The Letter (Prologue)

“Can I really do this?”

Celestia paced around her bed, her body a bundle of nerves as she occasionally glance at the letter on her desk, a letter that just might be the most important one she had ever written, and it simply said.

To my dearest Twilight

I know it is probably late to be sending you this letter, but I find I am having trouble sleeping, mostly due to a pressing matter which I wish to talk to you about. If it would not be too much trouble, I would like it if you would visit me in my private chambers tonight, so we can talk.

Yours, Princess Celestia.

It was a short letter, but Celestia didn’t want to write any more for fear that Twilight would become…suspicious. While the letter didn’t betray much, she knew what it did betray could be easily seen if somepony was looking for it, for it betrayed her true feelings for her most prized student…feelings she had long ago figured she would never feel.

The feelings were ones of love, and they had been growing steadily since Twilight had become a mare. At first, she had shrugged it off as physical attraction, for she had experienced it thousands of times with many ponies over the years. However, where those meaningless infatuations had faded away with the passage of time, her attraction towards Twilight had only grown stronger, causing her to examine her feelings more closely.

“But can I really do this?”

It was risky, this thing that she was thinking of doing. If she sent that letter, her student would come, and when that happened she would finally let go, and show her how she truly felt. But…the fact remained it was still extremely risky, for if Twilight did not share her feelings, then this one letter could destroy her entire relationship with her student, for neither of them would be able to see each other the same way ever again if the truth came out.

“I…I could just…just keep it secret, like I have been doing…”

But she knew that would never work, for already many of her servants were starting to notice the way she looked at her, and if she was not careful, either Twilight would notice, or her love for the little unicorn would turn into an obsession.

So with a tentative burst of magic, she sent the letter off to Twilight, and then made her way back to her bed, climbing inside and waiting for her student…and hopefully soon to be love would walk through that door, then it was all up to her.

Author's Note

Decided to write this prologue, to help explain at least a bit why Celestia decided to show Twilight that she loved her, which will lead to two things. First, the first chapter of Teacher No More is going to be edited a bit, looking back I find the chapter pretty weak. Second, the next chapter in Teacher No More will not be related to any of the episodes in the show, and instead will be a more in-depth discussion between Twilight and Celesita about why she never took a mate in the past, and why she finally settled on her. Till then, if you guys have any questions or comments, please feel free to drop them on by, you all know I love hearing from you.