The Day My Life Continued

Chapter Nine

"And last night, Bumblebee took me to an ice cream parlor." I explained excitedly. "They had these things where if you eat thirty scoops of ice cream in thirty minutes you got a free t-shirt. I was doing great, but half way through Bumblebee got a brain freeze! I had to finish the rest of it myself!"

Reaching for my bag, I pulled out the t-shirt. It was a plain white shirt, fit for ponies. It had tiny ice cream cones all over, and the words 'I Won The Thirty Scoop Challenge!' in bright blue.

"Sounds like you had a fun night." Mia said, sipping her tea. She was smiling, hadn't really stopped since I came in.

"Of course I did. The idiot gave me a challenge. I had to finish it." I asked, picking up my tea cup. Man, Mia always had good tea at the Crystal Empire.

This was how our biweekly meetings usually went. Mia would tell me anything new in her life, and I would do the same, all over a nice hot pot of tea. It felt so British, and I loved it. Of course, most of my stories were changed for Mia's sake. She didn't know my secret, and I was happy with that. If she knew, who knows what guilt trip I would get.

It doesn't sound good, happily keeping a secret. I feel kinda like Miley in the last episode of Hannah Montana, looking for a fake disguise because she needs to have some kind of big secret. Why did I have to pick the crazy Disney channel star? Why couldn't I have chosen Kim Possible, who never had a secret for more than one episode?

I could worry about that stuff later, right now I was enjoying some sweet tea! Well, it was normal tea but then I put in, like, five sugar cubes. It's a Southern thing.

This was my life, and I loved it. I had loyal friends, a wonderful daughter, a nice boy(colt?)friend, a mortal enemy, and no one had tried to assassinate me for the Crown. Everything was in order.

Or, at least I could pretend when I was having tea with Mia.

Mia clapped her hooves, excited. "Your first princess summit. I'm so happy for you, and Twilight!"

I had some more tea. "Twilight's been a bit nervous about it. She still hasn't gotten used to being a princess."

Mia brushed it off with her hoof. "Twilight a great princess, and more she's a great mare. She'll be one of Equestria's best princesses."

"Exactly. She just needs a push in the right direction." I said. 'And here I am.'

==DMLC==

The Mane Six and Spike walked under the Crystal Palace, smiling once they caught sight of me.

"Hi Raspberry." Rainbow Dash said, flying over my head. "Why did you have to get here before us?"

"Princess Cadence and I wanted to get together before the Summit began." I explained to the group. "There's just not enough time for tea when dealing with four other princesses."

"I know that, you told us yesterday." Rainbow groaned. "But why are you here so early?"

That was actually not true. The sky had started to turn gold as Celestia began the sunset, I had been here since lunch. Still, the comment made me blush. "I have a thing against being late. Five minutes early is ten minutes late, so the saying goes."

Rainbow rolled her eyes. Applejack shook her head, staring at Twilight and I in astonishment. "Hoo-wee! Your very first princess summit. You two must be over the moon."

"Oh, I've been looking forward to it for a long time." 'Since I heard about the movie.' I thought, smirking at my own little joke.

Twilight smiled at her friend. "Oh, I am excited." The smile faded, giving way to an anxious frown. "But, to be honest, I'm a little nervous, too."