Author's Note

Special shoutout to Yabuki for his permisson, as well as AWSMAndrew303 for his Collaboration.

For a Broken Heart

It was a normal day at Canterlot City, right around Friday 4PM in Canterlot Cit, which meant Valentine’s day was tomorrow, and thankfully it was on a Saturday, so many of the students of schools could also celebrate the holiday for their special somebody. Most of the City began to be decorated for the eventful holiday that is to come tomorrow. Even those from out of town would also spend some great time there.

From within the house in the suburbs, a certain boy was sitting near his desk, writing plenty of Fanfiction for a website that he joined some time ago, called My Stable’s Writer’s edition, a popular website that would allow anyone to write any kind of story to their heart’s desires.

His name, was Israel Yabuki.

Yabuki always had a special talent of being anyone’s friend, in fact, everybody in school liked him, even the Rainbooms when he helped them out in certain situations whenever they needed some help.

Today, he was writing a Fanfiction story about Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends from Equestria.

On a late Friday, after the whole debacle at Equestria Land, Yabuki walked by the school and he saw the Rainbooms. Just as he was about to greet them, he saw another Twilight, to which she was none other than Princess Twilight. Yabuki once met her when she first came to the school, and again when the Dazzlings were there. In fact, after a hypnotized Flash Sentry made Princess Twilight cry, Yabuki (with a concerned Rainbooms thinking that he was hypnotized and wanted to hurt her), went over to hug her, much to their surprise. He cheered her up and comforted her, to which she appreciated and hugged back, with the Rainbooms realized that Yabuki must be special.

He never saw her again, except for Sci-Twi, but even though they’re alike, they didn’t have the same kind of spark like the other had.

He was surprised to bump into her, and Princess Twilight was happy to see him too. He decided to hang out with them, and during that time, she began to tell every bit of her story back in Equestria, leaving Yabuki amazed by all the adventures she had on the other side. He couldn’t help but feel inspired by her stories.

After spending time with her, Yabuki suddenly went to the computer and began to write on the Fanfiction page and wrote to his heart’s content.

Yabuki had always been a special kind of guy, who could write anything if he’d just use his imagination. Soon the entire website exploded with how popular the stories had gotten. He had already written seven seasons worth of it and everyone was impressed by his work, even the Rainbooms seem to enjoy reading about it.

One day, he began to write something called ‘school Daze”, where Princess Twilight tried to start a school, but because of a Chancellor Pony, he didn’t trust the creatures and saw them as threats, despite them being kids and made a mistake like anyone else, for it was only natural. Heck, he remembered a few of his friends who nearly set Crystal Prep Academy on fire because of their shenanigans, but it was all an accident and they didn’t know something like that was going to happen.

As he just finished about Princess Twilight opening her friendship school and run it her way, he quickly went to the bathroom. Once he was done, he heard the sound of a doorbell.

“That’s odd,” said Yabuki as he stood up “I wonder who that could be?”

He walked out of his room and headed straight for the front door.

He opened the door and it was none other than two of his own friends back at Canterlot High, who also happen to be girls.

One on the left was a certain girl with light amber skin, red and yellow hair, whilst also wearing an orange shirt with an image of a shimmering sun, a black sleeveless jacket with what appeared to be spikes around the collar, a purple skirt, which was better than her orange one and new stylish boots.

Her name was Sunset Shimmer.

Whilst the one on the right was another girl with light purple skin with dark blue hair and a dark purple and pink stripes on the side of her hair and also appear to be wearing glasses, whilst also wearing a polo sky blue with purple stripes and white collar shirt, with a cute pink bow tied around her neck, a purple pocket skirt with a six magenta stars and white sparks all over them, short socks and a purple dressed leather heeled shoes with pink laces.

Her name was Twilight Sparkle, or as many called her Sci-Twi, not to be confused with Princess Twilight.

“Oh, hey, Sunset and Twilight” said a smiling Yabuki as he hugged the two of them, with Sunset hugging him back, except for Twilight for some reason “Nice to see you again.”

