Regrets
By NocturneD
Note: Final chapter of Act 1.
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What's there to say? You've been told six different times on what happened. But with each side you learned a little more. I don't want to tell you anymore but if you listened to Twilight's side of the story she left a lot of stuff out. Truth was she was getting stressed because of a promise that was broken. To update the library it was like Heart's Warming day to Twilight. She was going to get the space she wanted. More books besides the dusty old ones we already have.
You all know me as Spike. The number one assistant to Twilight Sparkle. She's kind, smart, very helpful and... Maybe I should stop there because the past few weeks or more back. Really wasn't her best. Twilight went to go see the mayor about remolding the library. She couldn't do it officially by herself because its a public library and really it isn't hers to begin with. So as I was saying. She went and was made a bunch of crazy promises and bought into them. They made her believe if the ponies of Ponyville can see the bright side of having a bigger and better library. So it was stuck on the ballot for next election as the mayor would raise some issues for us to vote on. I can't vote because Twilight keeps pointing out I'm a baby dragon. I swear... So she rounded her friends together for ponies to vote for her cause. Only to have that a majority of the ponies vote no and have a landslide lose. Twilight was embarrassed, heart broken and mad all at the same time. But I have to say something. No pony really comes in the library in the first place except for our friends. Heck I got stories were I would sit at the front desk all day when we were open and not one pony would come in. Some times I wonder if this town even knows this a library? Because Derpy one time thought this place was a homeless shelter and would bring unfortunate ponies here. That was a doozy getting those bums out of here.
A new idea was proposed by the mayor to just update the old library. Little did we know that this was too good to be true. We were told that the money would come once a month. And so the first eight to nine months it did. Twilight didn't really know much about remodeling and would ask Rarity and the others for tips. The final design. Looked very spacious but she wanted more shelves and books. The mayor would sometimes drop by and say hello. With the plans Twilight submitted, the mayor said there would have to be some revisions made. Whatever those are. But she also told us if we plan on keeping this updated library in order we were going to have to hire help. Twilight tried to persuade the mayor into seeing her idea of just the two of us but the mayor nicely said we were going to need to consider. I mean. Twilight only wants... Five thousand more books.
So our first check came. A nice whopping five thousand bits. Only problem was the books Twilight wanted to buy weren't very... Let's put it neighborly friendly. She asked for books that suited her more than the other ponies. You really think Pinkie Pie is going to come in and ask for a book about advanced quantum physics? Maybe for a laugh but really no she wouldn't. So Twilight had to suck it up after being told by the mayor as she turned in the book request sheet. A library is for every pony, just not one. So Twilight threw up a help wanted sign. No pony answered it for almost a week.
Then here comes this pegasus pony named Watt. A pretty quiet guy. Tall also. Just incase I ever need to steal cookies from on top of the fridge I could work something out with him. We sat down for the interview process and asked him questions if he ever worked in a library. He said he volunteered when he was younger. He listed his past work and job references, nearly a page or two long. Strange though. A quiet pony like Watt worked so many part time jobs. Guess there's more to him. Twilight asked where he was from and he told us in a shy tone about him being from half way across Equestria and had a mom living in Canterlot. Guess he wanted to be closer. Other questions were asked, by at this time I was off in the kitchen sneaking diamonds and rubies to eat. Twilight was impressed and was relieved that some pony atleast qualified answered the ad.
Watt started off slow. Rearranging books and dusting shelves. Good now the hard work is off of me. Twilight would leave to go out with friends so I'm stuck with Watt. And let me tell you, it he was pretty creepy to be around. Odd. Quiet. I wanted to think he was a vampire but since it's daylight that rules it out. Watt must assume since I was around longer I was some sort of assistant manager or something. Probably wondering what I thought about him other
Twilight would meet with the mayor every week to discuss more about the library. She would give Watt and me chores to do and they sure got done faster with two doing it instead of one. Same old, same old. Shelve the books back in order. Watt never really said much during the first month he was here and I got the creeps just looking at him knowing that Twilight was letting him have access to her stuff except for journals. Get this. Whenever Twilight would get back she would tip him with a book. He would hold it for a few seconds as I figured he was thinking why the heck did she give him that? He just nodded and said thanks. He wasn't rude. I was told by Rainbow Dash that he was just awkward. A bit too awkward. Guess that's why he doesn't talk much.
