Dear Princess Celestia,

There was QUITE a lot to learn on a wide scale, spanning from friendship to my perception of physical reality, and so much more! But I’ll keep this to the point. Your student Twilight Sparkle has shown me time and time again how limited my knowledge of a variety of topics such as the existence of another world full of sentient beings, the possibility of magic, and the like is. She’s also shown me that making friends is possible no matter what world you live in. Never did I think that I’d be met with a creature as… captivating as Twilight is. I surely never thought I’d make friends with her either, given that she simply (and quite literally) popped into my life spontaneously. After she arrived and gave me some insight on where she came from, I took her on a small trip around my world (of course, making sure she was hidden so as to avoid suspicion), where she was able to take down every single note in that notebook. We ran into a few hitches here and there, but we made it through the trip safely (for the most part…).

In return, she introduced me to an entirely new world— no, an entirely new PLANE OF EXISTENCE! I’m not entirely sure what you call this world, so I guess I’ll have to refer to it as ‘Equestria,’ the name of what I understand is your country. As we spent time together, our bond grew and we became closer. Honestly, I think spending time in the form of a pony may have had a hand (or hoof) in the way I saw her. Originally, I saw her as a sort of… pet (no offense intended), given our differing species. However, the longer I’d been around Twilight (in either form), the more I’d strangely found myself… attracted to her. Strange, right? An 'alien' getting a crush on a unicorn... In any case, I was unsure of myself, trying to suppress and ignore my new feelings of affection. Evidently, I failed. But I don’t regret it. If it wasn’t for that, I’m not sure everything would’ve played out as it did over the course of my time in Equestria. I also wouldn’t have come to the conclusion that love truly is blind.

Despite the trials and tribulations Twilight and I had gone through, I’m ecstatic to say that I’ve enjoyed my time in Equestria. I especially cherish my time with Twilight and I’d like to say thank you for understanding me and my background, Your Highness. I can promise that we both will relay as much information about my world to you as you want. I also promise to keep your daughter/niece-in-law/most faithful student as content as possible, while at the same time keeping myself from becoming a distraction from her studies on the magic of friendship.

Your Newest Faithful Subject,

Ponder Memoir AKA Tyshawn AKA Ty

P.S.: If you REALLY are planning on paying my world a visit, Twilight might have a new spell of the transformtion variety in the works…

“There…” I concluded.

“Alright, my turn…” Twi began.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Friendship… a concept that seems so simple, yet proves itself to be totally complex at every turn. As you know, I was trying to demonstrate a spell that would send me to a different area of Equestria that actually wound up sending me to a whole new world entirely. Of course, this is where I met Ty. I was at first, startled by his appearance when we met. It was something the likes of which I’d never seen before... An entirely foreign species of being never known to have ever set hoof-- or FOOT, rather-- in our WORLD, much less our country. Despite that, he proved to be relatively approachable. We spent some time getting to know one another and he even allowed me the opportunity to gather quality information about his residential plane of existence, which led to the two of us forming a connection of sorts. As a thank-you gift, I brought him back to Equestria in order for him to acquire some insight on life here.

As I spent time with him, I realized that he, despite being of a race that is entirely alien to our world, exhibited the same qualities of friendship that I’d been studying up on ever since you relocated me to Ponyville. I was growing quite fond of him, and quickly, too. In addition, likely because of the extensive amount of time we spent together gathering information on each other, I began to feel something new for him… I wasn’t sure myself of what it was that was making me feel this way, but the idea of Ty and I being more than friends was put into my head when Rainbow Dash appeared and introduced herself to him. It was initially a recurring, yet passing thought until we’d met with Rarity, who insisted that we would make a cute couple. Me being the dedicated student I am, I merely attempted to shift such allegations off as simple hearsay in the name of focusing my time on honing my magic skills and researching friendship as you had assigned me.

Then again, Ty and I had hardly been out of reach of one another, with us spending a considerable amount of time together this past week. During that time, he and I talked... a LOT... and the more we did, the more I found a wide variety of traits within him that very much resembled those of a pony. Not only that, but I also began to take a special interest in him... for more reasons than just his surprisingly-advanced thought process that proved he was more than some strange animal I'd stumbled upon. Since my first encounter with the human world up until our first meeting with you, my feelings towards him grew to be… peculiar to me, to say the least. However, I knew what I'd begun to feel... affection. Simply put, I'd developed a 'crush' on my extraterrestrial companion.

Not necessarily knowing why, coupled with thoughts of the perceived immorality in being ensnared in feelings of affection toward someone who not only wasn't a pony, but also wasn't even a resident of our world, I tried my best to keep my inexplicable infatuation hidden until I was sure for myself if my feelings were more than a simple illusion. Before I could explore it, however, you assigned me the task of taking him back home immediately and never returning to his world after the fact. I do not say this out of spite, Your Majesty. I mention this because It was during our trip back to Ponyville after that meeting that I went on a whim and displayed to him how I'd felt. I suppose I have you in part to thank.

Throughout this entire time, I learned two primary lessons: The first is that friendship can be obtained by anyone, anywhere, no matter what existential boundaries may be placed. The second is that love is blind… I mean this in the sense that Ty and I have been able to see past our physical and existential differences. While they are not completely out of the way as obstacles in the name of our recent courtship, we are currently settling into the idea of an interspecies relationship. In addition, while I am aware of the vast assortment of other stipulations of our involvement with one another, I cannot help but feel… calm and relaxed whenever he is around. There are many other lessons I’ve learned along the way, but I will report them to you in separate letters so that you may accurately categorize them. I’d like to thank you, Princess Celestia, for allowing him to visit Equestria and permitting me to travel to his world. As I've previously stated, I understand that there is a plethora of issues Ty and I need to address for a relationship of this caliber to function correctly, but as they say: When there's a will, there's a way.