“Nice to see you too Yabuki.” said Sunset.

After they broke the hug, Yabuki asked “What are you two doing…?”

But then as he took another look at Twilight, the look in her eyes surprised him a bit. He noticed that it looked red for some reason, as if she had just been crying her eyes out. He could tell the difference if he could see what was wrong with his friends. When they have certain reactions.

Like when they feel a bit weak, that means that they’re hungry. When they have a hard time trying to stay awake, that means that they’re really tired. When they’re squirming, that means they need to go to the bathroom. When they’re feeling nervous, that means that they’re really nervous when they want to ask you a question.

But if someone comes to you and your eyes are partially red whilst there was clear evidence of tear stains on your eyes, then that means that person was crying and that something must’ve happened.

“Whoa,” said Yabuki when he noticed the look in her ‘Twi what happened?”

“It’s a…long story.” said Sunset as she slowly held Twilight close and rubbed her shoulders to calm down a bit, then looked at him and said “Can we come in? There’s something we need to talk about.”

“Uh, yeah, sure.” said Yabuki “Please, come in.”

The two girls entered as Yabuki closed the door as he looked at Twilight with concern. “You girls mind if I make you some cappuccino?”

‘sure,” said Sunset as she and Twilight sat down “We could use a little something.”

Yabuki smiled and walked into the kitchen and continued to make some cappuccino. Sunset called out ‘so where are your folks?”

“Oh, they’re out of town for a bit.” said Yabuki “Apparently my nana had a hip transplant.”

“Again?” said a perplexed Sunset, then she groaned and said “What did she do this time?”

‘she tried to do Yoga of all things.” said Yabuki.

Though he tends to sometimes change the subjects in most conversations, Yabuki always does this because he finds a way to help people whenever they’re in need, even if they don’t ask for one.

He soon came back with their cocoas and placed them on the table, allowing them to accept.

“Extra creamy, just as you two like it.” said Yabuki.

‘thanks Yabuki.” said Sunset as she took her mug, with Twilight taking hers slowly.

After he was settled on the couch, Yabuki asked ‘so what’s up, what are you two doing here, not that I don’t mind the company of course.”

‘see, the reason why we’re here is.” said Sunset, but she bit her lip a bit, not knowing if he was going to accept it or not. She took a deep breath, and asked “I’m here to ask a favor. A big one in fact.”

“Oh, what about?” asked Yabuki as he took his mug too.

‘see,” said Sunset as she placed her mug on the table whilst Twilight took a few small sips from hers. “It’s about Valentine’s day.”

“Oh yeah, it’s starts tomorrow.” said Yabuki “Good thing it’s on a Saturday, all the more reason to enjoy it.”

“Well,” said a nervous Sunset as she rubbed the back of her head “Not exactly.”

Yabuki looked at her with a flexed eyebrow and was about to take a sip.

“You see…” said Sunset as she didn’t know how to word this right.

Until Twilight said ‘timber broke up with me.”

Hearing that bit of news, Yabuki did a spit take and spat his water to the opposite side of the room, then looked at Twilight in shock. Though deep inside, he figured something like this would happen, considering he’s a little older than her.

He quickly went over to her and sat next to her on the couch whilst holding onto her. He knows how easily upset Twilight can get, so he went over to comfort her.

‘timber and I were having some trouble with our relationship, because we barely had anything in common.” said Twilight as her hands were shaking, with Yabuki slowly taking her mug and placed it on the table so that he could help her.

“When Valentine’s Day was approaching, I was really looking forward to spend some time with him, maybe find some common ground.” said Twilight, whilst she slowly began to tear up “But just this morning, he called me and said that we weren’t meant for each other. That he called our relationship quits just like that.”

She then began to tremble and was slowly beginning to lose it “I was looking forward to a special day but instead he…he…”

And before they realized, Twilight broke down and cried her eyes out, whilst Yabuki and Sunset held onto her, supporting their friend.

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After much crying, Twilight was able to fall asleep, with Yabuki rubbing the top of her head to make sure that she would be okay. Sunset walked over with her phone in her hand.

