After the coronation, Princess Celestia has held a party in Canterlot. There were ponies from the upper class, the Royal and ponies from Ponyville. Twilight was a little unsure of the guests because she barely knows them, but luckily she knew someponies from Ponyville.
It was Celestia´s idea to invite them. But it is not just a fancy party, which Rarity enjoy being in, but Pinkie was there to entertain the ponies with her party canon and balloons.
She was actually just going to her friends, until she encounters somepony, she knows. Fancy Pants as a white stallion with a blue mane, a noble tuxedo with his little glasses on his chestpocket and a cutie mark of three small gold crowns. And next to him is there a pink-white mare that was on Luna´s size. She is beautiful as a flower, rather a lily and seems very noble exactly as Fancy Pants. Twilight smiled politely to them and greeted them and the two ponies bowed enjoyable at Twilight, "Congratulations Miss Sparkle, I knew you deserve something special to you..." praised Fancy Pants impressed by Twilights new transformation. Fleur de Lis nodded in agreement and say a few phrases that sound like an admiration.
Twilight thanked for their comment and could not catch sight of her friends. They talked only a moment, but she was relieved that Fancy Pants and Fleur de Lis should continue to meet other guests. But Fancy Pants stopped and told Twilight that she would greet Rarity from him. Twilight nodded in response. Fancy Pants smiled kindly to her and wished her goodbye. Twilight curtsied enjoyable and turns around quickly to find her friends, but she soon was distracted by the noble ponies that have a great pleasure to meet the new princess. Twilight greeted kindly at them, but could not see where her friends were. She feels something pulling her from the crowd and the precious ponies quickly shows an uninteresting grimace and shows often cold glances or cold shoulder against Twilight.
"Thank you, you really saved my life!" Twilight thanked very relieved after being released from the crowd.
When she turns her head against her savior, she was very enraptured and amazed to see there is a red mare in front of her and holding her with one hoove.
"It was nothing. You were just about to drown in there... "said the sweet and childish voice and smiled kindly to Twilight, but Twilight stared admiring the young mare and could not resist her sweet expression.
The young mare has an irresistible natural beauty that simply cannot take the eyes from. Her coat was red as blood and her mane was also red, but red as a rose and as silkier as rose petals. Her eyes were pink as a primrose. She stares at Twilight with the most friendliest and gentlely gaze, she ever saw. Twilight wondered why the mare looks a bit younger than her or her friends. She probably is the same age and height as Twilight, but looks more like a young filly than mature mare. She was thinking of Rarity and Apple Jacks sisters, Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom and even Scootaloo which probably going to look like the young mare when they reach their maturity.
"Are you... okay? You looks like you´ve seen a ghost? " the young mare asks a bit unsure, but Twilight was just completely out for mind for a while until she woke up from her craving and turned red in the face of embarrassment.
"...Thank you for saving me... Again..." muttered Twilight embarrassing, but the young mare just smiled and began to laugh a bit.
Twilight came to her habitual bookworm personality and introduced herself;
"… My name is ...".
"...Twilght Sparkle… I know... " the young mare interrupted and smiled politely to Twilight, which was very tongue-tied than before.
The young mare looked at her expression, she apologized for interrupting, "It´s nothing..." Twilight just responds. "How... how do you know who I am?" Twilight asks quite astonished.
"You can say I've heard stories about you..." the mare replied and begins to tell about how she collected the Elements of Harmony to defeat Nightmare Moon and how their friendship overcame all the evil in Equestria etc.
Twilight was very amazed that she was SO famous. She knows that she did it to teach and protect the friendship she haven´t before, but the scattered stories about her heroism was something she did not expect. Maybe there's a reason why Princess Celestia made her an alicorn. And she just have to accept it no matter what?
"Is there... something wrong, Miss Sparkle ..." the mare asks worried. "No, there is nothing wrong ...thanks for asking..." replied Twilight awkwardly and the mare smile of encouragement.
