Author's Note
Inspired By Deviant Artist MLP Silver Quill's A Princess' Tears
Link Here MLP-Silver-Quill
Also, please do not criticize me for any misspelling! this is my first FimFic And I wanted Quill's authorization and permission on this.
Prologue
"Today, I consider myself the luckiest pony in Equestria! Thank you, friends, thank you every pony!"
Those were the words of an angel.
Those were the words of a mare that I knew during my foal hood as a colt. A colt who has since grown up to be one of very few, if not only earth pony living in the capital city of Canterlot, as well as the pony who seems to be the most clumsy.
My name is Clutterstep. I am an earth pony who was born and raised in this snobby city with its snobby resident ponies.
Every day is torture for me. Being picked on by Canterlot's well known "snobby" unicorns and pegasi. They would frequently pull some sort of stupid prank like levitate or throw me up into the air knowing I was deathly terrified of heights or pretend to be a dragon or something stupid like that.
If they had just been themselves I'm sure that I would be thinking they looked horrifying plentiful already.
Anyway, every day I wished things were better. I had hoped by the time when we were all grown up and mature that we would act like adults, boy how wrong I was.
I won't talk about the way I'm being treated now, but let me tell you it is a LOT worse than when I was a colt.
Every pony would make fun of me. Most grown-ups would just whisper or talk behind my back for obvious reasons. But there were also some who made fun of me saying that it was a shame to not me, but to them. the city, and the princesses, that I, an "earth pony" was polluting their "fancy" air with my "uncouth stench" and my unclassy appearance.
But there was only one filly who didn't care about my appearance or clumsy nature. That filly's name was Twilight Sparkle.
I first met Twilight at Celestia's school for gifted unicorns. I was walking through the corridors when I saw something unfamiliar in my eyes.
A filly, not one whom I had known at the school before, she had a lavender coat, violet-colored irises, and an indigo mane with one purple and one pink streak running along with it. She was gorgeous.
At first, I shrugged it off as just some regular old unicorn. That is until I saw the huge tower of books that she was carrying. Actually, the more I thought about it, the filly wasn't paying attention to me at all. She was too busy concentrated reading on a book she was reading, while simultaneously, carrying a literal tower of books that had the potential to fall on me and only me, while she not even getting a light tap by the page of a book. Dang my life.
Then out of nowhere, I get the feeling of butterflies in my stomach, no not from seeing the filly, but a pair of two other fillies walking down the corridor with smirks on their muzzles; one unicorn and one pegasus.
Uh-oh, I knew those fillies, they were, out of every pony in Canterlot, were the among the most, if not the snobbiest ponies in all of Equestria. They would always were those "fancy" dresses, which made them look like diamonds. If diamonds were fragile and freaked out to a worm. They would always bully and make fun of me like I was an object that made "their rich and important lifestyles" look bad in the name of Celestia.
If I would talk back, they would laugh, If I would ignore them, they would laugh, If I were to cry, they would laugh. I had always hoped that one day they would face the consequences of their actions and try to be better ponies. However, that moment never came to be.
As I saw those fillies, I thought the inevitable. However, instead of walking towards me, they walked along with the new filly who was still reading her book and still impressively had not yet managed to drop one of her still intact tower of books. I immediately knew what they were planning on.
I quickly blurted, "Lookout!"
"Huh", said the filly who I got a good look of when she looked up from her book.
*CRASH!*
Was the sound of what happened. What was a tower now became an avalanche of books. Before I could respond, the fillies were gone. I looked at the filly who they tripped, surprisingly, she didn't look like she was even tapped by the page of a book, while I was hit with every one of the now mountain of books, No surprise there. I was worried that she may accuse me and get angry thinking that I was the one who tripped her. Dang my life.
However, instead of looking for who tripped her, she had a look of worry, anxiety, and was in a state of a panic attack.
Before I could ask what's wrong, she blurted."Smarty Pants? Smarty Pants! Where Are You?!!"
As I was processing what she said, she saw me and trotted up to me. She immediately said the following."Where is she?! Have you seen her?! Please tell me you've seen her!".
"Seen Who?" I asked confused.
As she turned back to keep looking, her eyes focused on a window at the wall. She screamed."SMARTY PANTS!"
As I turned to see what she was looking at I finally saw it. A doll, standing by the window sill, about to fall off.
The filly was too scared to do anything, as as soon as a saw the doll, a second later, it fell off into who knows where.
When I turned my eyes, I saw the filly, her lips trembling, her eyes welling up with tears, on the brink of breaking down over losing her doll.
I sighed, knowing what I had to do out of good morals and not wanting the filly to cry or accuse me of tripping her, I ran and jumped out the window to save her doll.
That was probably a bad idea. I didn't know how high the window was from the ground or how I hard I would hit the ground, but I had this feeling that I had to save this filly's doll. Dang my life.
I was safe however. Though it was a 3 story window, it was not that high up from the ground. The bad news is that I fell from a 3 story window, into a dumpster. And "thankfully" the doll had fallen on the edge of the dumpster, muck free, while there were scraps of moldy cheese, rotten hay and all sorts of old kinds of garbage. But as long as the doll was safe, thats all that mattered. Dang my life.
