Yawning I relaxed in the warm water, idly watching the sun's reflections moving on the wall from where the sun hit the water.

“So what do you miss about Earth the most?” Sunset suddenly as she put the bucket down, water dripping from her mane.

“Hmm?” I asked, turning to look at her.

Her horn lit up and she twisted her mane to get the worst of the water out of it before ducking beneath the water again, “What do you miss most about earth? When I was there, there were things I really, really missed about Equestria. Things I didn't expect, like being able to eat daisies.” she said as she returned to the surface.

This had been one of the things that took some getting used to. Ponies did communal bathing. Oh, most homes had private baths as well, but there were several public ones around the city and the castle had it's own.

Took some getting used to, but it made sense. Not like either of us were any more or less naked now than as were sitting on a couch or practicing dueling. Besides, especially earth ponies had difficulty reaching some spots on their backs on their own.

Tilting my head in thought I frowned slightly before I shrugged, “Other than obvious things like family and friends, I have to say the Internet.”

Sunset nodded, “Oh yeah. Yeah I kinda miss that too, it was so convenient. You could look up anything anytime you wanted. I could even do it on my phone. Way easier than going to a library.”

“Mmm. And boobs. I miss boobs.”

That earned me a surprised look, “...Why? They just got in the way.”

I grinned, “I didn't have them, I just liked looking at them.”

Sunset shrugged, “Well, you were human so I guess you would. I just had them get in the way and pull at my center of balance. Then there was all those clothes at all times and humans were so shy about everything.“

“Different cultures and different worlds.”

“Mmm.”

Ducking beneath the water I scrambled my mane with my magic field before returning to the surface, brushing my mane from my eyes before relaxing again.”

Sunset smirked, “Of course, I likely missed having a nice stallion to look at as much as you miss human women.”

“Well, that's just natura...” I started to say before I noticed her look and rolled my eyes, sending a wave to splash her, “Very funny.”

She smiled, letting the wave splash against her neck, “What? You may be the consort of Princess Luna, but I can still look. Don't need to like you for that.” she answered before she grinned, “Why, does it make you uncomfortable?”

Ignoring her, I reached out with my magic and floated over a discarded newspaper. She just had to make this weird didn't she?

“Blank Page: Author, Future Consort or something darker?” the headline said and I stared at it for a long moment before I eyed through the article.

Appeared out of nowhere, no records, no-one knowing him before then. No school records found. Violent fighter. Disturbing elements in writing. When the Princesses went missing, he took control of the Guard illegally. Working with changelings.

I blinked at the article before I looked who wrote it. Hot Scoop.

Didn't ring a bell.

“Hmm? Something wrong?” Sunset asked and she moved up next to me and leaned it to read it with me before she cringed, “Ouch.”

To say the least.

“Well... I guess I really should have expected to end up in the spotlight sooner or later if I stayed with Luna.” I finally said, handing the newspaper over to her so she could read it for herself, “Honestly, I'm a bit surprised it's not happened before now.”

Sure, there has been a couple of fluff pieces, but nothing like this.

Sunset eyed through the article and raised a eyebrow before she looked at me, “Well... they are not wrong. I can't tell anything in here that's a fabrication. A bit twisted at places but technically accurate.”

I scowled at her, “Not helping.”

“Wasn't trying to. If I was trying to help I would say that you should go and discuss what to do about it with Princess Celestia. She always was good at handling the press.” Sunset said with a shrug before she pulled away, bringing the paper with her, flicking through it.

I watched her for a second before I nodded, “...Thanks.”

“Hmh.”

What would the fallout be of this? It all depended on how it was handled. I trusted the ponies that knew the truth to keep quiet about it but I wouldn't put it past Chrysalis to leak something. But would she actually do that? Not sure she would.

Actually letting it be known I was not really a pony originally would hurt her as well as it would backlash onto her. The fact that I was not only would Luna trust my safety to a changeling but I was also a pony that got a long with said changeling was a major PR point in her favor.

Perhaps we should play up the amnesia angle. Damn it, I really should talk to Celestia.

“This was a recurring nightmare I had you know,” Sunset said quietly after a long moment of silence as she folded up the paper, “That I would wake up one morning and find the headline 'Alien hiding as girl' in the paper and black cars outside my apartment.”

I just nodded. I can't say I had not worried about something similar at times even if I knew the Princesses had my back in this. Ponies were not as dissection happy as humans even if Celestia and Luna had not already known. As proven by the fact that they didn't when I first arrived and they realized what happened.

If the humans on Earth had figured out who Sunset really was...

It would not have been pretty.

Shaking my head I started heading to the small stairs to climb out of the shallow but wide pool, “I'm going to see if Celestia has time to discuss this.”