>"Hey, um, Gleaming? Can I talk to you?"
>How curious
>Normally, Twilight would do everything to spend as little time as possible with her sister
>But now she had come to her
>"Sure," answered gleaming, opening the door to her room a little wider, "What's up?"
>"Well..."
>Twilight slowly walked into Gleaming's room, her eyes darting about
>"A... A friend of mine-"
>"Twilight. You have no friends."
>Twilight groaned and turned back around
>"I knew I shouldn't have come to you! You're the worst!"
>Oh shit
>The older mare quickly stepped forward, effectively blocking her sister from leaving
>"Hey! Hey, it's cool, I'll just shut up okay?"
>Twilight seemed to think that over for a bit, before sitting herself down on the ground
>"Alright...So, um, a friend of mine... And I do have friends! Anyway, she, um... She's... Um, sorta..."
>Gleaming slowly sat down next to her stammering sister
>She slowly wrapped a hoof around the purple filly
>"Is this, uh, friend of yours having... colt trouble~?"
>Twilight flinched and tried to hide her eyes behind her bangs
>"N-not trouble... I- uh, she just d-doesn't know how to... Talk to him..?"
>Gleaming fought back a chuckle
>Normally, she wouldn't have, but this seemed an even bigger deal than the Swirlcon she missed out on
>"Look, Twily. How about I tell you a story? You can relay it to her, okay?"
>"Okay... This better not be another joke, Gleaming!"
>The white mare immediately threw her front hooves up
>"Joke? Me? Of course not!"
>"Anyway, this story."
>Gleaming looked down at her little sister, pulling her in a little closer
>"One day, there was a really pretty little filly, with a coat as white as snow, and fairest blue mane..."
>"Gleaming, we both know this is about you."
>"Hear who's t-"
>Luckily, Gleaming had a coughing fit at that pointy
>How convenient
>"Yeah, so. I was once in love, you know?"
>Twilight tilted her head in confusion. "Before Crescendo?"
>"Nope. I was in love with him."
>"I know. You're dating, right?"
>Twilight shuddered at the mentioning of her sister and her babysitter dating
>"Yeah, but I started liking him long before that, you know?"
>"For the longest time, I didn't know what to do. Me, a simple filly, him, a prince!"
>"Then what'd you do?"
>"Nothing. Until he started watching you. And then, I did the most amazing thing!"
>This really caught Twilight's fancy
>"What'd you do?"
>"The most fantasitcal plan ever!"
>"What was it?"
>"It was brilliant!"
>"Gleamiiiiiiiing"
>Gleaming giggled
>Even now, she had to take to time bully her sister a little~
>"I talked to him."
>"What? What's so-"
>"I was in love with him, remember? It was super awkward but once I got through that first sentence, things turned out more than fine."
>Nearly did Gleaming tell Twilight that they had a lot of talks about how much of a hooffull Twilight was to take care odf
>Nearly
>Twilight thought the story over a second
>"So what you're saying is... I- er, she should get a little sister for him to babysit?"
>"Nnnnot exactly, sis. Your friend should just march up to him and say hi!"
>"You think that'll work? Won't he think s-she's boring, or weird or-"
>Gleaming simply put a hoof over her sister's muzzle before pulling her into a hug
>"Twilight, Twilight, Twilight. Y- She'll be just fine. Just tell her to try and you'll see."
>Twilight stayed silent, instead just holding the hug
>After nearly a minute, she finally stood up, and slowly walked over to the door again
>"Um, thank you, Gleaming. I'll tr- tell her to try."
>"No problem. Oh!Twilight!"
>The purple filly stopped and turned to face her sister
>"What's his name? The one your friend is into?"
>"Um..."
>Twilight started blushing softly, looking away
>"S-Starstruck... W-why?"
>"Oh, nothing," Gleaming said, standing up herself,
>"I just want to know who to beat up if your friend ends up mistreated."
~THE END~