//------------------------------// // Letters One and Two // Story: Dear Princess Celestia: Letters from a Murderer // by Door Belle //------------------------------// Dear Princess Celestia, I think that what I learned this week is, friendship isn't the answer to everything. Not everypony is ready to embrace it. She wouldn't let me help her. I guess somepony should know that. The way she laughed when I offered her friendship, the look in her eye when she said that if I wouldn't fight her she'd just keep cutting and let "what's left of" me watch while she tore living ponies apart—I believed her. I believed her, and I tried to escape and stop her, and I ki I don't know my own strength. There was so much blood. I haven't slept in a few days. I see it every time I close my eyes and I'm scared of what my dreams might be. I don't want to bother Princess Luna. Please. I know you have a therapist. You've told me too many things that must have been horrible to deal with on your own, and I've been auditing the palace expenses in my spare time since I was eleven. I know we can't talk to the same pony, but if you could get me a referral to somepony or someone just as capable... I don't mean my friends—I already have their support, even if there are things I don't think they should hear about what happened after I woke up alone. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle Dear Princess Celestia, I'm fine, thank you. I don't need more help. I just need to get to know Mrs. Smiles a little better—thank you for getting me that referral—so I can talk to her more easily and get this all sorted out. Between her, my friends, and I, everything is under control. I know things have been a little crazy and you have every cause for concern, but you don't need to worry about me. Not really. I'll be fine. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle