Twilight Sparkle was happy.
She flew through the skies with a smile on her face.
This was what she had wanted since she was a little filly: to be a Princess Pony.
When you were a Princess Pony, everyone loved you, and everyone wanted to be your friend. Princess Ponies were perfect, and they were never sad, and they were always right no matter what.
So Twilight Sparkle was very happy. And that was why she smiled as she returned to Ponyville.
Her life was perfect now.
Everything was absolutely perfect.
Because Princess Ponies did not have problems. They always knew what to do.
Princess Ponies never felt lonely or empty. Princess Ponies were perfect. Therefore, Twilight Sparkle was perfect. Perfect Princess Ponies did not ever feel bad.
So her smile reached from ear to ear.
Everything would be fine.
Twilight was happy. So very happy.
So very happy.
Because Princess Ponies weren't ever allowed to be sad.
Not even when they wanted to be.
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I'll have to be sad for her then...
Damn... you packed a ton of feels in one little line at the end.
woah, twist ending with lots of meaning
First I was like, "Lawl, another mock at Twilicorn."
Then the last line.
I applaud, para. That was really, really good.
Aaaand the tale takes an abrupt u-turn with the final line.
Funny how poetic this is for just a couple hundred words. Not sure if talent or fluke.
Damn sucker punch.
...Fuck.
Now I need to think about this philosophically.
I want to cry now.
Actually, I am crying... That's - unusual.
I rate this short story "X" for "existentialism."
Dayum. That one hit me right in the soul.
Wow... That was some mood shift.
Hit me right in the heart with that last line...
...just wow...
Definitely the best one out of the current selection (9 stories)
It has been some weeks since I originally read this, and yet it has stuck with me more than most of the many, many stories on this site that I have read.