The first few things that Twilight ordered came in. More shelves she bought from a librarian catalog. But only two came in instead of the ten she ordered. Ofcourse she registered a complaint and she spent hours just writing it in a letter. Jeez Twilight maybe they could only send two. I told her that. Her response. Just as expected. Blah blah blah a business should hold onto its promise. We were told to set up the shelves that came in anyway and go figure we needed tools. Twilight never really had any except a screwdriver and a hammer. So after borrowing tools from Big Mac, Watt already laid out the pieces and got to work. He preoccupied himself with this the entire afternoon and got both shelves done. I helped by dropping a hammer on my foot. Yeah I helped. It hurt. Twilight looked for a good spot to put them, Watt shoved them over back to back. Twilight put some extra books that were just randomly sprawled around the floor and was satisfied. Ever notice that some books that were on the shelves weren't exactly stacked neatly? A book would somehow find its way thrown on top of the others sideways. Keeping it neat huh Twilight?
So a month later a little progress happened. But Apple Jack dropped by to deliver an invitation to the Brotherhood social. Huh? Apple Jack explained that like the sisterhood competition she had earlier this time it was for brothers and explained that any pony with a brother can join. There would be competitions like pie eating contests, races and other things. I looked at the date as it would be two weeks from now. Awesome! I showed Twilight only to be told she can't make it. For what you might ask? Ah figure it out for yourself. She's always busy. So Apple Jack along with Pinkie Pie will go on to make a big deal out of this. So once again I'm going to be missing out on something because Twilight said she had something to do. AS USUAL! If you were expecting at the last minute that Twilight was going to say, "HEY SPIKE LET'S DO THIS THING TOGETHER!" You're pretty much wrong. Rarity wasn't interested in coming to watch. This devastated me the most. Can't see my manliness in action!
So I did chores as usual as Watt kept building more of Twilight's things. The brotherhood social was being talked about all over town. I heard they could get pretty extreme too. More and more I hear about it. Apple Bloom came by to say she was entering with Big Mac. With a town filled with mostly females I really don't have many male friends. Sure there were Snips and Snails but they aren't around all the time. Pip goes back and forth back to Trottingham. I barely talk to Big Mac so I really don't have any male interaction. Guess you could say I don't have a brother figure in my life. I would sit and listen to the girls talk about girl stuff all the time. Sure I'm used to it but Rainbow Dash I can look up to about these sort of things. Problem is, she's a girl too.
I went back to work. Watt excused himself for the day as he had other jobs to do. So finally the day of the Brotherhood social came. Twilight said we could watch but she didn't want to enter because she had a heavy book fall on her leg. There I saw Watt again working but this time with Apple Jack setting things up. Apple Bloom came over to say hi but with me feeling disappointed she came up with some half baked idea. Yes, she signed me up but with my partner being Watt. Apple Jack laughed at the idea but allowed it. Big Mac didn't seem to mind. Twilight sitting on the side lines was alright with it putting ice on her sore legs. But was Watt willing to do with it?
I mean we never really talked that often. And I'm a bit nervous around him because he's such a tall pony and the way how he dresses isn't very. Well bright. Thought Rarity told me that clothes don't make the pony. Rarity would say that he's dark and mysterious. As well as I see her making goo goo eyes at him at times. Does that sound like I would like him? Ofcourse not and yet I got no pony to work with so. I asked Watt after he finished putting together the finish line. He looked at me like I was crazy then took back my question. It was stupid for me to ask anyway. I saw all the other ponies lining up. Must have been at least twenty contestants with ponies of all shapes and sizes. Big brothers. Little brothers. Big brothers with little sisters. Big sisters with little brothers. The works.
