Chapter 22: Problem Solved
The next morning Lucky went to the office, though on the way she got Twilight, Pinkie and Spike. Along the way they were greeted by many ponies, among them Bonbon and Lyra. Lucky was happy to see them both. "Hi you two. What's your schedule for today?" Bonbon said, "Well, Lyra decided to move in today, ever since you talked to us last night she's been thinking more about moving in sooner than she wanted. So it's today the big move is happening."
"Good luck with that, mind showing me where your house is so I can visit sometimes?" Bonbon said, "Not at all. Follow us." They did and Lucky regarded it with approval. "It is very big, big enough for you both. I hope you like it here Lyra, and later I might stop to see how the move went, if you're finished moving by that time." Lyra smiled, "Thanks Princess. See you later then." Lucky nodded then went on her way to the office, luckily not too far from Bonbon's and soon to be Lyra's home as well.
"So, they're moving in together at Bonbon's house?", Twilight asked. "Yup. Know why?" Twilight thought about why they might do that, then she thought of Lucky's parents, her two friends and grinned. "Because they're in a relationship like your mamas?" Lucky grinned, "Bingo. They're also thinking of letting their friends know too, I said that everypony has seen how Aunt Rarity and Aunt Fluttershy has acted towards each other in public, the citizens didn't seem to mind, so those two are thinking of letting ponies know too by the way they act to each other."
"Good for them. Hopefully they'll get the same reception as Rarity and Fluttershy when they're out on the town.", Twilight said. "Yeah, I would love for them to be open about each other, like your mamas and Aunts.", Pinkie said. Lucky nodded. They got to the Town Hall and the workers there greeted everypony. "Mayor, I will be having a meeting with these three plus Princess Celestia, so please make sure to let other ponies know so there are no interruptions." The mayor said ok and went off to get a 'meeting in progress' sign to put on Lucky's office door.
"Thank you.", Lucky said after the mayor helped put it up. "You're welcome Princess." Lucky wrote a letter to Celestia saying that she wants a meeting with her. She got a reply back in a pretty good time, saying that would be possible and she was on her way right now, after making sure there were no appointments with other ponies in her city anytime soon today. In fact, there were none at all. Lucky had a clear schedule today as well, except for the three soon to be four to be in her office.
The mayor showed Celestia the way to Lucky's office when she got there, which was at 11:30. Lucky let the Princess in and they all sat at Lucky's desk. Lucky behind it and the other four in front of it. "So, why did you call me here and why are Spike, Twilight, and Pinkie here?", Princess Celestia asked. Lucky smiled, "Because, you, Aunt Twilight, and Aunt Pinkie are part of a problem. Aunt Twilight happens to be my friend with the problem I told you about yesterday."
The three ponies, especially Celestia, were stunned. "So you're telling me that I helped you help myself?" Lucky giggled. "Yup, kind of like that. You're actually part of the problem. Not the whole problem itself. You helped me to help Aunt Twilight. Now, on with trying to fix this problem. Aunt Twilight, I have noticed you spend time alone with Aunt Pinkie a lot, I also have seen that you are also interested in the Princess here. I saw you watch her leave, then walk away without a word to us saying good bye or good night. This gives me reason to believe you like-like them. Is this true?"
Twilight looked a bit unsure and a teeny bit scared. "Um... w-well..." Lucky sighed a bit, 'Give her time, she'll tell us from us just watching her and waiting for her answer.', she thought to herself. Twilight then groaned, "Yes... it's true Princess Lucky. You got me. I like both of them. Princess Celestia and Pinkie, I like you both as more than just friends and just student-teacher. I'm breaking two taboos at the same time. I really hope you both don't drop me as a friend and student." They both looked at Lucky, then at Twilight, unsure what to say actually.
Twilight takes it the wrong way and hangs her head, staring at the ground, Lucky can feel her sadness, she knows she's about to cry. "Aunt Twilight, they're trying to find out what they want to say, look in their eyes, they don't want to hurt your feelings, and they definitely don't want to drop you as a friend and student. They're trying to get used to the fact you like them both and they are trying to figure out how to word what they want to say. So please don't cry."
