Prologue

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MY LITTLE PONY. HASBRO DOES!

The library was quiet and serene. Little moonlight came through the window and slightly illuminated the dark home and revealed the dark figure of a baby dragon sleeping in a hoof-made crib. The gentle glow of Luna's moon reflected off of the purple scales and green spikes of the small rotund creature. A small puddle of drool was beginning to form on his soft blue blanket as he snored. He clutched his warm blanket as he muttered in his sleep, "Rarity…are those gems…for me?" He continued to murmur, snore, and make other strange noises.

Later that night, the front door slowly creaked open and let in the warm midnight spring breeze and a small amount of light to reveal the silhouette of a female unicorn. She quietly stepped inside and carefully closed the door and lit some candles by her desk with her magic. Owlowiscious had already set down a blank parchment on the centre of the desk, a quill above the parchment, and ink on the left side. She was very pleased with the owl now that he knew about the mare's obsessive-compulsive disorder and the preferences that came with it. Now, working at night was as easy as working during the day.

Twilight allowed a soft grin spread across her face as she realised she was about to do her favourite thing she always did at the end of the day: write to the princess. These weren't her usual weekly letters to the princess about her studies on the magic of friendship. They were just nonchalant letters about her day or questions about trivial things or just little secrets that she only trusted Celstia with. Twilight still remembered the day at the gala…

"Oh, Princess Celestia, I'm so glad I could talk to you this time!" Twilight beamed at the large alicorn.

"Indeed, it was quite generous of my sister to greet the guests this year so we could talk and she could get used to the modern crowd," the princess gave her star pupil a warm, bright smile that reminded those who saw it of her amazing sun.

Twilight just stared at her mentor with wide, sparkling eyes, like a little foal staring at an ice cream factory. She never did get very used to the fact that she was the princess's student.

After ten seconds or so, the princess felt a little awkward and cleared her throat before speaking, "Um… I, well, I trust that you and your friends had a great time at the gala this year?"

Twilight realised she had been staring. She lowered her head and tried to hide her now red violet face behind her mane (which was futile since her bangs were too short to hide her blush)"Y-yeah, um, we had a wonderful time this year, especially since we all looked after each other and made sure not to cause as much trouble as last year… ah ha…hahaha…"

"Oh, Twilight, sure your friends made a mess,but it was entertaining. Would you like to tell me about all of those adventures you fillies have all the time?"

Twilight leaped for joy at the sound of those words, "Of course, princess! Now where should I start…Oh I know! There was this one time…"

The princess listened to the purple unicorn tell her stories about her friends for the rest of the night. Both of the ponies wished they could stay like this forever, telling stories and laughing just like Twilight always did with the princess as a foal, talking about her favourite stories except now those stories were real. Unfortunately, the sun must always set some time (or in this case, the moon).

"I wish we could talk like this more often. The only time I get to communicate with you like this is in my friendship letters, but I wish I could tell you about my friends and our adventures just to tell you about them instead of telling you what I learned from them," Twilight sighed before she drank from her glass.

They were now in Pony Joe's donut diner near the castle. The stallion was wiping the tables and, strangely, still wearing his work uniform even after it was closing time (he had only let the princess and Twilight in the diner for obvious reasons). All they ordered was water to quench their extreme thirsts from talking so continuously. They both knew they would have to end their ever so precious conversation soon and Twilight was going to give that suggestion now, next year, or never. While Twilight cautiously levitated the glass to her face as to only sip a "Canterlot amount" of water at a time, Celestia's expression changed from a pondering one to a joyful one. Twilight was not as loquacious as she was when she was a foal, and conversations like these were always stored away and kept safe in her millennia-old heart. She wanted these more often.

With a hint of excitement in her voice, Celestia asked, "Well, why not?"

Twilight nearly choked on her drink as a sudden force in her magic caused by excitement tilted the glass a bit too much. Twilight quickly recovered and glanced at the princess from the side, "Oh my, Are you sure princess? I mean, you and I both know that you're always busy with your royal duties. I wouldn't want to distract you from your work."

"Nonsense. I always have time for my star pupil," the princess chuckled as she nudged the unicorn's cheek.