"Hey... Spike." He told me, I turned around to face him, "I never gave you an answer."
"It's alright. If you don't want to compete with me then it's fine." I said sadly.
"I never said no." He said with a low chuckle.
"You really want to be my brother for the competition?" I asked.
"If the Apples say its okay what's it hurting?" He scooped me up with his snout and tossed me onto his back. And now, he put on a smile, "I never had a brother either. Well biologically."
"Onto the first competition!" I threw my fist into the air.
Watt let out a chuckle, "Sounds like a plan!"
We raced to the first challenge which was a target practice game with dart guns. Little brothers or sisters were up first. We had three shots in our guns and three chances to hit the obvious bullseye target. I shot one, two, three. Two were outside the bullseye and one missed. Watt took his shots and managed to get three perfect shots. Ponies cheered as the first competition ended. We were tied for fifth place. We sort of failed the the next competition for making a small house out of popsicle sticks. Watt thought we would of gotten more points if we made the Millennium Falcon. Trying to catch a goat was hard enough as it was. The wheel barrel race was fun, we came in second. The three legged race had its moments with me being thrown around wildly as Watt ran and ran. Then there was the arm wrestling contest and whoa that was a doozy. I lost the first round, Watt did pretty well up until he got to Big Mac and lost. A pie eating contest is where every pony was taking bets on some big ponies to win but no pony would of guessed Watt ended up eating twenty pies. For the final challenge it was an obstacle course. I would run holding a stick and try to hope over hay stacks only to climb over some. Watt had more to do with stepping on spare tires, swing from a rope, trudge through mud, pull a heavy cart with me on it. In the end, we got third place. Then Watt threw up. Guessed those pies caught up to him.
We took home a yellow ribbon. It felt great. Watt told me to keep it while I rode on his back all the way back to the library though Twilight kept asking if he felt alright. He kept telling her not to worry he just ran too much. When contending. Watt didn't seem so strange and scary anymore. Plus he was talking more asking me if I had fun. We had laughs and ice cream. I had so much fun. Watt kept patting me on the head and smiled. Rare I know but it felt nice. Can't believe I'm saying this, but it felt like I finally had some pony to look up to be that big brother figure I wanted.
So in another months time Watt would work as usual. On his breaks we would sneak off to go have lunch and go play at the arcade before Twilight would have to track us down. We would play arcade games like Pony of the Dead two, some racing games and even ski ball. Though in the end I walked away with a stupid rubber lizard for fifty tickets. That's how they get you. Watt would eventually quit one of his market place jobs to spend more time here. Since the place was still getting improvements he had to be here more often. So now whenever he had free time he would spend it with me as we would go out and play catch, fly a kite, use Twilight's telescope for mischief. There would be times where he would stay over night just to get an early start on setting up more shelves and wouldn't be any spare beds until Twilight bought a blow up mattress. I pleaded for Twilight to let Watt stay with us as he turned out to be a fun guy. I can respect that Twilight was used to her comfort zone of just being us two but Watt really made things interesting and a lot of work got done. Watt said he would just sleep down stairs but Twilight eventually caved in. Watt took the mattress and moved it far to the other side of the room. He fell asleep. I almost did but with him being a cool brother now. I decided to sleep along side him on the mattress. He wrapped his arm around me like a protective parent. I could hear his heart beat and it felt soothing. Twilight had her shares of going "Aw..."
So as time went on. Watt and I worked as a two man team and the library never felt cleaner and more tip top. Then I noticed Twilight was acting a bit different around Watt. She would blush every time he said something nice to her. I let it go back then. Twilight would eventually ask Watt to assist her in shopping for her everyday items along with the new items she needed for the library. He would carry a lot of things sure. But then I would hear things from random ponies while walking with them one day. Saying something about going out? Or they make a good match. Hmm... Then I thought about it. If Twilight and Watt get together, Watt could come over more and be a more awesome brother than he was now. But I see Twilight as my sister and Watt as my brother. Take a minute to take that thought in. No put away the banjo. So... I allowed it. I even encouraged it. Twilight ofcourse was a big stick in the mud about it saying managers shouldn't date their employees. I don't remember what I said about that but it ended up me getting my head smacked with a book.