Twilight looked up at Lucky, then at her friend and teacher. Exactly how Lucky said, trying to find out the words to say, and definitely trying to grasp the fact that she likes them both. Twilight smiled, "Thanks Princess. I do hope they are nice about it. I know they don't swing that way. Especially Princess Celestia. She needs a King by her side, not another female, especially if it's her student." Celestia then said, "Not necessarily. I don't really need a King, I can be Princess for life if I wanted. I don't need to marry."
"Really?" Celestia nodded, then said, "You would be correct though, I don't swing that way. At least, I don't think anyway. There is always that possibility until it's proven if I do or don't. Out of the many years I've lived, I never once gave it a thought, only because this has never happened to me." Twilight nodded in understanding then turned her attention to Pinkie. "Pinkie, well... she is very good with the twins, and there has only been one adoption in our country's recorded history, and that would be our 5 year old Princess sitting right in front of us, adopted to Applejack and Rainbow. I bet Pinkie would want foals of her own... am I right?"
Pinkie looked at her. "Well, giving that, you would be right, but now I think about it... I think I like you too Twilight. I mean, yes I love my friends, but that's different than a romantic love, and my love for you, a friend, feels way more different than my love for my friends here in Ponyville. I dunno why, but it is and I wanna find out more. Twilight, how much do you like me, other than more than a friend?" Twilight thought a bit, "Well... even though your antics always exhaust and annoy me, every time you're away, I kind of miss your constant silliness with what you do, whatever it is you do.
"You're really random Pinkie, I know you heard Rainbow call you that many times. You're used to being called that. I think one part I love is your randomness. It's like a guessing game with you. No pony ever knows what you'll do next. The next thing I love about you is you always love to make ponies smile. You're the first pony I met to ever have that as a kind of every day goal, and I like that. Especially if you're my friend and know I'm having an off day, you want to cheer me up in any way, shape, and form you can. Almost literally too... that's all I can think of for now." Pinkie smiled, "That's all I needed to hear. Thank you for telling the truth Twilight. I guess my reasons for liking you is because you're dependable and smart.
"You always know what to do and what to say in whatever trouble we get into. Well, almost always know what to do and say, but most of the time you're good at that. You always try to make me think before I do, which I really do need to practice on I admit. Like with Princess Lucky the first time I met her. I didn't see that she was scared because of the potential party I would have thrown if it weren't for you telling me she was claustrophobic and what that even meant.
"You're a very good friend Twilight, and I love that about you, and I love that you try your best to be a good friend, even though you never knew what friendship was until you came here. You try too hard sometimes though, like that one time you thought you would have been tardy. You tried too hard to get that letter in on time, even though the Princess would have understood the situation if you had only told her. I still can't believe you did what you did. All of us tried to tell you you were worrying over nothing. You should have listened."
Twilight nodded, "And I know that now, thanks to you and the others. I don't think I ever thanked you for it, so thank you Pinkie. You too Spike. You actually lived with me at the palace and knew the Princess as well as I, and I should have listened to you if not our 5 friends, if it weren't for my total concentration on getting that letter in by the next day. I know I said sorry Princess Celestia, but I just want to say it again. I'm sorry."
Celestia smiled gently, "Don't mull over things from the past Twilight, just focus on the future. What's done is done and it cannot be undone. Although I accept your second apology." Lucky then asked, "So, Aunt Twilight, Aunt Pinkie, now that you gave each other your thoughts and feelings about each other, what would you say you would do next? Would you still be just friends, or would you let your feelings grow and become like my mamas and my Aunt Rarity and Aunt Fluttershy?"
Twilight and Pinkie looked at each other and then thought it through. "I think, if it's ok with Pinkie, I think I would like to let our feelings grow more and become marefriends. Princess Celestia... I know you don't feel like I feel towards you, so I respect that, and will not push the matter any further." Celestia nodded once, "Thank you Twilight. I respect your decision. And as Pinkie said earlier, thank you for telling me the truth. I appreciate it." Twilight smiled at her teacher/mentor.
