Twilight Sparkle's First Date

Chapter 2

The following Monday, Twilight saw Longsight Spellen in homeroom. She tossed her hair to the side to make her look attractive, then she approached him.

"Hey, Longsight," Twilight said, without a hint of nervousness. "How was the hoofball game?"

"Hi, Twilight," Longsight said. "It was a lot of fun! I wish you could have gone with me."

"Yeah, it's too bad I couldn't make it," Twilight said. She gave a half-laugh. "You know, family business."

Longsight looked at her earnestly. "I wanted to ask you to go with me, but I was nervous," he said. "I mean, you're so smart and pretty and all...I'm sure you already have a coltfriend."

"I've never had a coltfriend," Twilight said.

No, that wasn't right.

"I don't have a coltfriend right now," Twilight said.

Hmmm...that could be better.

Twilight laughed. "You're too nice, Longsight," she said. "But the truth is, I'm not seeing anypony right now."

There. Perfect.

"Really?" Longsight asked, looked excited. "Then...Twilight Sparkle, will you marry me?"

Okay, that's going overboard!

Twilight Sparkle shook her head. She was currently lying in her bed, imagining a conversation for her to have with Longsight when school resumed. She didn't do this often, but-oh, who was she kidding? She did this all the time. Pretty much every night, before she went to sleep, she thought up conversations for herself to have with other ponies.

It was nice, because the conversations were taking place in her imagination, so she could control them. Not once did she ever get tongue-tied or misunderstood. All the other ponies instantly liked her, and she had no problems expressing her emotions.

Unfortunately, since Twilight usually held imaginary conversations at night before going to sleep, she wasn't always sure where the conversations ended, and where the dreams began.

Twilight yawned and fell into a deep sleep.

*knock knock knock*

"Huh?"

*knock knock knock*

"Woah, somepony's at the door."

*knock knock knock*

Thunder Prancey got up from the couch, where he'd been sleeping. He scratched his stomach, which had little bits of food stuck to it, and he made his way to the door. He was surprised to see three fully-dressed guards waiting for him.

"Are you Thunder Prancey?" the guard in the middle asked.

"Woah," Thunder said. "Uh, yeah, that's me. Is there...is there a problem?"

Shining Armor, who was leading the two other guards, shook his head. "I want to talk to you about Twilight Sparkle," he said.

"Twilight...oh," Thunder said. He began to chuckle. "Princess Celestia's pet nerd?"

Shining scowled. "Yes, that's the mare I'm talking about," he said.

"Heh, I knew her several years ago," Thunder said. "The little bookworm thought she was good enough to take me to Prom. What a joke."

"Joke?"

"When she asked me, she was stumbling over the words and everything," Thunder said. "Shaking like a leaf. Hilarious, man. What a whackjob."