I gave it a few more weeks. Twilight kept blushing like a school girl. Back in Canterlot she never had a boyfriend, sure she had boys talk to her but being anti social back then why not start here? It started as a joke as I gave a coupon to Watt for a dinner for two at the fancy restaurant. He thought I wanted to go with him at first. We both laughed at the thought but I said it was for Twilight. She needed to have a night out besides being with friends which soon would dwindle down over time unfortunately. So I had the whole library to myself to pig out and do whatever I wanted. I pretty much played computer games in peace without Twilight yelling at me that computers are supposed to be for educational use only. I ate ice cream before dinner. Didn't wipe my feet off at the door mat and peed in the shower. Gross huh?
Oh wow time sure did fly fast once you're fully into a game of Minecraft. I washed up and got ready for bed. I lied down in my basket and kept the door open so I can hear. All I could hear is that she had a good time and would like to do it again, he agreed. I pretended to fall fast asleep. I heard her walk up the stairs then to the restroom. She was humming. That's a good sign. I felt happy and wrapped myself in my sheets and went to sleep happily. Watt would ask Twilight on more dates and the more I had the library to myself. Though it got lonely sometimes so I would ask Twilight if I could go over to Rarity's or Pinkie Pie's. She approved and I would usually have fun at either place. Pinkie Pie being herself made me help making cup cakes. Rarity pretty much the same though whenever I would mention she would would ask excitedly how he was doing. I raised an eyebrow. Weird. Does Rarity like Watt too? I found it cute that Sweetie Belle liked him too though Rarity found it annoying.
I asked Watt if he had something going on with Rarity. Was I jealous. I admit yes. What? Oh yeah ignore the wooden bat behind me. He told me no. I asked him again a bit more furious. He just looked at me and told me we were going to talk to Rarity to prove that he had nothing going on with Rarity. We knocked on Rarity's door. Rarity called from behind the door and asked who was it. Watt said it was him and he was brought a guest. But the door opened too quickly and Rarity was standing there in her bathing suit. Awkward. Twilight was not so far behind us when she wanted to drop off something. She looked at Watt then at Rarity then to me.
"Rarity why are you in the middle of your store in a bathing suit?" Twilight asked.
"Well Watt said he was coming over and..." Rarity was cut off. Watt got a massive nose bleed.
Twilight looked at Watt, "So. You and Rarity?"
Watt shook his head, "No. No I know it looks bad Twilight but I brought Spike with me but she opened the door before I could say I brought any pony and..."
Twilight raised an eyebrow, "This really isn't helping your case." She put her hoof down, "Look if you want to date Rarity then go ahead. If you wanted a raise you didn't have to take me out to dinner and say nice things to me!"
"Twilight it's not what it looks like." Watt defended himself calmly.
I noticed Sweetie Belle walked down the stairs in her one piece pink swim suit to save the day. Or atleast I thought she was saving the day. She put on her terrible seducing voice, "Oh hey Mr. Watt I didn't know you were coming over."
Twilight looked at Watt again with a bigger confused look then back to Sweetie Belle, "Sweetie Belle? Were you and Rarity just trying on swim suits?"
"Uh huh." Sweetie Belle nodded, "Don't I look sexy?"
"Sweetie Belle a girl like you shouldn't use words like that!" Rarity scoffed.
Twilight just stood there for a second. Then started laughing. Then we all did. As it all turned out to be a misunderstanding as the girls were just trying to try on suits and ask each other how they looked and Rarity could barely find a robe. Rarity congratulated Watt and Twilight for becoming a pair. Good for me that I can chase Rarity for myself. Sweetie Belle I noticed was crying off like a crushed soul. Sure I felt bad so Rarity and I counseled her. She gave me a big hug in the end and a kiss on the cheek. Strange I thought. But it felt good. I remembered two things that day. Sweetie Belle kissing me and Rarity in a bathing suit. Please Celestia let that memory stay forever.