Your Most Faithful Student,

Twilight Sparkle

P.S.: Ty has agreed to make it a point assist me in my studies in any way he can so that I won’t lose focus on my primary objective.

“Great!” Spike announced as he swiftly organized the parchments into scrolls and proceeded to engulf them in his telegram-sending flame. “I’m going back to sleep now. Remember those jewels you promised me, Twilight…” he irritably finished as he climbed back into his basket and dozed off.

“Thank you, Spike. You will be rewarded accordingly,” Twilight commended the dragon.

“I still can’t believe you made both of us get up at 4:30 A.M. for this…” I blearily complained.

“Well at the very least, it’s finished, right?”

“I suppose…”

“Exactly. Seeing as we’re up, do you want to go now?”

“*yawn* Might as well…” I concurred while I stretched.

“Okay.” With that, I moved to stand next to the lavender unicorn as she prepared the spell to send us back to my home… "Wait!"

"What??"

"Do you want me to heal your injuries first?"

"Hmm... nah, I'll sustain 'em for now. All that really hurts is my eye, an' I'm keepin' it as it is t' remind Rainbow that she owes me a rematch when we come back..." The unicorn cocked an eyebrow in a mixture of amusement and disbelief.

"Really, Ty?"

"Don't you judge me..." I turned away for a moment to hide the involuntary smirk I was wearing. "Besides, she's gonna learn today that there ain't gonna be no punchin' bags 'round hea!"

"Yeah, well while you're at it, Mr. Macho, maybe you can return her favor of helping me bring you back here by helping her learn how to find a special somepony..." I froze, my look turning to one of bewilderment as I blinked.

"...W-what?"

"She needs dating advice from you. That whole 'punching bag' thing was a joke-turned-cover-up. Even with as confident and headstrong as Dash might be, there are some things even SHE'S too afraid to admit... needing advice on topics such as dating being one of them... When you do see her, don't mention that I said anything on the subject. If anything, try luring the topic out of her when you talk to her. And be patient about it."

"Well why tell me this now if she was eventually gonna do so herself?"

"So you won't be caught completely off-guard if she decides to spring the topic upon you. Remember what I said about Rainbow coming to me for advice the other day?"

"Yea..."

"She originally came to me to see if I could give her some tips on how to find a special somepony. Remembering what you and I talked about back in Canterlot, I figured you'd be better-suited to point her in the right direction. Besides her doing me a favor when she flew us to Princess Celestia, I assume she also came along in order to get a chance to talk to you. Now that I think of it, you two probably need some quality time to get to know each other a little better anyway."

"...Okey doke, then..." was all I could reply with. It seemed that Rainbow Dash and I had a LONG, possibly awkward talk awaiting us...

"Shall we be going then?"

"Yea... le'ss go." With that, Twilight powered up the spell at took us on our way...

*POOF*

“Welcome home, honey,” Twilight said, waking me up a little and eliciting a warm smile from me before powering up her horn one more time to reverse the transformation spell placed on me. Instantly, I found myself in my full human stature, equipped with the clothing I’d been wearing since I’d been under the transformation. I made an effort to pick out a new set of clothes and wash up before changing into them and rejoining my filly-friend in my room. I observed the clock to see that it read 5:39 A.M.

“Well baby-cakes,” I began with a smirk. “…we got about an hour or so before I take off an’ I’m not really in a sleepin’ kinda mood anymore… Whatcha wanna do with the time?”

“Baby-cakes?” she questioned, giggling. “You’re such a smooth talker, you…” she sarcastically added.

“Sure baby, I know it,” I replied, running a hand through her mane. Despite being tired, I was absolutely overjoyed to have Twilight here with me.

“Hmm… I think another experiment is in order…” she suggested in a sly tone, batting her eyes at me and smiling coyly. I wondered where she picked up such flirtatious behavior…

“Oh, really?” I asked in extreme interest. “What kind of experime—!” I was interrupted as she launched a surprise attack, locking her lips with mine as I fell back on my bed. During the passionate, loving embrace, I felt her lips part, allowing her tongue to slip past them, eagerly looking for an entrance, which I delightedly welcomed. Suffice it to say, her tongue was oddly... wide and flat as compared to my own. After a small bout of sloppy, amateur tongue-wrestling, she pulled back, smiling at me with half-lidded eyes. As she lay on my torso, I brought both of my hands to her back, softly caressing her. From what I could tell, she was just about as happy to be with me as I was with her.

“How was that?” she asked.

“Wow… where’d you learn how t’ do that?” I asked, amazed and a little dazed by the intensity of our moment.

“A couple places, actually… That kissing guide I have in my library… and that dating advice guide you have downstairs… seems like we’re both a bit… inexperienced.”

“Oh, dear…” I playfully said. “What ever shall we do about that?”

“There’s only one thing we CAN do…”

“And that is…?”

“Learn…” she answered with a wink and a smile.

At that, I felt a sudden sense of eagerness and contentment. Not just because of Twilight’s chosen method of killing time, either. I also began to feel eager about learning more about Twilight and her world. I actually couldn’t wait to see what it was like to help her with her studies. Additionally, I could hardly wait to get better acquainted with her friends. I was just as eager about learning about her and her world as she was about me and this world. Best of all, we had each other to learn from and with…