life. “Yes I want somepony to love.”

“Is this about Flash Sentry again?” Twilight had said she was over Flash and didn’t regret breaking up with him but her constant pining for live and a partner seemed to counteract those claims.

Twilight shock her head. “No. It’s not about Flash.”

“Then what’s going on?”

Twilight signed. “Just because I’m over Flash doesn’t mean I’m over being in love. I still want somepony to love. Being with Flash made me feel things I’ve never felt before. Things I never thought I’d ever feel. As a filly I became so engrossed in books and study I never thought about colts or love. I read about it of course when I went through puberty..” A half smile graced Twilight’s lips as she thought back to her fillyhood and her hours trying to understand love by reading romance book after romance. “But it just seemed so crazy. The way it was described and the things it made ponies do just seemed so illogical. But now that I’ve actually experienced it I just can’t get it out of my head. I want to experience those kinds of emotions again, only with somepony that can last.”

Spike said nothing as he contemplated Twilight’s words. He understood Twilight’s feeling. Probably better than most. The second he had laid eyes on Rarity he had been smitten with her. She had made him feel things he had never felt before. But unlike Twilight he had known it was love in an instant.

“I know how you feel Twilight. I feel the same way about Rarity. I know everyone already knows how I feel about her but I don’t care. I’m gonna win Rarity’s heard no matter how long it takes..”

Twilight looked at the small dragon and couldn’t help but smile. He may not have been her blood but he’d certainly inherited some of her traits. Like her stubbornness once her mind was set on accomplishing something. Still, these past few months had helped teacher how unhealthy it was to continue to pine for something you couldn’t have. “Spike there’s something you need to tell you.”

“What is it Twi?”

Twilight signed. She good out of bed and walked over to the small dragon and wrapped her wing around him. She knew this day would come but she always imagined it going a bit differently. “Spike I was hoping you would realize this yourself but the fact is you don’t have a chance of being with Rarity.”

Spike’s eyes went wide and his mouth opened up in what Twilight knew would be a rebuttal but she cut him off. “I know because Rarity told me so. She told me that while she does care about you she doesn’t feel the same way about you that you feel about her. She never told you because she was hoping you would realize it yourself and move on.”

Spike opened his mouth but no words came out. He wanted to yell. To scream that she was wrong. That she was lying just to try and hurt him or playing some cruel prank. But his rational mind knew better. Twilight would never try to intentionally hurt him. And her stone face told him this wasn’t a joke. Still wanting to deny it he poured through his memories for moments that disproved Twilight’s clam. Moments that proved she loved him. He found a few. Like the time she had saved him from being a monster. But for every good moment he found two not so loving moments. Like charming him out of his birthday ruby, or using as a pin cushion, or a maid. The things that really drove the point home however was the memory of her pinning over Trenderhoof and saying he could never understand a one sided love. If that didn’t prove his very obvious advances were in vain, nothing did

He looked down at the ground and felt hot tears begin to form in his eyes. He tried to be strong in front of Twilight. Tried not to cry in front of her. But he familed. Tears streamed down his face and choked sobs escaped his chest.

Twilight held the dragon close as he hugged her and she patted his back. Saying nothing as she waited for his emotions to run their course. In her mind she had always imagined this scenario as either Spike getting over Rarity or Rarity being the one to break Spike’s heart. Never did she imagine it Spike’s tears would be her fault. The thought send a knife in her chest. If there was one person she never wanted to hurt it was Spike.

Twilight wasn’t sure how long the two stood there. Just that it was a while before Spike finally calmed down. For a fire creature he sure had a lot of water in his eyes. Twilight pulled back and looked at Spike’s puffy bloodshot eyes. “Better?”

Spike sniffed and nodded. “Did? Did she say why?”

Twilight bit her lip. Wondering if she should tell him the cold hard truth. ‘He deserves to know.’ her mind said. Again Twilight signed. Knowing she was about to break her young charge’s heart again. “It’s because your a dragon.”

“What!”

Twilight nodded. “She says it just doesn’t feel right. She says that while she likes you as a friend she just can’t picture herself being romantically involved with a dragon.”

Spike wasn’t sure what to say. Of all the reasons for Rarity to not want to be with him being a dragon was near the bottom. She had always seemed fine with him and never shown any displeasure toward drago… well, she had never shown any displeasure toward him for being a dragon at least.

“Please don’t be mad at her Spike. That’s just the way some ponies are. Like I said she does consider you a wonderful friend and doesn’t ever want to lose that. Part of the reason she didn’t tell you was she was afraid of how you might react and was afraid of losing your friendship.”

Spike’s face fell as he stared at the ground. “I guess.” He mumbled. Unsure what he should be feeling for Rarity now.

Twilight place her hoof under Spike’s chin and lifted it so that they were eye level. “Listen. Just because Rarity isn’t interested in you that way doesn’t mean no pony is. There are plenty of ponies out there who are just find with interspecies relationships and probably a lot who would love to have a dragon boyfriend. You are a smart, kind, generous, loyal, and brave dragon. And any mare would be lucky to have you as a coltfriend.”

Spike sniffed, and a ghost of a smile tugged at his lips. “You really think so?”

Twilight nodded. “I know so,” A playful smile then formed on her lips. “In fact. I think I heard Rarity say her little sister might have a crush on you.”

Spike’s eyes lit up. “Really!”

Twilight resisted the urge to roll her eyes at how easy the idea of new love allowed him to get over his old. ‘Kids.’ “Now why don’t you run along.”

Spike obayed and began to leave before turning back. “Twilight?”

“Yes Spike.”

“That thing about not being able to love someone who isn’t a pony. Is that why you dumped Flash.”

Twilight shock her head. “No I dumped Flash for other reasons.”

“How come?”

“Distance mainly. We’re from two different worlds and lead completely different lives. I can’t abandon by friends and duty as a princess just to be with him, and he couldn’t abandon his family to be with me. There just wasn’t any real way to be to make it work.” The thought of her break up with Flash caused her mind to once again dwell on what she had had to give up and she felt her heart beginning to sink again. “I don’t want to talk about this anymore.”

“But Twilight I wasn’t done yet,” said Spike.

Twilight shock her head. “I’m sorry Spike I just don’t want to talk about it anymore. Now please leave me alone.” She use her alicorn powers to take out one of books she had been reading while pushing Spike out the door. “I don’t want to explain about my problems anymore, I want to settle them by myself,” she said she shut the door on the small dragon.

Spike stood outside the door debating whether or not to barge in and continue the continue the conversation. In the end decided not to and sighed. “I guess love is the most difficult thing to get over.”