One day Watt was setting up another shelf until one fell on his wing pretty much breaking it. While I was running around screaming, Twilight called for help. Watt had to get a cast on his wing like Rainbow Dash did one time. So we found out something interesting about Watt that day. He had bandages around his arms and torso because he was in a fire. He tried covering it up all the time with his coat so that made sense. Also he seemed to lost some nerve endings so part of his arms have no feeling to them. He told them not to take off his hat but the doctor did anyway to find out that he was an alicorn. The doctor just wanted to see if there was any damage to his horn. Meanwhile Twilight and I were in shock this entire time on what he really was. So to his request he kept his hat on all the time when guests arrived. Watt was let out of the hospital and had a cast on his wing for a month or two. So he was pretty much grounded anyway. Twilight asked him some pretty tough questions. Watt didn't answer right away for personal reasons. She even asked if Watt was any way related to the princess. Watt kept quiet. Twilight accepted this and moved on.
There was one time Watt did yell at me because I did something stupid by using Scootaloos scooter and tried to fly off the top stair. But what he really was yelling at me about was me doing something dangerous as the trick. I dented the shelf with my spikes. I thought he didn't want to be my brother anymore because I dented one of the shelves without telling anyone and thought if no pony saw it. Then I would get off Scott free. I tried to deny it. He said he didn't care about the shelf, he just wanted to know I was alright and if I needed to see a doctor. He was holding me close inspecting my head. In a way it did hurt so he cradled me and kept an ice pack on my head just incase. Kept whispering to me and asking if I was any better. The work for the day didn't get done but Watt didn't care. He just wanted to know that I was alright. Might think this is silly but I was getting a dad vibe off of him.
More time went along. The library was starting to look better. More computers were set up. Watt went through the library catalog and ordered some well rounded things because he knew about Twilight ordering advanced things. He even ordered things from far away out of Twilight's curiosity. More and more I noticed Twilight getting closer and closer to Watt. Almost wrapping her arms around him while he did little work like marking pages. Watt would let me rent a movie of my choice and snuggle up with Twilight while we watched. We would also play video games as Twilight wanted to get in. She was terrible and really dragged our score down. Watt didn't seem to mind. I did in a way. There were a couple of nights I told them I was going to be downstairs playing games again. For some reason Twilight allowed it and said she was going to help Watt do some calibrations. So if calibrations involve the bed upstairs making noises and Twilight giggling then those must be really important. Whatever I was giving my replica of Ponyville in Minecraft more attention. Watt still played with me but Twilight would usually try to squeeze in. Does that violate the bro code?
So leading up to the weeks of when the incident happened. Twilight was upset about a letter she received from the mayor. Turns out that the mayor had to delay the library project and put it off for another day. She just put out a lot of money for the stores that needed a bail out or some sort. What the heck we needed that money too! Now everything in this library looks half done! The walls that were pulled out needed to be redone. Boards on the floor needed to be redone also. Heck everything needed to be redone.
Pinkie Pie dropped off an anniversary invitation. AWESOME! Twilight was feeling a bit different again. A bit in a mood swing too. Nice one minute, stressed out the next. So nice Twilight was happy about the invitation, mad Twilight was frustrated because of the budget cut. One idea came to her. She was going to make her friends a gift like no other. Make them each a book detailing their adventures and friendship, relationships and what not. So Twilight and I gathered all the necessary things to make her project complete. Pinkie Pie would come by from time to time to ask Twilight to help her with her new business she was building. Pinkie explained it to us what it was going to be. I was impressed. Twilight on the other hand was in her mood swing again. Then she gave in and helped Pinkie.
