I hadn’t slept much that night. My head was overflowing with so many thoughts. I knew Onyx was asleep and I didn’t want to bother him but I was just losing my mind. Just before I would try and wake him I stopped myself reminding myself that it wasn’t his fault this had happened. Or was it. This might have never happened if he had never brought me this news. Then again I wouldn’t know that so many ponies were in danger if he hadn’t.

My emotions were tearing me to pieces when I heard the door open.

“Onyx. It’s Demo. I was just coming down here to tell you I need to speak with you.” Demo was whispering loudly.

Onyx stirred a little and picked up his head. “What… What is it?”

“Follow me.” Demo had trotted up the bed.

“Ok. Midnight you stay here and get some sleep. You need it more than I do.” He was almost certain I was asleep but thought he needed to remind me anyways.

I had been trying to sleep all night but couldn’t force myself into my dreams. I was afraid of what might await. I poked my head out from underneath the blankets that were covering me. The clock next to the bed said it was 3:30. I crawled back underneath the covers and decided that I needed to sleep no matter what was going to plague me in my dreams.

I jumped out of bed and nearly smashed into one of the walls. I’m not sure whether it was out of anger or fear but I knew that I was awake and probably wouldn’t sleep for the next week.

Somepony had knocked at the door. When I didn’t answer the door they slipped a note underneath the door.

I was not in control of my emotions and almost tore the door off its hinges to see if anypony was waiting outside. Nopony was there so I slammed the door and grabbed the note with my magic. The first thing I noticed is that the letter was from Harmony.

I stood there in that moment contemplating every single thing that I would rather do than read that note. Reluctantly I opened the letter as carefully as my emotions would let me.

Dear Midnight. (Oh great this was going to be wonderful)

You have all the right in the world to be upset at me for what you think I did. However I would ask you to hear me out because I have not explained what it is I had to do. I personally believe that what you think I did is much worse than what I actually did.

(Yeah I totally believe that.)

I ask you, no beg you please come down to the wine shop when you are ready to speak with me again.

Harmony

P.S. Turn on your radio if you wish. I have requested that some of what I have learned to be your favorite songs be played.

I actually felt a little bit better about receiving this letter but I was still fuming. I didn’t truly believe that Harmony had done what I believed she had done but I still assumed the worst.

Something about the wasteland makes you like that though. It’s a terrible thing to lose your faith in equinity. I had lost all my hope. Even after we had seen so many things and done so many things to right the wrong I still had lost my hope.

Part of me wanted to give up. Just quit and be done with it. Stop trying to do anything that might help ponies. Part of me wished to become a monster, to destroy anypony I met simply for the pleasure of it. The other part of me wished to see my life return to the way it had been before I left all my family and friends behind in the stable.

And one tiny part of the me that I had become wanted to march down to see Harmony and see what exactly she thought would make up for the atrocity she had committed. That one fiber of my being was overwhelming. Whether it wanted revenge our to make amends with Harmony I didn’t know. It felt like the right thing to do to go and see her.

I’ll tell you I knew before I would do any of that I was going back to bed. I was still tired and getting an hours worth of sleep was not going to help me.

“Well. Do you guys think that this will work?” Harmony was pacing around the room.

“Yes Harmony. I do believe that if the Midnight that I know shows up and sees this she will without a doubt take you back.” Onyx was trying to stop her pacing.

“Are you sure? She seemed really upset with me. I really don’t want her to think that I would betray her like that.” Her pacing slowed a little bit.

“I know. She did seem really upset but trust me she will come around. It might take a few days but eventually she will get over this.” Onyx finally managed to stop her.

Harmony’s mane was a mess. She looked like a tornado had picked her up and carried her for a couple of miles before slamming her into the ground a few times. A tear hung on the edge of her eye.

A knock came at the entrance to the store. The door was flung open to reveal one of the residents of the tower.

“Oh. Um. Hi. I didn’t think you opened this early. Can I come i..” The door slammed in his face. “Rude!” The stallion barged away.

“Yeah I’ve got to agree with him. That was quite rude.” Onyx was still holding onto Harmony.

Harmony’s eyes glowed her breathing came to her in short enraged breaths.

