It had been nearly a month since his incident with Twilight and yet Midnight was still trying to avoid her at all costs. She had come by Rarity's boutique to see how he was doing but as soon as Midnight saw her he teleported away. This happened on several occasions. Once in the diner as he was eating, once when he was playing with the Cutie mark crusaders in the park, and once while he was talking to Celestia when she visited Ponyville. Twilight was starting to get angry that Midnight would keep avoiding her but soon realized not only how she hurt the Alicorn physically but emotionally as well. Even Princess Cadence seemed to shy away from her. But Midnight had just turned chicken shit and ran every time he saw Twilight.

Twilight was making her way home, her head lowered to the ground as she walked silently, her ears lay back in shame as to what she had put her friend through. Yes it had been a joke on their part, but she felt what she did at the time to be right, only later realizing that not only had she passed the line of being to far, she had encircled the globe to pass it a second time just to prove her point.

As she finally made it back to the library, walking through the door. She noticed a certain ivory pony getting a small stack of books from a certain swooning purple baby dragon.

"Rarity?" Twilight spoke catching her attention.

"Oh Twilight darling. I just stopped by to grab a few...... books." She gave a nervous smile looking to the purple unicorn.

Twilight cocked a brow trotting over to her, taking a look at the books that she held in her magical grasp. She gave Rarity an accusing look as she began.

"You've already read these books Rarity." She sad flatly causing the ivory pony to laugh nervously.

"Oh but I just felt like reading them again darling." She smiled again looking to the library door then back to Twilight.

Twilight gave a sigh as her horn glowed taking the books from Rarity's grasp and placing them in a neat pile to her side. She looked to Rarity with a softened expression.

"Please tell Midnight to come to the library himself to pick up the books. I need to have a word with him." She said as she trotted by the confused white pony and into the kitchen. Rarity blinked a couple times looking to Spike who just gave her a shrug before picking up the books and taking them to be shelved again.

"But darling, Twilight asked to speak to you. You're acting like such a foal about all this nonsense. Just go speak to her. Please?" Rarity asked the pacing Alicorn as he was wearing grooves into the floor.

"I can't doll. I might have played a joke on her but she just went to far in retaliation. She honestly hurt me to the point where I thought I was going to die. Even the Shadow we fought together didn't cause me that kind of fear when we fought. I........... I don't think I can ever look her in the face again after what she did." He sighed lowering his head as he spoke.

Rarity lowered her head giving a slight pout, she walked over to the door using her magic to hold the bell so it didn't make any noise as she opened the door letting Twilight inside. Twilight's horn glowed as she latched onto Midnight as she spoke causing him to tense up, his horn already starting to glow but canceled as Twilight's magic took control.

"We need to talk." Twilight spoke softly yet firmly toward Midnight as she turned him around looking him in the eye as she could feel him struggling against her magic to break free.

"Please just listen to me for a moment." She said as she let Midnights mouth move to reply.

"NO! Stay away from me. You really did hurt me Twilight Sparkle and I am beyond forgiveness at this point." He snorted glaring at her as he continued to try ans escape.

Twilight's eyes began to well up as she looked up to the struggling Alicorn, tears began to stream down her face as she watched him glare at her. She lunged forward releasing her magic and grabbing around his midsection holding onto him with all her might.

"PLEASE!?........................please................" She trailed off causing him to freeze at the hold he was in. He looked down at Twilight as he felt her shaking slightly as she breathed.

"Twi........." Midnight trailed off looking down at her feeling her tighten her hold on him as if he was about to vanish into thin air again.

"Please................... even if you don't want to be my friend................ even if you don't want to talk to me.................. even if you don't want to see me ever again................. please............ just listen to what I have to say.................. then you can leave if you want................. just please................ hear me out?" She sobbed.

Midnight gave a defeated soft sigh as his tension left him. he eased back down sitting onto his haunches as he listened to her. Rarity watching from the other side of the room.

"I.........I know you must hate me for hurting you like I did. I know I went to far and I'm sorry for that. I am more sorry than I have ever been at this very moment. You have always been there for me when I needed you, even through the small petty stuff, and even when we fought together against the Shadow Hunter. You have save me from death before and been by my side at all times through thick and thin. I know that I went to far on retaliating against you and Cadence when you pulled that stupid prank." She sobbed. "And I'm sorry. I honestly cannot put into words how sorry I am for doing what I did to you. Friends don't do that to each other. Especially not ones who have been there for each other like we have. If you could ever find it in your heart to forgive my stupid actions. I'll do anything............... Please.................... please....................."

She fell to the floor in a heap as tears streamed down her face. Midnight, now loose from her grasp was free to do what he wanted but stayed there for a minute as he thought of what his answer would be. The silence was long and deafening as all that could be heard was Twilights gentle sobs. Not of sorrow, but of fear of loosing the one friend she had grown to love over time. Not merely as just a friend, But as someone she could count on for any given situation. Someone she could confide in when she truly needed somepony to talk to or to help her. Somepony she looked up to as not only a friend and mentor like Celestia. But as something more.

Midnight gave a final sigh causing Twilight to tense up as she pulled herself from the floor. Her gaze slowly climbed up the dark Alicorn as her eyes latched onto his. Her vision blurred from tears as she gave a soft whimper seeing his mouth begin to move.

"Twilight, I.......... don't know what to say. I know that you must feel terrible now from what happened but that still doesn't change the fact......" He stopped frozen as Twilight yelled out.

"I LOVE YOU!" She shouted pointing her vision to the floor as she shook out of pure fear. Her entire body trembling as she spoke again in almost a whisper. "I love you............" She trembled falling to the floor in a heap.

Midnights eyes went wide hearing the sudden confession. Rarity giving a loud gasp as her hoof moved to her mouth in shock.

Twilight slowly rose from the small puddle of tears that had left her eyes and accumulated onto the floor below her. She gave a soft sniffle as she weakly turned heading toward the door. "I'll.......... be going now." She whimpered.

Midnight had a look of shock on his face not knowing what to do. He looked to Rarity in askance. He knew their rules about the open relationship and having another mare as a marefriend or spouse was out of the question. However as he looked at Rarity she just gave a soft smile and nodded. Midnight needed no further words as his horn lit up pulling Twilight backward into his chest as he wrapped his arms around the tiny unicorn causing her to gasp out in surprise. He place his head gently to the side of her head as he spoke.

"I'm............. sorry as well............... And............ I have grown to love you as well............egghead." He smiled causing Twilight to give a sobbing chuckle as she turned around kissing him. Wrapping her forelegs around his neck and holding onto him for dear life.

After a short while and some cleaning up within the fells of conversation. All had been righted a the Alicorn now had two tender loving mares at his side. Although Twilights viewpoint on having an open relationship was still being re-ruled and reworded. Midnight could now say that not only did he have one of the most beautiful mares as his fiance, but also an additional marefriend who is the prodigy of the Sun Goddess herself. Life was about to get very interesting from this point forward, and there is no telling as to what would come of it.