Twilight came back home later. First thing she did was yell out how Pinkie doesn't listen and eventually she was going to go broke if she didn't watch her spending. I admit, Pinkie throws parties for odd reasons. Twilight would calm down after eating ice cream and pickles. Yuck. Now she's eating like Pinkie just after bad mouthing her. Twilight would go again and try to talk to Pinkie. Again same thing. Twilight came home again upset. I told Twilight she was probably over reacting then she started getting sick from time to time. She would wake up and started throwing up. Grossest moment she threw up in the toilet while I was trying to take a bath. She felt sick for the next couple of days while I would gather up her things for the anniversary project and carefully put things together. Twilight after looking groggy told me what they were supposed to look like. She eventually went to the doctors then came back. Said the doctor will phone her the results later in the week because he was backed up.
So the mayor dropped by for a surprise visit. She saw Twilight wasn't looking good so she made the meeting fast. Saying that the letter was indeed true and budget cuts had to be made. She didn't even look around as she just stood in the doorway. So she dropped a bombshell and told Twilight she had to let Watt go until the project starts up again. Twilight just stood there. Silent. I was overhearing this from upstairs. I didn't want to hear this. I didn't want my brother to go. So I was upset about this, I hid in my basket until Twilight came up to see me crying. Twilight found me and hugged me, saying she was sorry and had to follow the rules. She explained when the money started coming back in he could comeback. But she assured me, he was allowed to volunteer.
So later that day. Watt came to work. Twilight sat Watt down and explained the situation to him. Watt didn't even react the way I thought he would. He explained that he was fired on other occasions because of this similar fashion. He wasn't a bad worker it's just that he works on multiple occasions for the mayor. She would direct him into these jobs and leave references but she keeps yanking his chain where he's used to it. So Watt asked if he could still come around. Twilight nodded. Watt just sighed and tipped his hat over his eyes. He wasn't even upset, but Twilight assured him that once she gets the money rolling again he can come back on full pay even a raise.
Watt came that day to say he had to go out of town for the next week or two. He was going to Canterlot to visit him mother. I hid in my basket again. I heard things like this start out like this. I somehow thought if Watt left he wasn't going to come back. And so, Watt left the next day with Twilight giving him an errand to do. The doctor never called back until the end of the week. He just laid down the news and congratulated her. For what I wondered?
The party eventually came and it was huge. I asked Twilight if she wanted to go but she made it clear that she was still upset with Pinkie Pie. She also seemed nervous about something. Before I could ask she shoed me out the door. I must of spent the entire time hopping from party to party eating all sorts of cake. Think I crashed a wedding shower and stole a big piece of cake from there. I saw Rainbow Dash partying down like an animal but I liked how she did it. She was causing all sorts of mayhem. I danced with Rarity and Sweetie Belle. Rarity is who I really wanted to dance with but she excused herself to do something. So I had the rest of the dance to Sweetie Belle. It was awkward but she loved it I could tell. She ended up kissing me again.
So I excused myself and wandered around a bit more. I wandered back over to Dinky Doo's party that was wrapping up. Derpy gave me a spare baggy with treats inside. Heh. Nice of her to give me one because I wasn't invited but made my way in. Giving Dinky a flower that Rarity's friend let me pluck from the center pieces. It wasn't much but she liked it. Pinkie came running up to me and said she gathered every pony to get Twilight. I told Pinkie that Twilight doesn't seem to be in the mood for partying. Rarity I noticed wasn't in a good mood herself. Pinkie waved my opinion and had me unlock the front door. We called out for Twilight. I said she must have been in the basement reading again. So Pinkie knocked on the basement door. Again and again until Twilight answered it. Twilight put on her mad face. Was this mad Twilight talking now? Pinkie didn't fear her and asked her. Twilight said she wasn't coming and made it clear. Pinkie started tugging on Twilight's arm. Twilight swatted her then Pinkie pulled on her arm again until. The others tried to calm down the situation by trying to speak up.
