Author's Notes:

So, I was trying to place some music in this chapter but that's darn near impossible. I'm sorry.

Sunset and the others walked down the hall with their class and walked out the front entrance. Principal Celestia and the photographers stood outside and waited for the senior class to make their way to them. It was a nice day. The sun was out and spring was in bloom. Celestia looked down at a list and called out people's names.

"Applejack, you're up first!"

The girl walked up to the stool they had ready for the students and sat there. The photographers adjusted the position of how she was sitting and told her to smile.

"Say Cheese!" the photographer taking her picture (who happened to be Cheese Sandwich) said.

A bright flash came from the lights as the picture was taken. Everyone could hear the sound of the camera take the picture and smiled with anticipation. Picture day was very important for them since it was to be their last year at Canterlot High School. Being Seniors held a lot of worth and value. It was the last link they had to being children and graduation was when that link was cut and they all became adults. Applejack wobbled back looking a bit dazed. She could still see the blur of the light in her eye when she got to where her friends were.

"I sure hope I don't look like a deer in headlights when we get our yearbooks. That sure'll be embarrassing," Applejack mumbled as she blinked.

Pinkie Pie cracked up.

"I'm pretty sure you'll look like a rodeo deer in headlights!"

The others rolled their eyes at her corny humor and let her laugh to death. Rarity took out a compact mirror and feverishly started patting her cheeks with blush and corrected already-perfect makeup. She stood there concentrating very hard on this. Rainbow Dash and Sunset frowned.

"You look fine, Rarity," Sunset told her flatly.

"Fine?!" Rarity gasped. "I shouldn't be looking fine!"

Rarity struck a pose and fluttered her eyelashes.

"I need to look fabulous! Stunning! Elegant! Original!"

Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Sunset groaned and looked the other way, trying not to get dragged into a long lecture about fashion. Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy smiled and complimented Rarity on her looks. Another way of avoiding long conversation on style. With Rarity too focused on taking in compliments she wouldn't try to badger them on it.

Rarity smiled grandly and bragged a little about her ensemble. Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie listened patiently. She wouldn't go on bragging very long since she knew bragging was obnoxious. Listening to her brag was a small price to pay when going with their method of shutting her up on the topic of style. You had to hear a small bit of fashion talk before she was over the topic.

Friendship had its benefits. Once you got to know them, you could predict their next move and counter it with your own. The five of them had to use it a lot with Rarity since her fashion line was all she talked about. Strategizing was key when dealing with a fashionista.

The seniors all talked excitedly as they showed of their nice clothes and fussed over their looks. Picture Day was honestly the most exciting thing at the school since the events of Twilight's second return that destroyed Sunset's position as Queen of CHS permanently. As far as they knew, nothing could top that. But none of them expected Twilight to have a fourth return.*

*Look back at the chapter Reunite in Sunset: Siren of the Equine River.That was the third return.

Twilight felt herself being pummeled as she came out from the other side of the portal. She stared at the pony Flash as he came headfirst butting into her shoulder as his wings flapped viciously. They shot out of the portal and with Flash's wing power, were repelled a good five feet before tumbling onto the ground. They were in the other world...but the transformation into becoming human wasn't instant. Twilight immediately knew something was wrong.

Twilight fell on her back and Brian Flash Sentry landed nearly right on top of her. He grabbed her shoulder as he hit the ground. Twilight's vision was blurry from the impact to the ground. She blinked and all she could hear were people crying out in astonishment and yelling out around them. She saw fuzzy images of people moving about quickly as they crowded around them.

Without warning, Twilight felt her body burn up. She began to sweat a lot. Twilight could feel her bones growing and stretching, scraping against one another painfully. Her skin stretched to the point where she was sure it would rip. Twilight cried out in pain as her body under went a painful transformation. Her wings disappeared and into her shoulder blades just as her tail vanished into her tail bone magic swirled around them and enveloped them . Twilight's hair blew around her face.

Beside her, she could see Flash undergoing the same transformation. His armor and helmet broke apart and his blue mane became his hair. She saw his transformation from a pony to a human take place and felt chilled by how much pain he seemed to be in. When they were human, the magic died down and went away, leaving the two of them panting and struggling to breath. Flash placed a heavy hand on Twilight's shoulder. Neither of them had gone through something so painful in their lives.

From a distance away Twilight could hear someone calling her name.

"Twilight!"

Wearily, she turned her head to see who it was. She opened her mouth to call back but only part of the word came out. A sudden feeling of overwhelming dizziness took ahold of her and there was nothing she could do to keep consciousness. She fell forward and passed out. The last thing she saw was a large crack in the side of the statue.