Dizzy Twister 3: A pegasus in Canterlot
"Yes sir" Dizzy grumbled to her boss.
It had been three full days since that night she had meet the alicorn, Movie Colin Pro, or just Colin like he preferred. She felt downtrodden that he had not at least contacted her! She didn't know where he lived as he had basically just arrived, but she hadn't even gotten like a letter or anything from him!
"What?" Her boss demanded in a rather unhappy tone.
"Sorry sir, I'm going though some personal troubles right now. Don't worry I'll deliver the package." Dizzy replied clearly.
She flew off, a package on her back and a male on her mind.
Colin's right hoof nearly hit his eye as it slipped off his cheek. He was extremely bored, the meeting he was in had been VERY dull. Nothing but pleasantries and politics. Colin was a powerful being, not a politician. Still, as request by the Princess, he had been there for nearly three days now.
Three days back, the day after he had meet the amazing Dizzy Twister, he wanted to see her again. After learning she got off work at six, he decided to arrive at her home shortly after and take her out to dinner. However, on his was two pegasus ponies of the royal guard had shown up and asked for him to return to Canterlot. Colin sighed, he knew he was wanted back in Canterlot even before the guards did. He was avoiding it because he knew what it would involve.
Colin did not see why the Princess would insist he need to be there the whole time, he could easily teleport between Canterlot and Ponyville in an instant. Still, she was in charge, Colin never did enjoy taking command of a peaceful and happy civilization. It just seemed so pointless to him. The only thing that probably kept him awake was the thoughts of Dizzy Twister.
He longed to see her again, hoping she hadn't forgotten him. Not again.
A royal guard approached the Princess who was sitting quietly. He whispered so nopony else could hear. Colin still heard it, he would have no matter what.
"I'll take care of it Princess Celestia." Colin said to her with a bow, leaving a slight look of confusion on the guard's face. The Princess nodded her head and turned her attention back front as Colin trotted of, overjoyed to be momentarily free of the boring assembly.
Dizzy stood in a large hallway lined with banners and beautiful pieces of art. She was standing there, package at her side waiting for somepony to come sign off for it so she could go. It was her last delivery of the day and she wanted to go to Twilight's home and ask if they had seen Colin recently. She began tapping her front hoof impatiently.
Colin turned the corner and grinned. It was exactly what he had been waiting for. He walked down the long, decorated corridor at a normal, calm pace, wondering in his mind the whole time how long it would take.
Dizzy herself was becoming bored, she started looking at some of the art on the walls. Canterlot sure has some class, she told herself while admiring the Princess's collection.
It was then she saw somepony had finally come to take the package. Only thing was, she no longer cared about the package or going back to Ponyville. All she cared about was this pony now approaching her with a big grin on his face.
"Colin!" She exclaimed, dropping the clipboard she had been holding in her mouth.
"Hello Dizzy! I'm glad you're here!" The alicorn said with a certain calmness.
Dizzy remembered he hadn't so much as left her a letter over the past three days. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you in three days!" She demanded.
"I'm sorry I've been here in Canterlot, I wanted to see you again but..."
"But you didn't even send a letter!"
Colin considered for a moment then did an actual facehoof. He had completely forgotten about the mail system! It was so basic but he usually didn't need it! He had never really needed to send anypony a letter before!
"I'm sorry Dizzy I had completely forgotten about that! I usually send letters to ponies with magic or I just deliver the message in person! But the Princess wanted me here for this assembly and didn't want me to leave!" He hoped she would accept his apology.
He was right. Dizzy really liked Colin and didn't want to see him as a bad guy. Besides, she though he just seemed like a really honest and trustworthy guy.
"Alright fine. I just wish you could have told me somehow!"
"Well I got you here with this package didn't I?" He asked looking down at the square box behind Dizzy.
Dizzy looked back as well, almost realizing that it was there for the first time.
"Wait, so you ordered the package to bring me here?" Dizzy asked with a slight bit of confusion mixed with some joy if it were true.
"Yes of course! I was having such a horrid time here and I couldn't contact you, I though I would just send for a package and ask for you to deliver it!"
Dizzy was now even more confused, "Wait, so if you thought to order the package, why didn't you just think about mailing a letter?"
"Because, unlike letters, I cannot always hand deliver a package or easily send it through magic to another unicorn because they might have trouble receiving a larger package!" Colin said and then added, "Plus, how else was I going to find a good enough excuse to get you up here! I wanted to show you Canterlot while im stuck here!"
Dizzy's eyes now lit up at this, it would be so nice to explore the capital city with Colin!
"Oh Colin I would love to see Canterlot with you" She tried to remain somewhat professional as there were some guard ponies still nearby.
"Great! Let's just finish up this stuff here..." Colin used his magic to pick up the dropped clipboard. He signed it and added a note. It said:
'Package successfully delivered. Dizzy Twister is needed to stay and assist the Princess with royal matters.'