"Well…okay. I'm glad we can talk without causing any trouble," Twilight looked up at her mentor, "I'll write to you twice a week and tell you about all of our adventures. Haha, This is going to be great now we can finally ta-"

Twilight was suddenly interrupted as a wild bunch of confetti came from the ceiling followed by a pink pony got between them and yelled, "WEE! Oh I'm so glad you to can finally talk all the time. Honestly, who doesn't like talking, right? I love talking, you love talking, and even Fluttershy likes talking! You could talk about cupcakes and balloons and parties! Wait, what if you could have a party through letters! That would be super-duper, Pinkie-Celestia-Twilight-party-through-parchment-cupcake-tastic! You could call it a parchment party! YAAAY!"

The two ponies, especially Twilight, were surprised bye Pinkie's sudden appearance from…where did she even come from? And where did that confetti come from? Twilight did not dare ask those questions. Who knew what would happen if Pinkie Pie gave some incomprehensible answer? Instead, after she recovered from shock, she asked, "Pinkie Pie, how long have you been here? Where are the others?"

"Oh! Rightrightrightrightright! The others were wondering where you were so I came here 'cuz I knew you would be here! I mean, who wouldn't be here? It's a donut shop for Luna's sake and who doesn't like donuts!? Aaaaanyway, so once I came here, I noticed you two were talking and I saw the princess grin and I was like, 'the princess is smiling! That must mean something good!' and whadayaknow! It was a good thing!"

"Wait, but how did you kn- um…never mind. Let me just say good bye to Princess Celestia and we can go home, okay?" Twilight quickly said her plan rather than ask one of the few questions in Equestria that no pony should ask.

"Okey-dokey-lokey!" Pinkie Pie grinned a large Pinkie Pie grin at Twilight.

The purple unicorn let a small smile spread across her face. She would have kept dreaming about that night if Owlowicious had not been on his perch and 'hooed' at Twilight. She jumped slightly as she realised that she had been zoning out. She gave the owl an apologetic smile and she looked at her parchment. Blank. Right, she thought, I should get started. After taking a deep breath and gathering her thoughts, she followed the quill with her eyes as it was being covered by a purple aura, levitating from the ink to the parchment. She began to write…

Dear Princess Celestia,

Today my friends and I had a party to celebrate a new trick that Rainbow Dash learned. She calls it the "Rainbow Wing Drop of Awesomeness". My friend Pinkie Pie got really excited and suggested that we have a party. All of us agreed except for Applejack because she had to take care of her little sister and her friends back at Sweet Apple Acres and so she wouldn't be able to attend. We all said that we understood and that we hope that she would be able to come next time, but Pinkie wouldn't let Applejack feel left out while we all enjoyed ourselves at the party.

She kind of pestered us all day until she had a brilliant idea: we could have Rainbow's party at the barn in Sweet Apple Acres! We had Applebloom and her friends agree with the idea and we set up the barn for a party. Then we waited in the darkness for about two minutes until she walked in. We all jumped out and yelled, "SURPRISE!" and she let a large grin spread across her face. She mostly hung out with Rainbow Dash during the event and they kept challenging each other in friendly competitions. Those two have such a steady rivalry. I mean, really, they never give up! Eventually, Pinkie brought in these really…creative desserts. She said she got the idea back at Dodge Junction. She was deciding on the names Chimi-Cherry, Cherry-Chonga, or Chimi-Cherry-Chonga. By the way, what is your opinion on the name?

Anyway, everypony had a good time in the end and that's about it. I hope you had a wonderful day as well!

Your faithful student,

Twilight Sparkle

Pleased with the letter, she placed it next to Spike's crib on the floor so he could send it when he woke up in the morning. She stroked the baby dragon's head for a little while until she released a silent yet dramatic yawn. She decided to call it a night and walked over to her bed. Before she got under her blankets she blew out the candles with a minor wind spell and gave a small smile to Owlowicious who was on the window preparing himself for his midnight hunt. After getting under the covers, she felt her eyelids becoming heavier as she stared at Luna's moon. She was eager for princess Celestia's glorious sun to take over the sky. Wanting to stay awake only to see the rise of the magnificent light orb, she reluctantly closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.