They are very silent and can only hear the noise of different conversations. Twilight look around a bit after her friends, but look quickly at the red mare who just smiles at her. Twilight seems that she doesn´t look like all aristocrats here in Canterlot, but looks just like a regular pony. It was also mysterious to Twilight that she hasn´t seen her since she might live in Canterlot, but who knows?
"So... what is it, that interests you?" Twilight asks to break the silence and blushed a bit as it was embarrassing for her to ask. The mare looked a bit awkward on her, but smiled gently and starts with her interests of books such as astrology, history and all sorts of literature. Twilight looks so just amazed at her. It's exactly the same she interests for! Sometimes she cannot help but ask her about the books she reads and as the mare responded, it was exactly the same she read as a filly and she read books she had never read before. "Miss Sparkle… has you read a legend about a stallion who sails to the seven seas to capture the greatest legendary creature of the ocean?" the young mare asks questionable. "No… I´ve never heard of it…" Twilight responds and the young mare sighed like she knew nopony has heard about the legend, so she told Twilight how the story are like and she listens patiently. After that they felt into a conversation that Twilight forgot about her friends and feel that there is chemistry between her and the red mare.
Then she hears familiar voices behind her, which could only be her friends. Twilight turns around and was very happy to see them. She was very excited to introduce her friends to the red mare. "Girls, I want you to meet..." Twilight said exciting and turns to the red mare, but asks for the name, but the mare disappeared suddenly. Twilight has no clue where she went, but seems very disappointing that she can´t introduce a friend to others. Her friends´ looks a little bemused at her apart from Pinkie, "Who? I don´t t see anypony," said Pinkie and scout up on Twilight's head.
"Darling... Who is this mare, you´re having a conversation with?" Rarity asks which Twilight were relief that she was the only one who noticed the mare.
"I... I didn´t get her name ..." Twilight replied with a melancholy expression.
Her friends looked worried at her, but Apple Jack encouraged her, saying that they would get to see her again at some designated times. Twilight tried to smile, but sadness´s sitting still. But she got better after knowing the pony, who has many interests as her and begins to tell her friends about her and they listened very patiently for the description.
"She sounds very friendly..." Fluttershy said which sounded a bit like a whisper. "Yes... she is..." Twilight says quietly, but her friends encourages her and hangs out before they meet the other ponies, they know everything turns out to be okay.
The party lasted almost up to midnight, but the guests are still there and half of the nobles and those from Ponyville have already gone home. But that doesn´t stop Twilight to have fun with her best friends. She had forgotten all about her problems and has no intention other than to have fun. Her friends were just about to get something drink while Twilight waiting patiently for them.
"I hope you've had fun today, Twilight Sparkle ..." a high and majestic voice said.
Twilight turns surprised around and was very happy to see Luna, Princess of the Night. "Yes ... I have really enjoyed myself ..." Twilight answered with a big smile.
Luna smiled back and said she was proud of Twilight; since it was a long time ago there was someone who got that reward. Twilight looked strangely at Luna and asked her, there was somepony before her. Luna was silent at the moment. Twilight could see on her face that there is sadness, but in her eyes there was... guilt.
"Are you ... okay, Princess Luna" Twilight asks worried.
Luna stares at Twilight which was now changed to her usual royal expression and replied amused that she is fine. They are silent for a moment, but Luna got a sharp eye on her sister, who was talking to somepony. Luna would just check who it is and will come right back. Twilight nodded understandable and was left again, but luckily her friends came back but they were not alone. Discord was beside them and looked bored a little, but also have fun together early. Twilight was not so very happy to see the Lord of Chaos here, but since he is reformed and has a good friendship with Fluttershy, she and the other was used to have him around. Well... except Pinkie, who sometimes is not "Pinkie" when Discord is about. Everything was in perfect order before Celestia and Luna appears.
"Twilight, I would like to introduce someone, you may have met before," Celestia said with her gentle smile.
Twilight wonder who could be? She has no idea about it, so she asks stupidly to the princess who this pony is. Celestia giggled and responded to her questions.