“Ok. I’m just going to go over here and um. Avoid my painful death if I cross you.” Before he took two steps backwards he was floating in midair.

A light blue aura surrounded him. The intensity of the light was blinding and Onyx had to squint and look away to avoid damaging his eyes.

“I don’t care. Nopony is to enter this store before Midnight is happy. As for the rest of the ponies in the goddesses forsaken tower I could care less. I would do anything for her.” Harmony was gripping Onyx very tightly.

“Maybe putting me down and talking to her would be a good step.” Onyx barely managed to get his words out and point to me.

“What do you mean?” Her eyes traveled to the door to see me standing before her. “Midnight!?”

I was heading down to the store. My hooves carried me at a quick pace considering my current emotions. A stallion with his nose in the air looked at me.

“If it is that wine store you are headed to I say don’t bother. The mare who is running that place nearly killed me with the door.” A few drips of blood leaked out of his nostrils. “Now if you’ll excuse me I need to ge take care of this.” He tilted his head back a little more.

“Wait before you go. Take this.” I hoofed him a small bag of caps.

“Well this is not necessary you have done nothing to cause this.” He attempted to give me back the bag but I shook my head and used my magic to put it into his saddlebags.

“Trust me I’m more responsible for this than you truly know.” He gave a look of confusion before realizing he was make a large mess on the floor with his blood. He nodded and was on his way.

I trotted closer to the store. Every step was a small and unsure step. I wanted to see her just so I could scold her and also so I could kiss her. My emotions were a mess as was my mane. This past few days had made me more stressed than I had been before we went to the spa.

I reached the front of the store and looked inside. Harmony was surrounded entirely by the aura coming from her horn. Onyx was in the air surround by that same light blue. I opened the door and stood there.

“Maybe putting me down and talking to her would be a good step.” Onyx barely managed to get his words out and point to me.

“What do you mean?” Her eyes traveled to the door to see me standing before her. “Midnight!?”

Onyx fell to the ground with a thud and Harmony’s magic dissipated. My magic surrounded her holding her in place.

“Well this place is a mess. Now you are going to stay right where you are and tell me exactly what you did. There is to be no holding back I need to know what you did so I can decide whether or not to forgive you. So what did you do?” I decided that scolding her first was the best idea.

“Well I. Uhh.” She hesitated.

“The truth or I will have no choice but to not forgive you.” I gave her my sternest look.

My words were forceful. I had a feeling that they hurt me more than they hurt her. I showed no signs that this was the case.

“I gave information to the Crimson Skull about how to take this tower over. I needed to talk to DJ-PON3 in order to give my message to them I swear I did not do anything else.” Tears rolled down her cheeks.

“I would suggest you listen to her.” A unicorn walked up to me from the backside of the room.

“Who in tartarus are you?” I turned away from Harmony to see this new stallion approach.

“I’m DJ-PON3. Harmony tells the truth. Now while I think she is a gorgeous mare I knew she had found somepony. Believe me if she hadn’t I might have done something. However she tells the truth about what she did. She also convinced me to tell the wasteland about the incoming threat from those groups of raiders. Unfortunately she has put us all in danger and now she has to leave this place. She is not welcome back here until both of those factions of raiders are killed or not a threat anymore. You have today to enjoy here in the tower and then you have to leave.” His words were forceful.

I looked at Harmony for a few seconds before releasing her from my magic. She sat there on the floor for a few seconds before she realized that she had been let go of. Her eyes met mine. I could tell that she was on the verge of bursting into tears.

“I forgive you.” I spoke gently.

“What?” She was questioning if her ears had heard me right.

“I forgive you Harmony. Now this doesn’t mean that I am going to accept you back right away. You have a week to think over what has happened here. After that who knows. Now get up and go clean yourself up. I’ve seen radroaches cleaner than you.” I smiled.

Harmony got up onto her hooves. I could see in her eyes that she was trying to hold back from crying and laughing at the same time.

“Onyx get her to her room and make sure she gets cleaned up. As for me I’m going to make sure we have got everything in order for tomorrow.” I trotted out the door leaving my marefriend crying on the floor.

Author's Notes:

Also if I forgot to mention it, some of the previous chapters have been updated as they have been rewritten little bit. Either way I'll be uploading frequently for a little while.