Tales of Friendship

Twilight was met with looks on the way back to her dorm. They were quite strange looks, as if she did something wrong. Eventually, she made it to her dorm.

"Hi, Pinkie."

"TWILIGHT! You're back!"

"Yeah. Anyways, do you know why everypony's giving me looks?"

"Oh, that's because you talked to that Rainbow Dash fella."

"Huh?"

"The flight racers are... not the nicest people. They don't like to be bugged, all of them are incredibly stubborn, and each of them follows a strict routine. So, when you walked up to that Rainbow Dash and talked to her, everypony was surprised you weren't like... demolished or anything."

Twilight suddenly felt a strange sensation overcoming her. And then, she let out something she never had heard in a while. A laugh. Coming from her. Pinkie Pie suddenly smiled right open.

"I did it! I made you laugh!"

"Huh?" Twilight abruptly stopped laughing.

"I made a bet with my sister Maud that I could make you laugh by the end of the day."

"Oh."

"Its just that, you're all so deadpan all the time. You should cheer up for once."

Those words stabbed her like a sword. It sounded familiar. Pinkie Pie was sounding like her mother. Pinkie Pie was right... again. She never had somepony that cared for her besides her family, and it felt... nice. It felt nice to be appreciated by somepony else other than her mom and her brother.

"Twilight? Twilight? Somepony's ringing the bell, she wants to see you."

Pinkie's words had snapped her from her train of thought. "Oh... right."

Twilight opened the door, only to find Rainbow Dash behind it. "Rainbow! What are you doing here?" Twilight exclaimed.

"Thank you."

"Huh?"

"Remember when you told that I needed to get checked?"

"Yeah."

"So, I ended up getting checked, by this lovely mare," Rainbow Dash said, revealing Fluttershy.

"It's really nice of you to be looking out for strangers. If that tumor was inside her brain for longer, she could've died."

"Wait... tumor?"

"Yeah. How insane is that?"

"Yeah..."

"It was nice to have a chat with you. I'll see you again?"

"Yeah, of course!"

"Well then, see you later."

Twilight closed the door. She had inadvertently saved somepony's life. She had let that sink in for a few seconds. She decided to sleep for the night.