Then Pinkie said, "It's definitely ok with me Twilight. I would love to become your marefriend." Twilight then smiled happily. Princess Celestia was happy for the two, then she said to Lucky, "This definitely turned out for the best. I really do think they belong together. You also are a very good Princess. You definitely are a big help to any pony who has a problem. You're a great problem solver, although this round you had my help through letter, you carried on from my advice and just let us figure it out ourselves and did not intervene."
"Intervene?" Celestia smiled, "It means you did not interrupt or have any say in this matter, where you didn't need to say anything. You just watched us and I could see you were ready for anything. You were aware of us and if needed you were ready to intervene if we fought. Fortunately that was not the case and everything went smoothly. You did great. I'm proud Lucky." Lucky grinned, proud of herself as well, and the other three in the room agreed with Celestia. So, they all left a little after they conversed nonchalantly. Lucky was happy she got to leave earlier than yesterday.
She left at 5 this time, then she went to Bonbon's and Lyra's. She knocked on the door. Lyra opened. "Hi Princess, come on in. I'm still unpacking my things, with Bonbon's help." Lucky went in and followed Lyra to the living room where some boxes were and Bonbon was. "Hi Bonbon." Bonbon smiled. "Hi Princess, so, how did it go?" Lucky sat on the couch next to Bonbon, and Lyra sat next to Lucky. "It went great. Aunt Twilight and Aunt Pinkie are now marefriends just like my mamas as well as Aunt Rarity and Aunt Pinkie."
Both the older mares then heard 'Aunt' this time. "Aunt? What?" Lucky explained, then after they understood. "So, do you know any magic Princess?", Lyra asked, her being a Unicorn, also able to use magic. Lucky nodded. "I'm learning form Aunt Twilight." Lyra was happy to hear that, "How much magic do you know?", she then asked. "Not that much yet. I can pick things up and put them down, I can move things, heavy or light, I can even wash dishes and do other household chores with magic." Both looked impressed.
"Very good. It seems you're advanced in your magic then." Lucky nodded. After a long while of talking, Lucky asked the time, it was 8. "Oh dear, my parents might be a little worried, I'm so sorry to run out on you, thank you for supper and everything. You are good friends. Very thoughtful and very nice. I'm also glad being open about your relationship worked out for you. Well, good night." They bid Lucky good bye and good night, also saying it was no problem and thanking her for her help unpacking as well.
Lucky got home to a worried Applejack and a pacing Rainbow. They looked up as Lucky came through the door. "Oh good she's safe.", Applejack said. "Well of course, why wouldn't I be?" Rainbow then said, "You've never come home this late from the office, we were hoping it actually was the office that kept you. Was it?" Lucky shook her head. "I was visiting Bonbon and Lyra. Lyra had just moved in with Bonbon and I visited, talked and helped Lyra finish unpacking with Bonbon." Applejack asked, "Did you eat too or not yet?" "They let me eat there with them, I told them they didn't have to feed me too, but they told me it was no problem at all."
"Well good, I'm glad ya ate. Ya thank them?" Lucky nodded. Applejack was glad to hear that. "Well, we should get off to bed now. How did the meeting go with the love triangle?", Rainbow asked. "It went great, Aunt Twilight and Aunt Pinkie are now marefriends." Applejack and Rainbow both grinned. "That's awesome, I'm proud of you Lucky. You make a great Princess, truly.", Rainbow said. Applejack agreed. They then got off to bed.
A/N: ok, next chapter Lucky is 8 years old, I'm skipping ahead of time now. 22 chapters of her being 5 and her feats already done, I think it's about time to introduce her getting her cutie mark. You'll see how. She now also has the golden things that Princess Celestia, Luna, and Cadance has on the bottom of their hooves. She has ever since her coronation as Princess. They appeared on her hooves after her mini speech. I just forgot to put that in . so, now on with the next chapter.