It was lunchtime. I had since been rescued and cleaned up by the school staff. When asked why I jumped out of a 3 story window, I said that I had to get something i accidentally threw away. Turns out, the new filly's name is Twilight Sparkle, and is Princess Celestia's personal protege. I heard she turned her parents into potted plants and a baby dragon giant.
I was waiting around recess, hoping that I could give the doll, Smarty Pants back to her, and clear up any misconception between us.
When I saw her, I didn't even bother introducing myself, I was worried she would be angry with me for keeping her with me doll for so long.
I didn't want to see her expression, so I turned and looked away.
However, when she took the doll, instead of yelling at me, I felt something else... something strange...
... a hug?...
I anxiously but calmly said. "Umm... nice to meet you... umm..."
The filly then yelled "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!"
I, out of air from the filly's grasp, wheezed out."Can't... breathe"
She let go."Oh, i'm sorry, I'm just so happy that Smarty Pants is Ok! She is a present from my parents for passing the school entry exam, I brought her to keep as good luck. I would have lost her forever if it weren't for you... are an earth pony? Um, not that I have a problem with you being an earth pony, but what are you doing at Princess Celestia's School for gifted unicorns?" She asked confused.
"Yeah, um I'm here because um, my parents work here and they forgot to get a foalsitter, not that I need one" I replied prouldy. I then realised how pretty she was. Her violet eyes, her soft lavender coat i felt when she hugged me. Her cute smile. Her cursed adorable pupils which made me feel bad for her, aand her indigo mane with purple-red streaks. I felt something I had never felt before.
"Yeah, right" She said sarcastically.
"Wait, you... don't think i'm wierd?" I said confused.
"Wierd? No Why?" She asked, repeating my confusion.
"Well, I'm an earth pony who just risked their life trying to get your doll, I thought you would yell at me or say I'm a filthy mutt who has no talent what so ever." I said sadly.
She looked at me. "Your not wierd, your insane"
Well, there goes all my hope, the urge to yell had me almost passed out.
"Excuse Me?" I said deadpannedly.
She burst out giggling. "Not in a bad way! You jumped out that window just to save my doll! i don't know many ponies that would do that, especially the ones you descibed. Let me guess, they sound a little something like this? She putts on a terrible, but terrifyingly accurate accent of a Canterlot snobbish pony. "Oi! Guday ol chap, lovely wether isnt it?! How about we go down to the park an sip on tea and show everypony on how we would make perfect royaly!".
I remained silent, but held in a laugh. "No they sound a little more like, Oh pish posh! I'm so fancy that i can't go to the park if theres a worm blocking the entrance and I chipped a hoof!". I replied repeating her accent.
We both stood there, me lying on my back and her on her stomach, both dying of laughter and the imitation of Canterlot's snobs. I always forgot that Twilight could crack a joke, even from my source that one of her new frineds is basically born and destined to make ponies smile.
*RING!* Was the sound of the school bell, indicating that recess was over.
"Oh! I'm late for class!". We stood up. "It was nice meeting you, and thank you again for saving Smarty Pants!" She said in hurry.
Before I could reply however, I felt another strange feeling, and it wasn't a hug this time...
*MWAH*
... a kiss...
...she kissed me... on the cheek...
Before I had snapped back to reality, she was gone, but I saw her running away, her face blushing like a beet, smiling like, well, a filly.
If I told you that I was friends with Equestria's newest princess during our foalhood, you would have a hard time believeing me.
But if i told you she kissed me on the cheek, you would've just laughed.
From that day on, I became a new pony. I no longer cared about whatever ponies thought of me, though I still didn't like it, I simply chose to ignore it. If it weren't for that filly, I would've never learned two things; friends can come from anywhere, and looks don't matter just because you can't do something others can.
Out of the 3 strange feelings I felt that day, It wasn't the kiss or the hug, it wasn't even diving into that dumpster.
It was something else, it was a feeling... of love.
I became heart broken when Twilight moved away, but I know it wasn't my decision to chose if she wanted to go or not. Her studies were so good, that she was sent to Ponyville to study the magic of friendship. Which I didn't even know existed until today. But if Twilight said she saw it, then I believe her.
When I heard the stories of Nightmare Moon, Or Princess Luna's Return, I was scared, but when I heard that my foal hood crush was the one who defeated her, it created a spark in my heart, a moment of realisation.
The spark comfirmed it. I was in love with Equestria's newest princess.
I still keep in touch with Twilight today. Though not in-person contact, I always ask a friend at Celestia's school for an update on Twilight's accomplishments. Though most of the time I miss her, I am always amazed by her accomplishments.
i wonder if she remembers me. I remember that she had attended the Grand Galloping Gala a few years ago. i wanted to see her, but I was traveling in Manehattan at the time. And let me tell you, its not that different from Canterlot, with its snobby residents, the only difference is that there is so much traffic.
I still wish I could've said hi, not that they would've let me in anyways, i could barley afford a suit, and thats as in a dek of cards!
Still, If I have two things to say about that day, its that if i see the princess again, I would tell her the truth and my feelings about her, and why was a pegasus at Celestia's school for gifted unicorns?