*WAM*
Pinkie was on the ground holding her face. Hiccuping while crying. The girls looked at Twilight in shock. I was too scared I probably should have stayed but I ran up the stairs and hid in my bed. There was some shouting involved I figured from Rainbow Dash and Apple Jack. But then I heard the talking die down. I heard Twilight begging for forgiveness but the front door closed. Complete silence. I poked my head out from the covers to hear crying. I heard books falling from the shelf. I crawled out of my bed to look from the top of the stairs. Twilight sobbing uncontrollably. I walked down slowly. I didn't know what to do except just keep walking to her.
"Tw...Twilight?" I peered over her shoulder.
She looked up slowly. She needed comfort and badly. I knew she didn't mean to hit Pinkie but with Twilight swinging from moods lately its been unpredictable. I did the only thing I could do. Hug her. She cried and cried. She was really sorry but was too scared what every pony would think of her. Pinkie Pie was very well known in town as the pony that brought joy and laughter. Twilight just punched in her the face. I sure hope no pony start giving her trouble.
We slept on the floor that night. I woke up to get the paper and found two slices of cake along with a pair of magnets on the doormat. If I know any pony that would give Twilight a one hundred percent chance it would be Fluttershy. Thank Celestia for a pony like her. I brought them into the kitchen. Twilight still sat there on the floor sleeping peacefully. Later that day I would learn that Pinkie Pie decided not to press any charges but she ended up getting stitches. Didn't know Twilight could hit that hard. There was some talk around town saying Twilight was a party pooper or Pinkie Pie deserved to get hit for once. The town gossip was pretty split on it and I thought it was ridiculous.
There was only way to set this right. Twilight and Pinkie are going to have to sit down and talk about their actions but how things were going lately it was going to be tough. Pinkie's parents and sisters were in town for the week to see if Ponyville was a nice place to settle down and retire. That just made matters worse. Pinkie warned us that her dad was old fashioned but believed in an eye for an eye. I kept my guard up if he went anywhere near the library. Mr. and Mrs. Cake was willing to still do business with us just not as cheery anymore. Fluttershy told me she bought a jellyfish and was keeping it in her tub. It looked funny looking but it was cute too. Apple Jack kept working on her arm as usual. Rainbow Dash still a cloud moved. Rarity became a little distant, she'll still allow me to help her on projects but bringing up Twilight was another subject. Sweetie Belle would be at Rarity's more for some reason. Pinkie Pie ran her party planning business with success but also was distant.
The checks for the library project stopped coming like the mayor said. Now everything looked half finished. Watt again picked up the job opportunity at Rarity's but not happily and still planned on volunteering at the library and passed out Twilight's finished anniversary gift. Some friends took it preciously, others did not. I walked home to find Twilight writing a letter to her mom and caught the final sentence she wrote out loud. "You're going to be a grandmother."
I put down the groceries and asked, "So is Shining Armor and Candence having a baby?"
Twilight gasped and hid the letter while blushing, "Oh... uh. Hey Spike."
I thought this was probably what Twilight needed to motivate herself to get out of the house finally. "So is it true?"
Twilight looked at me sadly, "Not quite Spike... There is going to be a baby but it's not my brother or Candence's..."
"So what does that mean?" My little brain couldn't wrap around it.
Twilight sighed and formed light tears this time, "It's me."
Twilight explained to me about the birds and the bees. I can not be anymore embarrassed more than ever now. In the end we started laughing lightly about it. I hugged her in congratulations, she hugged back.
"Excuse me Spike but can you write the letter to the princess this time?" Twilight asked me.
"Sure Twilight what about?" I asked.
Twilight sighed sadly, "Everything... How I was rude to my friends. How I punched Pinkie. And the news of the princess being a grandmother herself." she frowned, "I have to tell Watt about this too when he comes in..." But I knew she was scared.
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note: well there you have it. more twists. more holes filled. more reasons. and act 1 finally finished! Please review! I need more ideas on how to draw this out longer a bit. I figured this will be separated into ACTS and three in total. I'm open to ideas as long as they're reasonable. It is a K+ story though.
