It was another normal of reading for Twilight Sparkle. She had just returned from her checklist for the morning. She lived a scheduled life, always planning ahead, which resulted with scrolls of endless things to do. Spike was the one in charge to write these lists down, as every loyal assistant does. But sometimes he simply gets too much. Spike usually counted the number of things she does in the morning, and the highest he has seen is around a hundred and eight in a single day. It was the days when everypony were preparing for the coming of Princess Celestia, she would usually go out and check on everypony. Twilight was also busy on Winter-Wrap up season, ever since she received her position as the manager. Spike was surprised at the amount of things Twilight can list for a day, but he wouldn’t mind if that list was reduced. Because then at least he wouldn’t always end up with a sore wrist every day.

Twilight was mesmerised in a highly interesting tome on the subject of the history of Equestria. But her daily reading schedule was interrupted by somepony knocking on her door. She sighed and placed her bookmarks inside the history book, and headed for the door. Twilight had a countless number of bookmarks. Because of all the time she has for her studies, she usually reads multiple books at a time and will need to use a huge amount of bookmarks. The largest amount of books she had read was over twenty, but she memorized what each one was about, thanks to years of experience from reading multiple books at the same time. But she usually never go over fifteen books at once, she was reading twenty at once for a special occasion.

Twilight reached the door and pulled it open, and there, standing at the doorway was Rainbow Dash. “Hello, Rainbow Dash, what can I do for you?” Remember, quickly and smoothly. Dash said to herself. On her way to Twilight’s house, her mind was still yelling at her to turn back, but it was too late now, she had arrived. “Hi Twilight” replied Dash “Can I come in for a sec? I need to ask you something”

“Sure, come in” Twilight said, opening her door fully for Dash to enter. “Take a seat” Rainbow accepted the offer and took a seat “Well?” Twilight said “What is it that you wanted to ask me?” Make it a quick story. Not too fast or slow. Rainbow Dash opened her mouth, and told Twilight everything. About the story in the cabin and the blizzard, and how her feelings had increased for her since then. Dash poured out everything to Twilight in her words, and how she needed advice on how to communicate to her.

Twilight simply stared at Dash. The Pegasus became increasingly nervous; she had never admitted her love to anypony before. But she wouldn’t mind if it was a stallion, but this was a mare they were talking about. She didn’t want to be accused of being a lesbian. Twilight sensed her nervousness and said simply “There’s no need to be like that” The Pegasus’ nervousness decreased a little “Wha…”

“I’ve seen a couple of other mares like you” said Twilight “Everypony has a different taste, that’s all”

“So….What is the best thing to do?”

“The best alternative is to go to her, admit your love for her” said Twilight

“What if I were to be rejected?”

“I honestly have no experience with love, you’ve asked the wrong person, sorry”  Dash thought about this for a moment, and said simply “Okay, thanks for the advice, Twi” And she trotted out the front door and ascended into the sky again.

Celestia’s sun is descending down towards the west, and Luna’s moon is ascending from the east. It had been several hours since her conversation with Twilight. It wasn’t as bad as she imagined it would be, but that was life, sometimes things turn out better than you imagine for it to be. She had tried to nap, but the words were still stuck in Dash’s head. Go to her; admit your love for her. That wasn’t much help to her, she just couldn’t do it. It might impact her friendship. Although sometimes things turn out better than you imagine for it to be, sometimes it also goes the opposite way. Should she ask Pinkie Pie? No. Pinkie has been known to tell people things that people wouldn’t want other ponies knowing about. But she’s a close friend, and she did say “Losing a friend’s trust is the quickest way to lose a friend” But she still didn’t want to, one knowing about it is enough.

Dash is frustrated with this situation. She sat on the ground, looking at the bright moonlight illuminate all of Ponyville. She heard footsteps behind her; she turned around and found herself face to face with the pink pony.  “Pinkie? What are yo-” Her words were cut off by Pinkie Pie speaking “You like her, don’t you?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about”

“Yes, you do” Dash stared at her, after several seconds Dash finally asked “How did you know?”

“You know about my Pinkie Sense, I knew you were frustrated as soon as my…” Dash didn’t hear what she said, but she knew what she was saying. She was describing the combinations of movements that made her aware that Dash is frustrated with something. Dash had once tried to memorize which combinations meant this and that when she was bored, but that attempt was doomed to failure. “You should go admit your love to her, Dashie, just like Twilight told you to” said Pinkie Pie

“Stop calling me th-, how did you know?” Dash asked “Were you watching me?” Pinkie Pie ignored that question and said “It’s a good idea though, confessing your love to Applejack” said Pinkie “Have a think about it” And with that, the hyperactive pony hopped away.

Rainbow Dash was alone by herself once again. The situation, like she had said before, “Just got 20% more complex”. She probably should take her advice and go tell her. Maybe tomorrow. She thought. Yes, tomorrow, tomorrow will be fine. She’ll do it tomorrow, if she can, that is. But for now, she needs to get some sleep. She decided to walk rather than fly. The night is still young.