Dear Princess Celestia,
I have attached a report with all my findings and conclusions from the Shadow Incident and the subsequent Nightmare Test. After three weeks with no further insights, I am forced to admit that I have reached the limit of what I can draw from the data I have. At this time, per your directives, I will continue my studies in the magic of friendship foremost, with the studies of shadow magic as a secondary or even tertiary goal.
I must admit I have little hope for further breakthroughs in my lifetime on shadow magic. The thaumatic structure is so radically different that it will likely take many years to fully understand how to create a spell, and a mana source must be found if any progress is to be made beyond flaring. I will continue to keep it in my mind, but will focus on my other studies as you suggest.
However, this is not the main purpose I have for writing this letter. Having thought on the matter for the last few weeks, I have come to see both Epona and Link as a friend. Furthermore, I have had some thoughts on the relationship we had, and I believe I have enough to write a friendship report.
I am not particularly close with either Epona or Link. Epona spent the majority of her time with Applejack, and it is likely that Applejack is the closest friend to Epona. Link, well, we rarely ever saw him. Even when he was changing our lives, by rescuing the Crusaders or by rescuing us from Nightmare Moon, we never saw him. And Fluttershy is the only pony I know that managed to understand his speech.
And yet I consider them both to be my friend, even though I do not know what Epona's favorite color is, or even what Link is telling me. And I realized that I considered them a friend, not because I knew them, but because despite the lack of a deep relationship I could count on both of them to help us out.
A friend does not have to be someone you see everyday, or even know very well. A friend can be anyone that you trust enough to be a friend.
Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle
It wouldn't exactly be a MLP episode/story without a friendship letter at the end, so I came up with one.
Well, the story is done, and I feel pretty accomplished. This is the first story I have ever completed. However, before I move on to other things, there are some things I would like to say first.
First off, I would like to say that while the story is indeed 'completed', that does not preclude additional chapters in the future. I don't intend to go back and edit in things right now, but there are a number of additional scenes that I would like to write at some point- deleted scenes that never made it into the story, future scenes that do not belong in the story yet I would like to write, non-cannon deleted scenes, etc. Some will be no more than a few hundred words. Others may be as long as a chapter. So stay tuned. It won't be on a regular schedule, but expect a few further chapters for you to read.
Second, I would like to make a plea. To everyone reading this, please know that I do not consider myself a writer. Perhaps I am good at it, perhaps not, but the reason I am here on this site is to read. I wrote this story because, at the time that I started it, there was only a handful of Zelda Twilight Princess stories and maybe one story that had Wolf Link in it, if that. And I had an idea, the one you just read. And I never saw anyone else even close to writing it. I realized that the only way I would ever read such a story was if I wrote it myself. So I did.
But the point is everyone has an idea. So please, if you have a story idea, any idea, one that you think is different or better or anything, please, write it. If you feel that you can't write well, whether it be grammar or presentation or whatever, get an editor, they can and will help. The idea you have in your head won't get out any other way, and I am certain that someone, somewhere, will enjoy reading it.
Thank you for reading everyone, I hope you enjoyed it.
