“There you are, Twilight!”

Twilight Sparkle was stopped in her rush by Twinkleshine, one of her childhood ‘friends’. On either side of Twinkleshine were Twilight’s other friends - Minuette and Lemon Hearts.

  “Moondancer is having a little get together in the west castle courtyard. Wanna come?” Twinkleshine asked. The three ponies leaned in with big grins, waiting for the certain ‘yes’ that was to come.

Twilight politely denied. In her mind, it was a straight no, but she knew she had to at least try to be a little more polite than that. As soon as she was done turning down their offer, she sprinted off, giving the excuse that she had to ‘study’. She always studied. Twilight was a hard working pony, and she was always in her books. She rarely spent much time with her friends.

  “Ugh. Does that pony do anything except study?” Twinkleshine asked, watching Twilight go. “I think she’s more interested in her books than her friends.”

Moondancer was more excited now than ever before - she was having a party, her first party. For years, she had lived in a shell, barely interacting with anypony - most of the time refusing to even talk to them. This was the case up until recently, when she had bumped into Twilight Sparkle and her friends. She had already met Twilight before from a few Science classes, and Twilight had introduced her to the rest of her friends. Things had simply kicked off from there, and eventually Moondancer had told her new friends all her problems - her low self-esteem, her feeling of being useless, and all the rest. They had quickly tried to cheer her up, but their efforts didn’t do much. What meant most to her, however, was the fact that they had tried. She was worth enough to have somepony care about her and try to make her feel better when she was down. That was what boosted her confidence, and that was what had allowed her to even consider a party. She finally felt like she was worth something.

And if it hadn’t have been for Twilight Sparkle, her friends would probably have never had that talk to her. They would never have cared for her. She was finally feeling some self-worth, and she had realised that she had never even thanked Twilight Sparkle. That was the main point of the party - for Moondancer to thank Twilight and give her the gift that she had created.

Moondancer sat there, a massive grin on her face, waiting for her four best friends to show up. This was going to be the best day of her life - she knew it.

Moondancer looked to her right just in time to see Lemon Hearts, Minuette, and Twinkleshine walking towards her.

Twilight never showed up.

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