"Well, Twilight... I want you two meet a good old friend of mine…". Celestia and Luna moves to the side and the sight of a red pony stand out, "This is Sweetheart ... I'm sure you met here after the party started..." says Celestia very discreet.
Twilight was surprised and couldn´t believe her eyes. Is that the same pony, she met earlier? It had to be her; no one here is red and beautiful as her.
"It´s you…" was the only answer Twilight could say.
"I can see you are speechless to see me again ..." Sweetheart giggled with her childish voice.
Celestia and Luna giggled too, but her friends are too tongue-tied, so Twilight was not the only one. "Is it her... She looks so... so..." Rarity stammered and couldn´t find any word to describe.
"...Enchanting…" Fluttershy said the word Rarity was looking for. They stared for a long time on the red mare who just smiled at Twilights astonished gaze.
"So that was how Twilight described her... It's no wonder that you cannot find the words to somepony like her... " Rainbow Dash said with a surprised look while she flaps her wings over them.
The others agreed except Discord. " Uh... I can´t believe she´s still here ... " Discord muttered annoyed.
"You know her? " Fluttershy asks curious. Discord nodded as answer.
"We could say that we are old… acquaintances..." Discord just replied and flicked with his paw as he teleported himself into a corner and isolate himself, which makes Fluttershy worried.
Twilight was still speechless, but was overwhelming happy to see her again. She finally knows what her name is, yet introduce her to the others and they seemed to be happy for her. It was just unfortunate that the party ended just as quickly, but Celestia was very kind-hearted to let her friends stay overnight in Canterlot, so they went to bed as every maidens leads their guests (and princess) to their chambers.
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Later that night...
The night was quiet and mysterious as Twilight thought it will be. She could hear Spike snore loudly and there was no other sound than that. Twilight stared up at the dark ceiling and wonder still on her fate, but also Lunas expression at the party. She thought if there was anypony else who also should have the title? How come she never heard it in the history books?
Suddenly there is a knock on the door and she gets up and lists past Spike, "Who can it be in middle of the night?" thought Twilight slightly bemused. She opened the door and was surprised to see Sweetheart outside of her chamber.
"Sweetheart, why are you up? The time is over midnight?!".
But Sweetheart just smiled as usual and prays Twilight to come. Twilight did as she said and followed her through the castle hall. It has been a long time since she´s been there and remembered her good times as filly. She wonders where they're going, but she recognizes immediately that they were heading to Canterlot Library.
"Why are we here?" Twilight asks oddly. She told to her, that she read all the books, she knows. But Sweetheart just smiles and walks over to a statue of a pony soldier.
"Not all books..." she says simply and pulls the spear, so the bookshelf shut up and steps appear.
Twilight was so speechless at the secret door and asked her immediately where it´s leading them to. Sweetheart explained immediately that it is an ancient place like no pony knows besides herself. The stairs down to the secret room looks so long and feels like an eternity.
Twilight gets a little shiver of dread and a little excitement. She was looking around the walls and torches, which is like a ring around them. When they finally were reached, she was even more amazed to see a huge room with giant shelves filled with books. It looked very dusty, but Twilight was fascinated by the books that contain much of the stories and legends about heroes.
Sweetheart draws a thin book with her hoove, "Do you remember the book I told you about?" Sweetheart told to Twilight and shows it to her. Twilight takes it with her magic from the horn and looks at the book´s title:
"The Legend of the fearless Stallion and the biggest catch of the Kraken"
"I... I didn´t know it really existed? I thought it is only a myth, you just came up with?!" says Twilight astonished.
But Sweetheart shakes her head and said all the books in this room are stories which remained forgotten. No matter how many ponies in this story, that has exists in centuries ago, they would all be forgotten and their stories will be nothing but a legend.
"Wow... I never realizes that the myths I've read was real... " Twilight said quite astonished again.
Just imagine the urban legends that all ponies have heard about the ponies or creatures were real stories. She asked Sweetheart if there were several books she has not read yet. Sweetheart smiled joyously and shows her around in the secret library and reads legends and myths all night. They have so much fun, that they completely forgots about the time...