Colin then looked over at a nearby guard. "Here, bring this back to the Ponyville postmaster." He gave the clipboard to the guard who took it in his mouth. The guard bowed to the two of them and left.
Dizzy felt slightly flustered, nopony had ever bowed to her before, especially not a royal guard of the Princess. She turned back to Colin, blushingly slightly but trying to move on.
"So, whats in the package anyway?" She asked.
"Oh just some earplugs, this thing I'm in is REALLY boring!" Colin sighed. "Here, I will take you to meet the princess really quick!" Colin said and headed off back down the hall, leading the excited Dizzy Twister to where he had just been.
They entered a small room, at the front somepony whom Dizzy did not recognize was speaking, however what caught Dizzy's eye was the Princesses flowing multicolored mane.
"Excuse me Princess?" Colin quietly said in her ear.
"Oh, yes?" She replied in her kind voice.
"This is my friend from Ponyville, Dizzy Twister," Colin said, moving slightly aside for the Princess to see Dizzy, who bowed. The Princess returned the gesture with a nod of the head.
"It is very nice to meet you Dizzy." the Princess said.
"Thank you you're highness, it is an honor to be here!" Dizzy politely said, still bowed.
"Oh please do stand up now, you really don't need to bow." The Princess said in her kind tone.
"Princess, I was going to show Dizzy around Canterlot, I will still be in the city if you need me." Colin told the Princess as Dizzy got off her knee.
"Very well Colin, enjoy yourselves." The Princess almost moaned this and rolled her eyes. Dizzy could tell that just like Colin, she didn't really want to be here either.
Dizzy walked down the majestic halls with Colin. She looked and gazed at all of the beautiful decorations and items. It was a really beautiful place. While it had not been the first time Dizzy had delivered a package to Canterlot, it was the first time she got an insiders look at the city, and of the castle.
Together they roamed through numerous halls, large rooms and extensive galleries! Dizzy was taken back by the beauty of the royal palace. Colin led her through the castle until they were outside.
"And this here is the royal garden, inhabited by many different plants and animals not found anywhere else in Equestria." Colin explained. He smiled at how much he saw Dizzy enjoying herself.
Dizzy and Colin sat down at a bench together to listen and feel the nature around them.
"So," Dizzy inquired with curiosity, "How did you become the Princess's right hoof pony?"
Colin sat silent for a while, watching a small humming bird zip around collecting nectar from flowers. Dizzy Twister looked up at his face with a slight frown, worried she had touched a sensitive spot.
For a moment, time seemed to freeze, light, sound, all nature seemed to be drawn to and surround Colin in that moment.
Despite the feelings he seemed to give off, what was actually going on in Colin's head was much different. He, being a film maker, Movie Pro being his pony name, he knew what Dizzy was looking at when she saw him. In fact, he used an artist's touch to actually place the light from behind his head and directed everything to revolve around him. The only thing he was able to resist from including was an angelic singing soundtrack. He also used this artificial moment of beauty and grace to think. He had to come up with some way to explain his royal position that wouldn't lead too deep into his past.
Colin exhaled.
"I'm sorry, if you don't want to talk about it its ok..." Dizzy said sincerely before Colin had finished breathing out. Her worry was replaced by a mix of relief and confusion as she saw Colin give a small smile.
"Its ok Dizzy, its not a bad story, just not one I have often told." Colin said with a kind smile. He faced her to more properly explain.
Several hours later Colin finished telling how he had simply approached the Princess and offered his services as well as describing the different tasks he had to complete to earn the Princesses trust.
It was now dark and the garden was empty of the life that had been present earlier during the evening.
Now, the guards had come and interrupted at one point, but Colin had sent them off. He wanted to be alone with Dizzy.
"I suppose I have talked for too long, its dark now" Colin pointed out noticing the surroundings. "You are welcome to stay here tonight..." Colin sincerely offered to Dizzy.
Dizzy was glad it was dark. She blushed intensely at this. Did Colin had just purposed what she think he had purposed? She responded as normally as she could.
"Oh I couldn't, it would be such an inconvenience to you and the princess I'm sure..." was her still timid reply.
"Oh but not at all. The Castle has a number of guest rooms, you can stay in one tonight and return to ponyville in the morning!"
Dizzy blushed again, this time from embarrassment in misjudging Colin. She followed Colin into the castle. "Oh I don't have work tomorrow, They're training 3 new ponies, so they won't need my help."
"Oh thats wonderful!" Colin exclaimed. He stopped in front of a room. "Well here is where you can stay. You will find everything you need and if you are missing anything you will find a bell you can ring for assistance."
"Thank you so much Colin, its very nice. I'm so honored to be here!" Dizzy said lightly blushing again at the level of generosity and hospitality.
"Hey no problem! Maybe tomorrow you can tell me about your family and how you came to continue living in Ponyville." With that Colin flew off smiling, off to his own quarters for bed.
However, what he did not know is that he had accidentally made Dizzy sad and slightly sullen at the thought of her parents. She sagged off to bed trying to push the memories of despair away.