“Alright, I called her brother and sister in law,” said Sunset “They’ll come pick her up shortly.”

“That’s good.” said Yabuki. Once Twilight was calm, he walked back to Sunset, allowing the two of them to go to the kitchen so that they could talk in private.

“I still can’t believe that Timber broke up with her.” said Yabuki ‘twilight’s a great girl, and she’s also smart and knows how to have fun if need be. How can Timber do something so heartless?”

“I don’t know,” said Sunset as she looked down whilst leaning against a table ‘twilight was really looking forward to this, and now she can’t even enjoy the one holiday that might risk breaking her heart more.”

“And truth be told I kind of expected something like this to happen,” said Yabuki whilst Sunset looked at him with a flexed eyebrow “I mean he’s a little older than her and she should at least be with a boy whose about a year older than her.”

Sunset couldn’t help but smirk at him with a flexed eyebrow whilst crossing her arms, with him saying “What, I’m always concerned about my friends, including you, Twilight and the rest of the Rainbooms.”

“And we greatly appreciate it,” said Sunset, who then walked over to him and held his shoulder whilst she asked “Which is why I came over to ask for a favor.”

“That being?” asked Yabuki.

“Would it be okay for you to spend some time with her just to cheer her up?” asked Sunset.

“Excuse me?” said Yabuki as he wanted to make sure he heard her right.

“I really don’t want her to be alone on Valentine’s Day,” said Sunset “Plus I can’t help her out because Adagio has already made plans with me.”

Yabuki flexed an eyebrow, causing him to smirk and said “Oh, so you and Adagio huh?”

Sunset couldn’t help but blush with a smile whilst curling her hair and said “Yes, we are. We’ve been dating for a few months now.”

“What about the others?” asked Yabuki.

‘the others are too busy too.” said Sunset “Rainbow has plans with Soarin, Applejack has plans with Rarity, Pinkie Pie is going with Cheese Sandwich, and Fluttershy is going with Big Mac.”

“I see.” said Yabuki, but then looked at Sunset and asked “But out of all the people you could’ve asked, why me?”

“Because you’re the only guy who the school likes because of how you help others, even me during my bullying days.” said Sunset.

Yabuki remembered fondly. Though she was once a bully, she didn’t want to pick on Yabuki because he kept shrugging her off and that he sometimes give her cake or a special desert she liked every month, though she doesn’t show it much, she really loved them. And after she got reformed, she spent a lot of time with him and sometimes asked for help whenever she needed it.

“Plus the girls and I trust you,” said Sunset “You were able to help keep our activities a secret whenever there’s trouble, and you’re also our best friend. If anyone could help Twilight it’d, be you. So can you please help her out?”

Yabuki thought about it. On one hand, he didn’t have a date for Valentine’s Day either, and he didn’t want to break Twilight’s heart, considering that she had just broken up her relationship with Timber. On the other hand, he didn’t like the idea of leaving Twilight alone during Valentine’s day and he really wanted her to have fun and not be alone. Not to mention her friends couldn’t be there to help her, considering that they have plans.

After giving much thought, he made up his mind.

“Alright, I’ll do it.” said Yabuki “Anything to make sure that a friend of mine has the best day ever.”

‘thank you!” said Sunset as she hugged and kissed him. ‘twilight’s going to have the best time because of you.”

“Like I said, anything for a friend.” said Yabuki.

Sunset looked at the time and said ‘shining Armour should be here any minute.”

Sure enough, Shining Armour came by and picked Twilight up whilst she was still sleeping, with Shining offering Sunset a lift home. Once they were gone, Yabuki thought about what he should do for Twilight.

“Hmm,” thought Yabuki out loud “How should I proceed?”

He kept thinking and thinking, until finally…

“You know what, no sweat, I’ll just improvise and ask her what she wants. That’s always a way to let a girl know that you wish to help do what she wants.”

Yabuki then turned in for the night, knowing he had to rest up well and help Twilight in her time of need.